CurrentScreenImage
returns an image captured from all current display screens on your computer.
returns an image captured from display screen n.
CurrentScreenImage[{{xmin,ymin},{xmax,ymax}}]
returns the specified rectangle from the image of all current display screens.
Details and Options
- The primary display monitor is typically numbered 1, and the image from it can be captured with CurrentScreenImage[1].
- The list of all display screens is given by SystemInformation["Devices","ScreenInformation"].
- CurrentScreenImage returns an image that contains a faithful representation of pixels on your display screen.
- In the form CurrentScreenImage[{{xmin,ymin},{xmax,ymax}}], the coordinates are measured from the bottom left of the complete area of all current display screens.
- CurrentScreenImage always shows a rectangular display area. Any pixels that lie outside the display areas for any screen are assigned a color specified by the setting for the option Background.
Examples
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Options (1)
Background (1)
Capturing a screenshot with multiple monitors attached may display black areas where no physical monitors exist:
The background color in this case can be changed with the option Background:
Properties & Relations (2)
CurrentScreenImage uses the standard image coordinate system used in standard image processing functions like ImageTrim:
Using CurrentScreenImage of a rectangle is faster than trimming the full image after taking it:
Text
Wolfram Research (2017), CurrentScreenImage, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CurrentScreenImage.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2017. "CurrentScreenImage." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CurrentScreenImage.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2017). CurrentScreenImage. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CurrentScreenImage.html