| possible to write screen capture of widget program to tiff? [message #65577] |
Thu, 12 March 2009 10:15  |
astroboy2k
Messages: 34
Registered: July 2007
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Hello all.
My apologies if this is a dumb question.
I've written a rather elaborate widget program, with a display and all
the knobs and dials anyone could wish for. What I'd like to do is make
an avi or mpeg where one could see the plots in the display change as
the sliders etc. move. Going from a tiff or jpeg to a movie is not the
problem. Its not clear to me how to write the whole widget image, (if
that's the word) to a tiff or jpeg continuously as the sliders etc.
are moved...
If anyone has any advice I'd appreciate it greatly. I'm really under
the gun on this one.
Thanks,
Mark
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| Re: possible to write screen capture of widget program to tiff? [message #65653 is a reply to message #65577] |
Fri, 13 March 2009 09:51  |
Michael Galloy
Messages: 1114
Registered: April 2006
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Kenneth P. Bowman wrote:
> In article
> <b9d61dc3-3644-4663-80ad-15d1ab0257f6@c11g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>,
> Mark <astroboy2k@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello all.
>>
>> My apologies if this is a dumb question.
>>
>> I've written a rather elaborate widget program, with a display and all
>> the knobs and dials anyone could wish for. What I'd like to do is make
>> an avi or mpeg where one could see the plots in the display change as
>> the sliders etc. move. Going from a tiff or jpeg to a movie is not the
>> problem. Its not clear to me how to write the whole widget image, (if
>> that's the word) to a tiff or jpeg continuously as the sliders etc.
>> are moved...
>>
>> If anyone has any advice I'd appreciate it greatly. I'm really under
>> the gun on this one.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark
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> The simplest approach is probably to use an external program designed
> to record the user's desktop.
>
> We made this movie last year
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> http://start.tamu.edu/section_plotter.html
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> on a Mac using Snapz Pro.
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> The application was used to help us design flight plans for a research
> aircraft.
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> It's worth spending the money to get software designed for this
> purpose.
>
> Ken Bowman
Yes, I have used Snapz Pro for similar purposes and it has worked well.
I second the motion that some kind of screen recording software is a
very useful tool to have.
Mike
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www.michaelgalloy.com
Associate Research Scientist
Tech-X Corporation
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| Re: possible to write screen capture of widget program to tiff? [message #65657 is a reply to message #65577] |
Fri, 13 March 2009 07:55 |
Kenneth P. Bowman
Messages: 585
Registered: May 2000
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In article
<b9d61dc3-3644-4663-80ad-15d1ab0257f6@c11g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>,
Mark <astroboy2k@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> My apologies if this is a dumb question.
>
> I've written a rather elaborate widget program, with a display and all
> the knobs and dials anyone could wish for. What I'd like to do is make
> an avi or mpeg where one could see the plots in the display change as
> the sliders etc. move. Going from a tiff or jpeg to a movie is not the
> problem. Its not clear to me how to write the whole widget image, (if
> that's the word) to a tiff or jpeg continuously as the sliders etc.
> are moved...
>
> If anyone has any advice I'd appreciate it greatly. I'm really under
> the gun on this one.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
The simplest approach is probably to use an external program designed
to record the user's desktop.
We made this movie last year
http://start.tamu.edu/section_plotter.html
on a Mac using Snapz Pro.
The application was used to help us design flight plans for a research
aircraft.
It's worth spending the money to get software designed for this
purpose.
Ken Bowman
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| Re: possible to write screen capture of widget program to tiff? [message #65664 is a reply to message #65577] |
Thu, 12 March 2009 17:17 |
Andrew Cool
Messages: 219
Registered: January 1996
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On Mar 13, 3:15 am, Mark <astrobo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> My apologies if this is a dumb question.
>
> I've written a rather elaborate widget program, with a display and all
> the knobs and dials anyone could wish for. What I'd like to do is make
> an avi or mpeg where one could see the plots in the display change as
> the sliders etc. move. Going from a tiff or jpeg to a movie is not the
> problem. Its not clear to me how to write the whole widget image, (if
> that's the word) to a tiff or jpeg continuously as the sliders etc.
> are moved...
>
> If anyone has any advice I'd appreciate it greatly. I'm really under
> the gun on this one.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
http://www.dfanning.com/widget_tips/printscreen.html
Andrew
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