# Screen grab within Flash and output to JPEG?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/screen-grab-within-flash-and-output-to-jpeg/230472>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 26, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/screen-grab-within-flash-and-output-to-jpeg/230472 "2007-06-26T15:14:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![53effie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f6c823/32.png) [@53effie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/53effie)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/screen-grab-within-flash-and-output-to-jpeg/230472/1 "2007-06-26T15:14:05Z")

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Hi Folks,

Can anybody give me an idea how I might create a jpeg of a portion of the currently running Flash swf from within the swf? I am assuming that I would either need some way of flattening the multiple layers which make up the area to be exported or some type of screen grab would be required. Any suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Glen