screenshot

The goal of screenshot is to take a screenshot easily and locate image position on a display with R.

Installation

You can install the development version from GitHub with:

# install.packages("devtools")
remotes::install_github("matutosi/screenshot")

On Win OS, need to install screenshot.exe by install_screenshot(). This exe file is compiled from codes shown below.

https://superuser.com/questions/75614/take-a-screen-shot-from-command-line-in-windows#answer-1751844

library(screenshot)
install_screenshot()
  # if you want to install another directory
  # bin_dir <- "SET_YOUR DIRECTORY"
  # install_screenshot(bin_dir)

On Mac screencapture is usually available.

On Linux GNOME desktop use gnome-screenshot. If not installed, run sudo apt install gnome-screenshot.

Example

You can use screenshot() to take a screenshot easily.

library(screenshot)
sc <- screenshot()
sc_image <- imager::load.image(sc)
plot(sc_image)

To locate image from a screenshot, use locate_image(). In this case, bottom left corner of screenshot image was cut off as needle image.

sc <- screenshot()
sc_image <- imager::load.image(sc)
w <- 100
h <- 80
pos_x <- 1
pos_y <- imager::height(sc_image) - h
needle <- hay2needle(sc_image, pos_x, pos_y, w, h)
(locate_image(needle)) # center location
pos <- locate_image(needle, center = FALSE)
found <- hay2needle(sc_image, pos[1], pos[2], w, h)
layout(c(1:3))
plot(sc_image)
plot(needle)
plot(found)

Citation

Toshikazu Matsumura (2023) screenshot. Screenshot and locate image Easily. https://github.com/matutosi/screenshot/.