# Screenshot

VTKExamples/Java/Miscellaneous/Screenshot

### Description

This example shows how to save the window to a file (png in this case).

### Code

Screenshot.java

    import vtk.*;

    public class Screenshot
    {

      // Loading Native Libraries.
      // Now it works in eclipse without any issues.
      static {
            if (!vtkNativeLibrary.LoadAllNativeLibraries()) {
              for (vtkNativeLibrary lib : vtkNativeLibrary.values()) {
                if (!lib.IsLoaded()) {
                  System.out.println(lib.GetLibraryName() + " not loaded");
                }
              }
            }
            vtkNativeLibrary.DisableOutputWindow(null);
          }

      public static void main(String[] args)
      {
        vtkSphereSource sphereSource = new vtkSphereSource();
        sphereSource.SetCenter(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
        sphereSource.SetRadius(5.0);

        //create a mapper
        vtkPolyDataMapper mapper = new vtkPolyDataMapper();
        mapper.SetInputConnection(sphereSource.GetOutputPort());

        // create an actor
        vtkActor actor = new vtkActor();
        actor.SetMapper(mapper);

        // a renderer and render window
        vtkRenderer renderer = new vtkRenderer();
        vtkRenderWindow renderWindow = new vtkRenderWindow();
        renderWindow.AddRenderer(renderer);

        // an interactor
        vtkRenderWindowInteractor renderWindowInteractor = new vtkRenderWindowInteractor();
        renderWindowInteractor.SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

        // add the actors to the scene
        renderer.AddActor(actor);
        renderer.SetBackground(1,1,1); // Background color white

        renderWindow.Render();

        vtkWindowToImageFilter windowToImageFilter = new vtkWindowToImageFilter();
        windowToImageFilter.SetInput(renderWindow);
        windowToImageFilter.SetMagnification(3); //set the resolution of the output image
        windowToImageFilter.Update();

        vtkPNGWriter writer = new vtkPNGWriter();
        writer.SetFileName("screenshot2.png");
        writer.SetInput(windowToImageFilter.GetOutput());
        writer.Write();

        renderWindow.Render();
        renderer.ResetCamera();
        renderWindow.Render();
        renderWindowInteractor.Start();
      }
    }