Render Camera Preview To Image File?

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Hello All,

I have just installed Unity5 and I want to render what I see in the Camera Preview window to disk as an image sequence.

Is there a button for that?
Or do I need a script?

Thanks

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You’d need a script. Or some screen-recording software (on the Mac, Quicktime Player has this functionality built in).

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I recommend Fraps.

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Fraps will be fine for single screenshots. However, if you want to be able to record more than 5 minutes of gameplay WITHOUT having to pay check out OBS (Open Broadcaster Software).

Using either though will allow you to open them in any free movie editor and grab a single screenshot.

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@JoeStrout : Do you have a link to the script that will export frame-by-frame as you mention?

I don’t want to screen cap, too much quality loss in compression. I just want to get the best rendered output from Unity to an image file sequence.

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Any decent screen cap will let you control the quality (including no compression at all).

But… you said you wanted to get the output of the Camera Preview window. That’s a very unusual thing to want to do. If you want to run your game and capture a camera’s view to a file, then that is very common and pretty easy. Application.CaptureScreenshot is probably the easiest way. Here are some others.

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Easiest way to accomplish this is through Gif Creator on the Asset Store. Just keep in mind it’s for inside the editor.

https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/42302

There are also assets to record animated gifs when the game is being played.

https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/12437
https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/32092

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Can we import the video footage of the camera in an array or a json format in any way?