Screen Capture

Version 1.5.0.0 (1.74 KB) by Chethan Pandarinath
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

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Chethan Pandarinath (2026). Screen Capture (https://se.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/36391-screen-capture), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Created with R2012a
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Inspired by: screencapture

Version Published Release Notes
1.5.0.0

fixed minor issue with default args
1.4.0.0

added a link to Yair's version
1.1.0.0

Modified code to run much faster.
1.0.0.0