screen capture object naming files .png but it bitmap format

It always saves a bmp file. There isn't anything you can do about it. HOWEVER, you can make it save a bmp file, load it into the surface object, and then save that as a png file.

I believe the Image Manipulator can load the image and then save it, without the overhead of a large extension like Surface.

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I believe the Image Manipulator can load the image and then save it, without the overhead of a large extension like Surface.

Except for the fact that Image Manipulator is broken. At the very least, I can't get it to do anything. As a matter of fact, I can't get the *example* to do anything. P.S. Screenshot proof below:

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It doesn't even display anything...

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so basically I'd have to save a bitmap with the screen capture object and then load it with one of those other two extensions, and save it again as a png? doesn't this mean I'd just be saving two files instead of one? cause my whole point is to not save a bitmap to save space...

btw in my game, you can press a button to take a screenshot at any time, just thought you should know.

You could make the game delete the BMP file after the screenshot is converted, couldn't you?

I'd personally on principle never save a file to the hard drive so that the same program can then load the file again and convert the data to another format and save that to another file to finally delete the first file. Unfortunately, because MMF2 has no way to send binary data between extensions, it's the only workaround right now, but it's much better if you can ask/pay someone to make an extension for you that handles it correctly.

I agree, but we're building games, not rockets. If it gets the job done, it shouldn't be discounted on principle.

No need for all this, you can copy the screen capture to clipboard, paste into surface then save as PNG. I did this as an external file conversion tool with maximum performance.

Yeah whatever you do, don't just settle for saving with bmp, because the file sizes are enormous and people will not like that one bit.

I don't see how Danny's solution is convoluted... it's like 2 extra steps to get file sizes 4x+ smaller than bmp. I don't think "nobody has ever complained" should be a valid reason not to make something better.

I agree Konidias, the surface object doesn't even have to be visible on anywhere on-frame for this to be achieved in these simple steps:

Screen Capture Object:
+Set Output to Clipboard
+Capture Screen

Surface:
+Input: Load from Clipboard
+Output: Save to File

Not for you Pooka, you can use BMP if you want, but for others reading this post and want faster screenshots, you can actually just use the surface object, thats the fastest way to capture, i have not tried Danny solution, but its a lot lot faster than the standard way of using screen capture object, and you can also capture a specific portion of the screen, instead of everything if you wish.

Once you need the screenshot create the surface object, resize it to screen size or whatever you need, set blit options and dimensions you need, use action Blit > onto the surface > advanced > window handle
Save it with surface object as png. And then you can destroy the surface object since you dont need it until the next screenshot.