Export Snapshot and JPEG problems

[Ian McKnight]

Thanks for getting back to me Scott. I had an idea it was something
like that - I'll give your solution a try.





2009/3/12 Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com>:
> Recently, Ian McKnight wrote:
>
>> I want to export an image of the finished group and have used these
>> commands to produce an image of the axes as seen on screen.
>>
>> export snapshot from grp theDefaultGrpName to file theFileName as PNG
>> export snapshot from grp theDefaultGrpName to file theFileName as GIF
>>
>> However, try as I might, I can't get this version to work
>>
>> export snapshot from grp theDefaultGrpName to file theFileName as JPEG
>>
>> because the exported image is displayed with a black background.
>
> The issue you're probably running into is that 1) when exporting a snapshot
> from a group, Rev will capture the transparency that is created by multiple
> objects being surrounded by empty space and 2) JPEG does not inherently
> support transparency.  I would guess that placing some kind of background in
> the group behind your graph (a graphic or image) would be enough to solve
> the problem.  Alternatively, you could try the following, which should
> capture the portion of the card that is behind the group:
>
>  export snapshot from rect (rect of grp theDefaultGrpName) of this cd \
>   to file theFileName as JPEG
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
>
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Ian McKnight

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