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["Sam \"SmSpillaz\" Spilsbury" <smspillaz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Tobias Wolf <717436@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It would be better to finally fix screenshotting so that we capture the
> real shadow and not add another artificial one.
>
> This would be really easy to do (I hope). Just leave out the desktop
> background and get the extents from the geometry plus shadow. Instant
> RGBA screenshot.

FWIW KWin does this already: you render a while background to an FBO
and then draw the window directly into that FBO then copy the pixels
from that FBO into an image file. Shadows (+ whatever other effects
you have) for free.

It should be noted that this requires FBO support though.

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> Title:
>  Invisible border breaks screenshot applications
>
> Status in Unity:
>  Triaged
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
>  In Progress
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>  The new invisible border in Unity breaks screenshot applications, such
>  as "Take Screenshot..." and Alt-PrintScreen. When you take a
>  screenshot of a window, the invisible border is also added, and a drop
>  shadow is added around *that*, which looks really ugly.
>
>
>


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Title:
  Invisible border breaks screenshot applications