03-22-2004 18:08

Posted by:
denis caspar

Location:
montréal

Hello basic people

Is it possible to grab a canvas, and then save it as picture in a image bank or on disk?
If you have any idea, thanks
Denis C

03-22-2004 19:34

Posted by:
puffin

why do you need to do this?

if you just want a picture of your game running or somin like that you can take a screenshot. just press esc while the game is running and do some stuff to take the screenshot.

03-22-2004 22:32

Posted by:
eekaydee

Location:
CA, USA

You can use the "copy image' command to take a part of the canvas and store it as an image in an image bank.

03-23-2004 02:38

Posted by:
denis caspar

Location:
montréal

I tried to do this with the Copy image but i was "like a chicken with a toothbrush". Have you try this instruction set? But i never desperate. Am i stupid ?
Why i need this? I want capture the image of specific events, i need to export sequences generated by several events. My goal is not to build a game, but more an animation tool.
Thanks

03-23-2004 04:49

Posted by:
puffin

that's a head scratcher it is.

i have no idea how you would do that...hmmmmm

03-23-2004 06:23

Posted by:
eekaydee

Location:
CA, USA

Well, if you're really desperate, you can create a file and store the entire picture data in it, pixel by pixel. :P Then you would have to have your own interpretation system as well, and everything would get ugly.

03-23-2004 12:39

Posted by:
denis caspar

Location:
montréal

Are you crazy? this is too complicated, and perhaps too slow, i imagine. If no solution with the direct Tnt language, my other question is:
Is it possible to activate the "command+f11" screen capture keys combination from inside a loop? If yes, this would be a nice begin!
Denis

03-26-2004 21:39

Posted by:
Mark Tully

Location:
TNT HQ, England

No sorry, there's no way of getting pictures out of TNT Basic other than using screen shot.

Mark

03-26-2004 22:46

Posted by:
denis caspar

Location:
montréal

So worse! but what a pity, for that would give a additional dimension has TNT. I use SNAPZ, but this is not exactly this that
I wanted. Thank-you everyone for your fascinated responses.