markmsb

Hi everyone, wondering if there is a way to export a patcher as an image from a Max Application? 

I am creating a notation patch that I intend on using as an application and it would be great if I could save the UI as an image. I know this can be done in Max via the file menu but the aim is to have this as an application which will not have the export image option in the file menu. Is it not possible to export the UI as an image from an application?

Ideally I trigger export from the UI itself via a button. So far I have this working fine in a Max patcher using "; max exportimage" however this only seems to work if used in conjunction with the "; max openfile" message to Max. Maybe I am using it wrong, but is it not possible to simply trigger the export of an image of a patch with out having to "open file"? As this means opening the patch twice, then exporting image, then closing the patch, and this does not seem to work when converted to an application.

If this approach does not work, are there any other nice tricks that would?

Hi everyone, wondering if there is a way to export a patcher as an image from a Max Application? 

I am creating a notation patch that I intend on using as an application and it would be great if I could save the UI as an image. I know this can be done in Max via the file menu but the aim is to have this as an application which will not have the export image option in the file menu. Is it not possible to export the UI as an image from an application? 

Ideally I trigger export from the UI itself via a button. So far I have this working fine in a Max patcher using "; max exportimage" however this only seems to work if used in conjunction with the "; max openfile" message to Max. Maybe I am using it wrong, but is it not possible to simply trigger the export of an image of a patch with out having to "open file"?  As this means opening the patch twice, then exporting image, then closing the patch, and this does not seem to work when converted to an application.

Hi everyone, wondering if there is a way to export a patcher as an image from a Max Application? 

I am creating a notation patch that I int

export-ui-as-image-from-max-application

what i regulary do ( when i need a tracing image for photoshop ) is to copy nd paste the content.

this creates an image to the clipbopard as long as at leat one GUI object (other than message) is contained in the patch. of course no connections and stuff.

without opening the patch you cant make an image of it, because without opening a file you cant do shite to it.

what i regulary do ( when i need a tracing image for photoshop ) is to copy nd paste the content.
this creates an image to the clipbopard as long as at leat one GUI object (other than message) is contained in the patch. of course no connections and stuff. 

the alternative is making a screenshot.

without opening the patch you cant make an image of it, because without opening a file you cant do shite to it.



I'm not sure I actually understand what you are trying to do, but if you were trying to load a series of patches and output images of them (and if they were all similar sized) you could have each open in a bpatcher and then grab that portion of the screen with jit.desktop, and save that. That would allow you to do something like automate previews of a bunch of similar-sized bpatcher "plugin" style patches.

I'm not sure I actually understand what you are trying to do, but if you were trying to load a series of patches and output images of them (and if they were all similar sized) you could have each open in a bpatcher and then grab that portion of the screen with jit.desktop, and save that.   That would allow you to do something like automate previews of a bunch of similar-sized bpatcher "plugin" style patches.

Taking screenshots with jit.desktop / jit.matrix works very well.

I made similar app once that exported notation as Pdf files

on Mac, taking screenshots of specified screen area,

exporting as png, and converting png to pdf using

shell / sips (mac image manipulation command line tool).

Here is part taking screenshot and saving Images :

Taking screenshots with jit.desktop / jit.matrix works very well.
I made similar app once that exported notation as Pdf files
on Mac,  taking screenshots of specified screen area,
exporting as png, and converting png to pdf using
shell / sips (mac image manipulation command line tool).
Here is part taking screenshot and saving Images :


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Thanks for the response everyone. So I am doing something similar to you @Source Audio, it is a single patcher window as an application for creating notation. This will be used by young pupils which is why I wanted a simple one-click option to save an image of their work. Your patch works great, I've added this patcher so that I can get the coordinates of the patch window whenever jit.desktop is triggered which works well. Just trying to figure out best ways to improve the image quality via the patch.

Thanks for the response everyone. So I am doing something similar to you @Source Audio, it is a single patcher window as an application for creating notation. This will be used by young pupils which is why I wanted a simple one-click option to save an image of their work. Your patch works great, I've added this patcher so that I can get the coordinates of the patch window whenever jit.desktop is triggered which works well.  Just trying to figure out best ways to improve the image quality via the patch.

I'm having trouble getting this to work. When I use the code posted here, it exports a blank .png regardless of the coordinates I give it. The export message was correct, and when I attach a jit.pwindow I can see that the image I want is being passed to the matrix. Any advice?

EDIT: I found a fix in another forum post. Passing jit.desktop through jit.gen seems to work!

Export UI as image from Max Application