As a concept, I thought it might be possible to detect the screenMouseLoc in a frontScript and use the resulting snapshot dimensions to determine the width/height of captured screen rect. Two problems though: 1) under 7.1.1 here on OS X 10.9.5, when executing just "import snapshot" the capture is WAY off from the selected rect, to the point of being unusable (bug?), and 2) a frontScript doesn't appear to grab the mouse location while the snapshot feature is active.
Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 1/28/16, 7:26 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Matt Maier" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of bluebac...@gmail.com> wrote: >About that, is there a way to save the rectangle that the user draws >manually using the crosshairs? With that I could at least capture the same >rectangle again automatically. > >I suppose all I really need is a way for the user to define an area on the >screen once and grab screenshots from that same area many times. >On Jan 28, 2016 12:47, "Scott Rossi" <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > >> Regarding lagginess: yes. I can't say for sure, but if the LiveCode guys >> could enable the windowShape property to work with images that have >> centerRect dimensions, this would eliminate the need to do any image >> exporting and potentially make drawing of the window faster. I've >> suggested for years that window masks be based on graphics and converted >> image/alphaData behind the scenes, but for now we're stuck with images. >> >> Regarding screenshots, WITHIN LiveCode you can capture just about >> anything, but I don't believe there are any options for capturing >> externally other than defining a rect on the screen. >> >> Regards, >> >> Scott Rossi >> Creative Director >> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design >> >> >> >> >> On 1/28/16, 12:21 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Matt Maier" >> <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of >>bluebac...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >Mark, oops, didn't scroll far enough. I found the link to Snapper, >>thanks. >> > >> >Scott, that's great, and thanks for putting that post and stack up so >> >fast. >> >It's a little laggy on my system when it resizes quickly or gets to >>around >> >750 pixels. Is it the same on yours? >> > >> >Is there a way to control other applications from within Livecode? >>Like, >> >if >> >the user has their browser running, could I bring it to the front, >>take a >> >screenshot, then send it back behind the stand-alone again? Or is >>there a >> >parameter in Livecode's screenshot function to only include another >> >application in the screenshot? >> >On Jan 27, 2016 14:28, "Scott Rossi" <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: >> > >> >> I thought this might make an interesting read, so the demo stack is >> >> included in an article: >> >> < >> >> >> >> >> >>http://tactilemedia.com/blog/2016/01/27/i-was-framed-a-resizable-custom-w >> >>i >> >> ndowshape-in-livecode/> >> >> >> >> >> >> Hope this works for you. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> Scott Rossi >> >> Creative Director >> >> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 1/27/16, 11:55 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Scott Rossi" >> >> <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of >> >> sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >Hi Matt: >> >> > >> >> >I have a method for a resizable masked window that requires LC7 -- >>I'll >> >> >try to post something later today or tomorrow. As far as image >> >>animation >> >> >goes, I have a very vague memory that LC used to be able to export >> >> >animated GIF images, but that may have been static images only. You >> >>may >> >> >indeed need to go with a 3rd party option -- hopefully somebody else >> >>has a >> >> >suggestion for this. >> >> > >> >> >Regards, >> >> > >> >> >Scott Rossi >> >> >Creative Director >> >> >Tactile Media, UX/UI Design >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >On 1/27/16, 11:38 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Matt Maier" >> >> ><use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of >> >>bluebac...@gmail.com> >> >> >wrote: >> >> > >> >> >>I need to be able to easily capture stuff the user is seeing on >>their >> >> >>screen so that they can import it into my application without >>having >> >>to >> >> >>navigate the file manager multiple times. There's some good screen >> >> >>capture >> >> >>stuff already in Livecode, but what I'm picturing is an actual >>window >> >> >>with >> >> >>a hole in it the user can position and leave there so they know >>what's >> >> >>going to be captured multiple times. Like gifcam >> >> >>http://blog.bahraniapps.com/gifcam/ >> >> >> >> >> >>There doesn't seem to be a way to set the background of a window to >> >> >>transparent. There is a way to mask the window using a transparent >> >>.png, >> >> >>but that won't allow the user to resize the window. At the moment >>the >> >> >>only >> >> >>mechanism I can come up with is to screencap what's behind the >>window >> >> >>every >> >> >>time the user moves or resizes it and display that in the window so >> >>that >> >> >>it >> >> >>looks like it's transparent. Is there a better way? >> >> >> >> >> >>Also, in addition to capturing still images, I'd like the user to >>be >> >>able >> >> >>to capture animated images (as an alternative to video). So, that >>part >> >> >>would be exactly like gifcam. The only mechanism I've found for >>that >> >>is >> >> >>to >> >> >>export each frame and then use something external like imagemagik >>to >> >> >>stitch >> >> >>them together into an animation. >> >> >> >> >> >>- Matt _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
