# F7 / F8 (AS2): Taking a "Screenshot" of the currnet Stage?

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 6, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f7-f8-as2-taking-a-screenshot-of-the-currnet-stage/221739 "2007-04-06T21:22:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![CEOofAEP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@CEOofAEP](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CEOofAEP)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f7-f8-as2-taking-a-screenshot-of-the-currnet-stage/221739/1 "2007-04-06T21:22:41Z")

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That’s basically already my question… (Hello, by the way ^^)

…Is there a way to take a “screenshot” of what is currently being displayed on the stage? Or even better, a part of the stage?

Don’t get me wrong- I know how to take a screenshot _myself_. What I want is to have an option within the _SWF_ to generate a file (jpg, png or gif are all fine) of what the current stage looks like.

It sounds like a fairly easy idea / request but I have no clue how this would be done… that’s why I’m begging for help =)

It’s for a shop (idea) where people can patch together their own design to be printed… but in order to do that, I would have to be able to generate an image of the completed design… any ideas? Am I missing something that’s already integrated in Flash?

Thanks in advance everyone for your suggestions and your time, reading this!

~Marcel