JPG Frame Dump Extension (small cash incentive)

[MelliGeorgiou]

I don't mean Screen Capture object (which is limited to .bmp and the size of the screen resolution), I mean a frame exporter that will export the ENTIRE frame (in my case 1500x1500) even if it is hidden because of a smaller screen resolution than the frame.

I would need it able to export .jpg files. If possible other formats also would be great. But jpgs are the most needed for me.

I can offer £20 for such an extension via paypal. If anyone is interested, let me know.

I would pay £30 if PNG (transparancy through a specified colour for example) and BMP support were also added along with JPG.

-Mel

[Patrick]

That is impossible. See, in any decent application or game you only draw that which is on the screen. Im so glad Yves kept the standards.
What im saying is, that only the visable frame area is drawn.
If your visable area is set to 640x480 (by default) and your frame itself would be 1500x1500, you could only capture the visable 640x480.

Since this is not realy helping you here is the alternative:
Loop trough your frame and take multiple schots. Then using the active picture object and overlay object you can merge all the images into one, and then save it.

Im happy to write sush an engine for you in return for the named amount. Please PM if you are interested and i get it done for you today.

[Joshtek]

Actually, it is possible if you make the window size huge, then shrink it with the Window object. However, this is a bit inefficient as it means more is being drawn than is neccecary for most of the time and therefore scrolling is better.

[MelliGeorgiou]

Thanks for your replies guys.. Unfortunately, I was offering the money so everyone in the community could benefit from the extension.

I may look into Joshteks suggestion about temporarily increasing the window size and capturing the frame then.

Thanks for the help anyway!

-Mel

[Patrick]

Okies <img src="/center/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> no problem. Good luck!

[MelliGeorgiou]

cheers dude!

[Nifflas]

How about scrolling? The extension could output values, of where the screen should scroll to (if the extension itself can't scroll the screen, it can be done with two events). Then you can run the application, and it will scroll to every place and take a screenshot, and finally attach them into one large image. Not the easiest method around, but theoretically, it should work.

Oh, and png, not jpg.

[joewski]

Hi Joshtek,

Could you elaberate on how shrinking frame size works, I was under the impression that when you change the frame size you crop what in the frame unless the page is set to fill screen.

Also I wasn't aware that the windows object was available.

Thanks.

[Joshtek]

[]Could you elaberate on how shrinking frame size works[/]
In the application properties you set the window size to whatever large number your game/app is. Then you use the Window Object to make it 640x480 at start of frame or whatever. This means that extensions such as Viewport can get the whole screen because it is all being rendered.

See my True Split Screen example for a demonstration.

[Patrick]

Wwow, thats so cool. In the setting of a war/commando like game this could be used to put camera's and and monitor places <img src="/center/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> or have scurity camera's.