| Choice of Capture Mode is only relevant for the UNIX versions of EasyCopy. |
You can select capture mode in the Capture menu or in the Capture Options dialog.
Below is shown an example that demonstrates how color map restrictions can influence
a screen capture in XWD resp. X Enhanced Mode:
Select GL Mode to capture visuals generated by a GL-based application
because it may contain elements that cannot be seen by the X Window System.
Select GL Mode to capture visuals generated by a GL-based application because it
may contain elements that cannot be seen by the X Window System.
Capture in GL Mode is performed by a system call to the native SGI screen capture
program scrsave, and the captured image is, by default, saved in SGI’s RGB format.
X Enhanced Mode
The default capture mode is X Enhanced Mode which is used for correct capture of any
visuals controlled by the X Window system. Colors of individual windows are preserved
when you capture the full screen or a region with any combination of windows.
Even when a window appears in pseudo-color on the screen (due to color map
restrictions) it is captured with its original colors.
XWD Mode
For more simple requirements you can use XWD Mode as a faster alternative.
The capture is performed by a system call to the X Window capture program xwd.
This option is dimmed if xwd is not available on the system.
XWD mode
X Enhanced Mode
GL Mode on IBM RS/6000
GL capture is available on IBM RS/6000 workstations, but only if the local
display is used. The frame buffer to be captured must also be specified.
GL Mode on SGI
GL capture is available on Silicon Graphics workstations.
OpenGL
If a windows is controlled by an OpenGL application it is captured correctly
in X Enhanced Mode on all platforms.
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