Save image data as a file?, Trying to make a 'photograph' skill Options

[Sel Feena]

Hello, all. I've recently dumped any ideas of making a game right now and instead am concentrating on learning how to do things through script. One idea I wanted to develop was a 'photograph' function that took a picture of what is currently on screen, and save it as a numbered image which would be stored in the 'Pictures' folder.

I know that there is the Graphics.snap_to_bitmap function, but after that, how can I save this data as an image file?

[Kread-EX]

You need to implement the PNG compression, which is absent from the default Zlib module. Somebody did it on 66rpg long ago, but I'm unable to remember his name. I still have his script, however:

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#=============================================================================
# ** ZLIB
#=============================================================================
module Zlib
  class Png_File < GzipWriter
    def make_png(bitmap, mode = 0)
      @bitmap, @mode = bitmap, mode
      self.write(make_header)
      self.write(make_ihdr)
      self.write(make_idat)
      self.write(make_iend)
    end
    def make_header
      return [0x89, 0x50, 0x4e, 0x47, 0x0d, 0x0a, 0x1a, 0x0a].pack('C*')
    end
    def make_ihdr
      ih_size               = [13].pack('N')
      ih_sign               = 'IHDR'
      ih_width              = [@bitmap.width].pack('N')
      ih_height             = [@bitmap.height].pack('N')
      ih_bit_depth          = [8].pack('C')
      ih_color_type         = [6].pack('C')
      ih_compression_method = [0].pack('C')
      ih_filter_method      = [0].pack('C')
      ih_interlace_method   = [0].pack('C')
      string = ih_sign + ih_width + ih_height + ih_bit_depth + ih_color_type +
               ih_compression_method + ih_filter_method + ih_interlace_method
      ih_crc = [Zlib.crc32(string)].pack('N')
      return ih_size + string + ih_crc
    end
    def make_idat
      header  = "\x49\x44\x41\x54"
      data    = @mode == 0 ? make_bitmap_data0 : make_bitmap_data1
      data    = Zlib::Deflate.deflate(data, 8)
      crc     = [Zlib.crc32(header + data)].pack('N')
      size    = [data.length].pack('N')
      return size + header + data + crc
    end
    def make_bitmap_data0
      gz = Zlib::GzipWriter.open('png2.tmp')
      t_Fx = 0
      w = @bitmap.width
      h = @bitmap.height
      data = []
      for y in 0...h
        data.push(0)
        for x in 0...w
          t_Fx += 1
          if t_Fx % 10000 == 0
            Graphics.update
          end
          if t_Fx % 100000 == 0
            s = data.pack('C*')
            gz.write(s)
            data.clear
          end
          color = @bitmap.get_pixel(x, y)
          red = color.red
          green = color.green
          blue = color.blue
          alpha = color.alpha
          data.push(red)
          data.push(green)
          data.push(blue)
          data.push(alpha)
        end
      end
      s = data.pack('C*')
      gz.write(s)
      gz.close  
      data.clear
      gz = Zlib::GzipReader.open('png2.tmp')
      data = gz.read
      gz.close
      File.delete('png2.tmp')
      return data
    end
    def make_bitmap_data1
      w = @bitmap.width
      h = @bitmap.height
      data = []
      for y in 0...h
        data.push(0)
        for x in 0...w
          color = @bitmap.get_pixel(x, y)
          red = color.red
          green = color.green
          blue = color.blue
          alpha = color.alpha
          data.push(red)
          data.push(green)
          data.push(blue)
          data.push(alpha)
        end
      end
      return data.pack('C*')
    end
    def make_iend
      ie_size = [0].pack('N')
      ie_sign = 'IEND'
      ie_crc  = [Zlib.crc32(ie_sign)].pack('N')
      return ie_size + ie_sign + ie_crc
    end
  end
end

#=============================================================================
# ** Bitmap
#=============================================================================
class Bitmap
  def make_png(name = 'like', path = '', mode = 0)
    Zlib::Png_File.open('png.tmp')   { |gz| gz.make_png(self, mode) }
    Zlib::GzipReader.open('png.tmp') { |gz| $read = gz.read }
    f = File.open(path + name + '.png', 'wb')
    f.write($read)
    f.close
    File.delete('png.tmp')
  end
end

With this, you when you retrieve the bitmap with Graphics.snap_to_bitmap, you can save it right away. You'll just have to input a name and a path. Like this:

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bitmap = Graphics.snap_to_bitmap
bitmap.make_png('Photograph', 'Graphics/Photos')

Note: it can be a long process.

You have another solution, being the Screenshot module made by Andreas21 and Cybersam.
http://forum.rpgcreative.net/viewtopic.php...dreas21#p301585 (the page is in french).

[Sel Feena]

Dang, that was quick! Thanks for the script.