# saveFrame location options processing
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/saveframe-location-options-processing/8136
**Category:** Beginners
**Tags:** homework
**Created:** [February 5, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/saveframe-location-options-processing/8136 "2019-02-05T14:17:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@juriaan](https://discourse.processing.org/u/juriaan)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/saveframe-location-options-processing/8136/1 "2019-02-05T14:17:03Z")
Hey couldn’t find this anywhere online but is it possible to save a image from a specific location on my canvas. my canvas is 1400 x 800. but I want the image of only the right
600 x 800.
Thanks
This is what I have:
`if ( q > 5 ) save ("icon_####.png");`
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### Author:  [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/saveframe-location-options-processing/8136/2 "2019-02-05T14:26:45Z")
[Processing.org/reference/PImage\_get\_.html](http://Processing.org/reference/PImage_get_.html)
[Processing.org/reference/PImage\_save\_.html](http://Processing.org/reference/PImage_save_.html)
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### Author:  [@juriaan](https://discourse.processing.org/u/juriaan)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/saveframe-location-options-processing/8136/3 "2019-02-05T14:40:36Z")
Hey GotoLoop,
I can’t seem to figure it out? sorry if I’m asking dumb questions here but could you elaborate a bit on this? so far from the reference I tried
```auto
pimg.save(filename)
```
but it doesn’t recognise it or am I able to put in coordinates.
here’s a screenshot of a save, I want it to only save the right part of the frame. how would I go about and do this?
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### Author:  [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/saveframe-location-options-processing/8136/4 "2019-02-05T14:56:21Z")
> [@juriaan](#):
>
> I want it to only save the right part of the frame.
You need to invoke **get()**'s overloaded version w/ 4 arguments in order to get a PImage rectangular section of the canvas:
> **[get() / Reference](https://processing.org/reference/get_.html)**
>
> Reads the color of any pixel or grabs a section of an image. If no parameters are specified, the entire image is returned. Use the x and y parameters to get the value of one pixel. Get a…
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### Author:  [@juriaan](https://discourse.processing.org/u/juriaan)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/saveframe-location-options-processing/8136/5 "2019-02-05T15:29:43Z")
this is what I have gotten so far. anything I’m missing? I’m new to processing
```auto
int q=0;
PFont font;
PImage img;
if ( mouseButton == LEFT ) q++;
if ( q > 5 ) get(800, 800, 600, 600);
```
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### Author:  [@clankill3r](https://discourse.processing.org/u/clankill3r)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/saveframe-location-options-processing/8136/6 "2019-02-05T15:55:20Z")
If you are new I really recommend curly braces around if statements.
`get` is returning a PImage.
```auto
PImage section = get(800, 800, 600, 600);
section.save("dsafdsafdsf.png");
```
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### Author:  [@juriaan](https://discourse.processing.org/u/juriaan)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/saveframe-location-options-processing/8136/7 "2019-02-05T16:01:06Z")
Perfect thank you for the answer. I see it saving now. but it saves it under the same name, so I can’t do let’s say 50. any tips?
also I’m using a lot of if’s in my program, what do curly braces help?
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### Author:  [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/saveframe-location-options-processing/8136/8 "2019-02-05T16:07:42Z")
> [@juriaan](#):
>
> `if (q < 5) get(800, 800, 600, 600);`
As @clankill3r has already pointed out, you’re not storing the PImage returned by **get()**! 😑
You can instead invoke **PImage::save()** method chained after **PApplet::get()** too: 💡
`if (q > 5) get(800, 800, 600, 600).save("img.png");`
Also, we need to check for _mousePressed_ 1st when _mouseButton_ is used outside a mouse callback: 🖱
> **[mousePressed / Reference](https://processing.org/reference/mousePressed.html)**
>
> The mousePressed variable stores whether a mouse button has been pressed. The mouseButton variable (see the related reference entry) can be used to determine which button has been presse…
`if (mousePressed & mouseButton == LEFT) ++q;`
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### Author:  [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/saveframe-location-options-processing/8136/9 "2019-02-05T16:09:31Z")
> [@juriaan](#):
>
> What do curly braces help?
Actually, NOTHING for 1-liner conditional statements! 😄
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### Author:  [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/saveframe-location-options-processing/8136/10 "2019-02-05T16:13:36Z")
> [@juriaan](#):
>
> But it saves it under the same name, …
You can insert _frameCount_ in the middle of the filename: 📂
> **[frameCount / Reference](https://processing.org/reference/frameCount.html)**
>
> The system variable frameCount contains the number o frames displayed since the program started. Inside setup() the value is 0 and during the first iteration of draw it is 1, etc.
`if (q > 5) get(800, 800, 600, 600).save("img." + frameCount + ".png");`
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### Author:  [@juriaan](https://discourse.processing.org/u/juriaan)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/saveframe-location-options-processing/8136/11 "2019-02-05T16:47:03Z")
everything seems to work, thanks for the help bro’s!
since this goes way out of league for teachers at my school. maybe ya’ll can judge this piece of code?
