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[Graphic Galore!]

Can some one PLEASE help!?! i need to know how too let you save a pic as .jpg or .png! please help! ASAP!

[The2Banned2One]

Do you want a screenshot to be taken of the game screen or do you want to save a sprite you made in the editor?

[creativebunch]

Yeah we really need more information. Are you wanting to let the player save the picture? (And I don't think GameMaker can save in jpg)

[creativebunch]

Saying the exact same thing is exactly what I didn't want you to do.

[Graphic Galore!]

Do you want a screenshot to be taken of the game screen or do you want to save a sprite you made in the editor?

No i made a program that lets you draw sprites and backgrounds and i need to let them save as a jpg,png what they made!

Edited by Graphic Galore!, 25 April 2012 - 04:34 PM.

[GameGeisha]

No i made a program that lets you draw sprites and backgrounds and i need to let them save as a jpg,png what they made!

Once the sprites and backgrounds are drawn onto the screen, you can use these functions to save the resulting on-screen image into a PNG file:

screen_save(fname) Saves a png image of the screen in the given filename. Useful for making screenshots.
screen_save_part(fname,x,y,w,h) Saves part of the screen in the given png filename.

Another more flexible method involves drawing the sprites and backgrounds onto a surface, then use these similarly named functions:

surface_save(id,fname) Saves a png image of the surface in the given filename. Useful for making screenshots.
surface_save_part(id,fname,x,y,w,h) Saves part of the surface in the given png filename.

GameGeisha