I’ve run into this problem where my pdf is coming out blank even though there is stuff on the screen. I think it has to do with how I’m drawing to the canvas using mousePressed. any ideas? import processing.pdf.*; boolean record = false; void setup() { size(500, 500); background(255); } …

Even if you set it to true at the top, the first time you enter the draw loop it is set to false. import processing.pdf.*; void setup() { size(500, 500); background(255); beginRecord(PDF, "frame-####.pdf"); } void draw () { } void mousePressed() { circle(mouseX, mouseY, 50); } void keyP…

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jb4x July 2, 2020, 8:40am 2

Hi @TimoL,

You need to start the recording before you draw on the screen for the capture to work.

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