```auto
int q=0;
PFont font;
PImage img;
void setup() {
size (1400, 800);
font = loadFont ("Futura.vlw");
textFont(font);
rect(800, 0, 600, 800);
}
void draw() {
fill(255);
rect(0, 0, 800, 400); // question panel
rect(0, height/2, 400, 400);//left box
rect(400, height/2, 400, 400);//right box
rect(800, 800, 1600, 1600); //Drawscape
fill(0);
textSize(32);
//QUESTION 1
if (q==0) text("Ik zie mijzelf als sociaal", 200, 200);
if (q==0) text("ja", 200, 600);
if (q==0) text("nee", 600, 600);
if (q==0) fill(255);
//QUESTION 2
if (q==1) text("Ik wil graag op vakantie", 200, 200);
if (q==1) text("ja", 200, 600);
if (q==1) text("nee", 600, 600);
if (q==2) text("Ik ben gelukkig zoals ik ben", 200, 200);
if (q==2) text("ja", 200, 600);
if (q==2) text("nee", 600, 600);
//QUESTION 4
if (q==3) text("Ik hou van avontuur", 200, 200);
if (q==3) text("ja", 200, 600);
if (q==3) text("nee", 600, 600);
//QUESTION 5
if (q==4) text("ik ben vaak niet mijzelf", 200, 200);
if (q==4) text("ja", 200, 600);
if (q==4) text("nee", 600, 600);
if (q==5) text("ik wil eventjes lekker dansen", 200, 200);
if (q==5) text("ja", 200, 600);
if (q==5) text("nee", 600, 600);
}
void mousePressed() {
if ( mouseButton == LEFT ) q++;
if (q > 5) rect (0, 0, 800, 800);
if (q == 6) get(800,0, 600, 800).save("img." + frameCount + ".png");
if (q == 7) exit();
//LINES QUESTION 1
if (q == 1 && mouseX > 0 && mouseX < (0 + 400) && mouseY > 400 && mouseY < (400 + 400))
line (1100, 400, 1100, 100);
if (q == 1 && mouseX > 400 && mouseX < (400 + 400) && mouseY > 400 && mouseY < (400 + 400))
line (1100, 400, 900, 0);
//LINES QUESTION 2
if (q == 2 && mouseX > 0 && mouseX < (0 + 400) && mouseY > 400 && mouseY < (400 + 400))
line (1100, 400, 1200, 200);
if (q == 2 && mouseX > 400 && mouseX < (400 + 400) && mouseY > 400 && mouseY < (400 + 400))
line (1100, 400, 800, -100);
//lines QUESTION 3
if (q == 3 && mouseX > 0 && mouseX < (0 + 400) && mouseY > 400 && mouseY < (400 + 400))
line (1100, 400, 1300, 400);
if (q == 3 && mouseX > 400 && mouseX < (400 + 400) && mouseY > 400 && mouseY < (400 + 400))
line (1100, 400, 1100, 100);
//lines QUESTION 4
if (q == 4 && mouseX > 0 && mouseX < (0 + 400) && mouseY > 400 && mouseY < (400 + 400))
line (1100, 400, 1400, 800);
if (q == 4 && mouseX > 400 && mouseX < (400 + 400) && mouseY > 400 && mouseY < (400 + 400))
line (1100, 400, 1100, 100);
//lines QUESTION 5
if (q == 5 && mouseX > 0 && mouseX < (0 + 400) && mouseY > 400 && mouseY < (400 + 400))
line (1100, 400, 1500, 1600);
if (q == 5 && mouseX > 400 && mouseX < (400 + 400) && mouseY > 400 && mouseY < (400 + 400))
line (1100, 400, 1600, 500);
//lines QUESTION 6
if (q == 6 && mouseX > 0 && mouseX < (0 + 400) && mouseY > 400 && mouseY < (400 + 400))
line (1100, 400, 1600, 3600);
if (q == 6 && mouseX > 400 && mouseX < (400 + 400) && mouseY > 400 && mouseY < (400 + 400))
line (1100, 400, 1100, 100);
}
```
only if you want ofcourse! thanks for the help so far!
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### Author:  [@kll](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kll)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/saveframe-location-options-processing/8136/12 "2019-02-06T03:36:09Z")
@juriaan
good that you got it running.
you remember i talk about the option to use
> array
get the idea
> [@I really need help! to make a quiz](https://discourse.processing.org/t/i-really-need-help-to-make-a-quiz/7431/3):
>
> i understand it might be too much, but just take a look to see that there are some other possible program structures ways like array… to do that: ( example) String[] questions ={ "start text", "qa\n[a] bla\n[b] blb\n[c] blc", "qb\n[a]\n[b]\n[c]", "qc\n[a]\n[b]\n[c]", "end"}; String[] goodanswers={ "n.a.", "a", "c", "b", "n.a."}; int q=0, grade=0, gambler = 0; void setup() { size (500, 500); println("mouse click: LEFT: next question, RIGHT: start again"); …
here and run it to see how you can pack some things compared to your actual program structure.
and, if you use google like:
[quiz site:processing.org]
you would have found lots of good things to read.