export snapshot with groups

Wilhelm Sanke sanke at hrz.uni-kassel.de
Wed Jan 30 12:32:27 EST 2008


On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
wrote:



>Is there some magic syntax option which will allow me to use the "export 
>snapshot" command to export the full area within the boundingRect of a 
>group object, even if the boundingRect may exceed the object's current rect?
>
>I know I can make an offscreen copy, adjust the rect to match the 
>boundingRect, etc., but it sure would be handy if we had a one-liner to 
>get the same result.


Just do not use "export snapshot", but simply export the image in the group, which may be partially hiddden, to a file, like

"export img x to file tfilename as jpeg".

Best regards,

Wilhelm Sanke






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