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jit.desktop

Copy the screen contents into a Jitter matrix

Description

The jit.desktop object grabs the contents of the computer display, taking a screen shot of whatever lies at the specified screen coordinates and placing that data into a Jitter matrix.

Matrix Operator

matrix inputs:0, matrix outputs:1
Name IOProc Planelink Typelink Dimlink Plane Dim Type
out n/a 1 1 1 4 2 char

Information for Jitter Matrix Operator (MOP) messages and attributes to this object

Attributes

Name Type g/s Description
rect int Coordinates of the computer display to copy into a Jitter matrix. The display area is specified by four ints corresponding to the x and y pixel offsets from the upper left of the computer screen followed by the horizontal and vertical size of the matrix (default = 0 0 320 240)

Information for box attributes common to all objects

Examples

See Also

Name Description
jit.displays Set and query monitor attributes