[Paraview] Transparent background in python scripts

[Armin Wehrfritz]

Thanks, I would really appreciate this feature. 
I'm looking forward to 5.2 then. :)


-Armin 



On Wed Jun 22 23:42:11 2016 GMT+0300, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
> Currently, it's not exposed to Python. It's on the TODO list to get
> that fixed for 5.2.
> 
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Armin Wehrfritz <dkxls23 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > How can I save screenshots with a transparent (alpha channel based)
> > background from a python script?
> >
> > Currently, I'm using this command to save screenshots:
> >>
> >> SaveScreenshot('image.png', magnification=3, view=renderView)
> >
> > But this does not write the alpha channel information.
> >
> >
> > Using "File/ Save Screenshot" in the Paraview GUI, the screenshots
> > have the alpha channel information saved correctly when I setting "Edit/
> > Settings/ General/ Transparent Background".
> >
> > I'm using ParaView 5.0.1 on a 64bit Linux workstation with the latest
> > Nvidia driver (367.27).
> >
> >
> > -Armin
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