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From: spencer@eris (Randal m. Spencer [RmS])
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Can U Grab Screen Image Anytime??
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Date: 28 Jan 88 23:07:33 GMT
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Recently on *comp.sys.amiga* wen2@husc2.UUCP (alvin wen) wrote:
...In article <1633@ssc-vax.UUCP> dmg@ssc-vax.UUCP (David Geary) writes:
...>Is there any software out which can grab the screen, and save
...>it as an IFF image?  I also need to be able to grab the
...>screen at ANY TIME, which means I want to grab it when
...>I'm running games which take over the machine.

One thing to think about when you want to grab screens from games is
that many games use Bobs, Vsprites, and Sprites.  Since this stuff is 
done in hardware, not directly to the bitmap (well, Sprites anyway) the
screen grabbing will not get exactly what you see.

I myself have been looking for something that will take all the View
information into consideration and build an IFF from that.  Things like
pulled down screens... Course there is no way to imbed copper instructions
in an IFF graphic...

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