Screen Capture
Function to capture the screen, or portions of the screen. Uses java.awt.robot screen capture.
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Based on this excellent screencapture script by Saurabh Kumar: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/11363-screencapture
Added a function wrapper to make it more convenient, also added options to be able to capture subregions instead of the full screen, and data can be returned as a Matlab image rather than just a file.
Jan Simon noted this implementation by Yair Altman which has many more options:
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/24323-screencapture-get-a-screen-capture-of-a-figure-frame-or-component
Cite As
Chethan Pandarinath (2026). Screen Capture (https://ch.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/36391-screen-capture), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
Acknowledgements
Inspired by: screencapture
General Information
- Version 1.5.0.0 (1.74 KB)
MATLAB Release Compatibility
- Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
