# Screen capture from within Flash?

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**Created:** [January 10, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/screen-capture-from-within-flash/75578 "2005-01-10T14:39:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![wickworx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bc8723/32.png) [@wickworx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wickworx)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/screen-capture-from-within-flash/75578/1 "2005-01-10T14:39:22Z")

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[font=verdana, arial, helvetica][size=2]I am working on an interactive Flash paint program for children. The idea is that kids can go online and customize a picture in Flash by painting and adding accessories, etc. [/size][/font]  
[font=verdana, arial, helvetica][size=2][/size][/font]  
[font=verdana, arial, helvetica][size=2]Ideally, they would then save thier final picture as a .jpg, .bmp or a .pdf. Any format that would allow them to then email this picture or upload to a database.

Does anyone know of a way to essentially capture the screen within Flash and save as one of these formats? I have not been able to locate any information about this funcionality in my research.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks![/size][/font]