topic Re: Saving a Screenshot in Maya Forum

Saving a Screenshot

t_smith5 — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 16:23:45 GMT

Is there any way of grabbing an image view/screenshot like you can in 3ds Max?

Re: Saving a Screenshot

damaggio — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 16:39:22 GMT

just use print screen key in keyboard and paste in photoshop

Re: Saving a Screenshot

t_smith5 — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 16:51:22 GMT

So there's no built-in feature like Max...? That's a pity. 😕

Re: Saving a Screenshot

Abdulla-Qaladzay — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 20:03:28 GMT

Hi @t_smith5

-Actually there is a snapshot tool in the render view window but it is quite useless because it do snapshot only the wires .

watch "snapShot.mp4" video attachment

-but if you need to dot it with a high quality use Maya hardware 2.0

-or hit Ctrl + Space on Maya to maximize the viewport then as @damaggio suggested use print screen key

Re: Saving a Screenshot

damaggio — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 20:06:30 GMT

Interesting Abdulla but yeah, kinda useless unfortunately.

Cheers.

Re: Saving a Screenshot

mspeer — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 22:09:58 GMT

Hi!

The snapshot tool in Maya Render View only serves one purpose, that is to get an overview in the Render View where you then can select a region for Render Region, so you don't need to render the frame once complete or to guess where you need to select.

To render out the Viewport content you need to render the scene or use Playblast. You can also use an OS tool as suggested by @damaggio or any other 3rd party tool to take a screenshot.

Re: Saving a Screenshot

tristan — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:48:16 GMT

https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/ENU/MayaCRE-Tech-Docs/CommandsPython/refresh.html