[vtkusers] Saving images

[Mathieu Malaterre]

Christian,
  If you are running vtk under linux you can use Mangled Mesa:

You can check:
http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/VTK/Examples/MangledMesa/Tcl/OffScreenCone.tcl

Dont' forget to recompile VTK with mangled Mesa.

HTH
mathieu

Christian Chilan wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I'm trying to save rendered images in a file (bmp,
> jpg, ...). I've used the documented methods but they
> only appear to do a screen capture. Thus, the user
> must clear the rendering window of any object (dialog
> boxes, widgets) that might be in front of it before
> saving the image. Otherwise, the overlapping object
> appears in the saved file.
>
> I'd appreciate any idea in how to perform the saving
> without the clearance procedure.
>
> Christian
>
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