Card SnapShot from Negative Rect?

[Scott Rossi]

Another possible option -- thanks Bernd :-)

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX/UI Design




On 6/6/16, 1:31 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of BNig"
<use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com on behalf of
bernd.niggemann at uni-wh.de> wrote:

>Scott,
>
>I don't know of any way to designate multiple objects for one snapshot.
>
>Maybe instead of rearranging the objects then relayer etc. you could make
>multiple snapshots that you place relative to each other in a temporary
>(invisible) group and then snapshot the group? You could probably even use
>the rects of the objects for placing the images of the objects. Since for
>your final snapshot negative rects would not matter.
>
>Of course this is not as fast as one snapshot but saves you from
>rearranging.
>
>(not tested)
>
>Kind regards
>Bernd
>
>
>Scott Rossi wrote
>> I'm trying to snapshot the card because I want
>> to capture multiple objects/groups that are present in a designated
>>rect,
>> along with the card background pattern (where theRect includes negative
>> values).
>> 
>> export snapshot from rect theRect of this cd at size 120,120 to img
>>"map"
>> 
>> 
>> I supposed I could ignore the card and temporarily group the controls to
>> be able to snapshot from a single object, but then I have to relayer
>> everything back to where it was originally.  This is not ideal, but
>> possible.
>> 
>> AFAIK, it's not possible to designate multiple objects for a snapshot,
>>is
>> it?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Scott Rossi
>> Creative Director
>> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 6/6/16, 12:42 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of BNig"
>> <
>
>> use-livecode-bounces at .runrev
>
>>  on behalf of
>
>> bernd.niggemann@
>
>> > wrote:
>> 
>>>Hi Scott,
>>>
>>>what happens if you reference the object directly:
>>>
>>>on mouseUp
>>>   export snapshot from field 1 of group 1 to tImg as png
>>>   set the text of image 1 to tImg
>>>   put the rect of field 1 of group 1
>>>end mouseUp
>>>
>>>or 
>>>
>>>on mouseUp
>>>   import snapshot from field 1 of group 1
>>>   put the rect of field 1 of group 1
>>>end mouseUp
>>>
>>>the rect of field 1 being 327,-125,577,-69
>>>
>>>both work for me in LC 7.1.4. Both retain transparency.
>>>
>>>Kind regards
>>>Bernd
>>>
>>>
>>>Scott Rossi wrote
>>>> Anyone know how to snapshot a rect location of a card that includes
>>>> negative values?
>>>> 
>>>> In LC 7.1.3, I have an object in a group that's scrolled out of view,
>>>> resulting in the object's rect having negative values.  I want to
>>>>snapshot
>>>> the object, but I'm unable to snapshot any part of the card outside
>>>>the
>>>> card's rect (where the rect contains values less than zero).  I know
>>>>it's
>>>> possible to snapshot an offscreen stack, but can't seem to do this
>>>>with
>>>>an
>>>> offscreen object on a card.
>>>> 
>>>> Any option for this besides locking the screen and moving the object
>>>>to
>>>>a
>>>> visible location?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> Scott Rossi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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