Capturing transparent windows with transparency - update

[mouser]

I've figured out how to properly capture transparent windows with alpha mask (woot!)
It will be in the next version.

[f0dder]

Woohoo!

GrandMasterMouser does it again!

[mouser]

An early alpha of ScreenshotCaptor with ability to capture non-rectangular windows is now uploaded.  It also fixes an inefficiency which was delaying display of new screenshots significantly - yay!

Message me for private early alpha link.

People who prefer stable releases should just wait for the public release.

[mouser]

some screenshots.

here you can see how it finds the active non-rectangular window so the dimming effects can apply to it:



and here its used to autocrop the active non-rectangular window region and apply a nice shadow around it:

[f0dder]

Nice

How'd you go around finding the window extents? GetObject + GetRegionData?

[lanux128]

ah, rounded corners! nice..

[gregland]

Very Nice Mouser !!! 

[nudone]

is this a unique feature. i can't remember seeing it done elsewhere?

[mouser]

yes it's done elsewhere, i'm not the only one.

Obviously you aren't often capturing these crazy shaped windows, BUT if you use a windows xp or vista theme with rounded corners and such, then you probably noticed that screenshot captor used to give you a tiny bit of desktop background where the corners were which could be ugly.  so this wil fix that

How'd you go around finding the window extents? GetObject + GetRegionData?

yep, it's get region data and then walking the image and masking it according to PtInRegion.

[gregland]

It works greatly !!! 
WMP


Avast


Very good Job Mouser

[mouser]

sometimes it gets tough to read only about problems and requests and bugs..
so nice to hear when something works.. thank you for that 

[gregland]

Lol... I know that with my program

[sshdw86]

I love this program.  I am very anxious to get my hands on this version with transparent capture.    How soon till we can get our grubby hands on it?

[gregland]

Windows Live Messenger has some problem with rounded corner (It's the only program for the moment)



Is there a special way to capture the WLM Window ? ("Active Window", "Window Object")
I capture it with "Window Object"

[mouser]

why is it that MS apps are inevitbly the apps that violate microsoft's own established standards..

sshdw86: the latest download has the feature now.

[gregland]

Lol... it's funny !!

[jgpaiva]

why is it that MS apps are inevitbly the apps that violate microsoft's own established standards..

Abso-fck*ng-lutelly. MSN is the program i know that has most problems. It's usually the program that makes me stop using some window managers and alike.