Apple Retina Display about screencloud HOT 37 CLOSED

Any update? This makes screencloud practically unusable on a Retina Mac.

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Any update? Screencloud was one of my favorite apps, then I upgraded to a retina display MBP and now I can't use it.

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I don't have any retina macs to test it on, but I'll try to enable the Qt high-dpi setting in the next release. That will hopefully make the app behave a bit better.

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Awesome. Thanks, you rule!

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Great thanks 👍

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When is next release then? I really miss my instant screenshot sharing :(

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I'm not sure. I'm struggling with segfaults on Windows and OS X while the same code works fine under Linux. Very frustrating. Hopefully I'll figure it out soon.

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1.1.4 is out: https://screencloud.net/files/mac/ScreenCloud-1.1.4.dmg
This should have high-dpi enabled. Can you check if it works better now?

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Nope. Here is a screenshot I just took. I used the "full screen" screenshot option. You see how it only sees a small area of the screen.

http://screencloud.net/v/5xQy

Thanks so much for trying to fix this. I really appreciate it!

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Ok. Would you mind helping me debug it using the debug console? (go to Preferences and hit Ctrl+D or Command+D). I'm curious about what you get if you enter these commands:

from PythonQt.QtGui import QApplication, QDesktopWidget
QApplication.desktop().screenGeometry(QApplication.desktop().primaryScreen)

It should show the correct width/height of your screen, but it might be different on retina.

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Yes absolutely happy to help. Traveling today. Should be able to get you all this info first thing tomorrow. Thanks again —AL

On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 2:14 PM, olav-st [email protected] wrote:

Ok. Would you mind helping me debug it using the debug console? (go to Preferences and hit Ctrl+D or Command+D) I'm curious about what you get if you enter these commands:

from PythonQt.QtGui import QApplication, QDesktopWidget
QApplication.desktop().screenGeometry(QApplication.desktop().primaryScreen)

It should show the correct width/height of your screen, but it might be different on retina.

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Hi Olav,

I hope this helps:

py> from PythonQt.QtGui import QApplication, QDesktopWidget
py> QApplication.desktop().screenGeometry(QApplication.desktop().primaryScreen)
QRect (0, 0, 1680, 1050, at: 0x600000019830)

Mac: Macbook Pro Retina 15"

Best regards,
Alexander

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Looks like it's not detecting your resolution properly. According to Apple the 15" MacBook has a 2880x1800 screen, while ScreenCloud is seeing 1680x1050.

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In my case is it correct. You can choose between different resolutions. I've chosen 1680x1050 to have more space then with 1440x900 for coding :)

These resolutions are available at the control panel of OS X:

So Screencloud sees the correct resolution from the OS but the image looks like this:

I think Apple calculates the resolution a little bit different (Think different). The display has a different resolution as the OS displays?

//edit: Another Idea: The problem can be the different PPI (pixel per inch). Normally you have 72 PPI but on a retina with 15" you have 227 PPI and on 13" 220 PPI.

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It still runs at 2560x1600 on 13" and 2880x1800 on 15". It just upscales it to provide a readable experience. Retina provides 4x more pixels and that's why it only takes a picture of 1/4th the screen

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https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/GraphicsAnimation/Conceptual/HighResolutionOSX/APIs/APIs.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40012302-CH5-SW2

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Looks like there's a patch for Qt that might fix this problem: https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change,50233
I'll try compiling a new version with the patch included.

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Here's a build with some retina patches added:
https://screencloud.net/files/mac/ScreenCloud-1.1.4-retina-patches.dmg
Would be great if anyone could try it and report back.

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Working. It does a sort of weird thing where it shows the image a little zoomed up, then fixes the aspect ratio after about a second.

Take a look

http://screencloud.net/v/xihR

The MAIN issue seems resolved

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Like I see only "Capture Full Screen" is now working. The other 2 options has still the same error. On "Capture Selection" the display is zooming in like before (small part of the display). And on "Capture Window" it makes strange sized images without sense if a Software has more then one layer, like Photoshop.

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It does a sort of weird thing where it shows the image a little zoomed up, then fixes the aspect ratio after about a second.

On the website? Or when taking the screenshot?

The other 2 options has still the same error. On "Capture Selection" the display is zooming in like before (small part of the display). And on "Capture Window" it makes strange sized images without sense if a Software has more then one layer, like Photoshop.

Could you make a short screencast that shows these problems?

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I've made a little screencast: http://youtu.be/ex5oiD40ceQ You can see both problems in the video.

If you need further informations please let me know.

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It does a sort of weird thing where it shows the image a little zoomed up, then fixes the aspect ratio after about a second.
On the website? Or when taking the screenshot?
On the website it does that, also, it's scaling really bad.
It appearently always tries to fit the image to the window (or window minus sidebar), which breaks the aspect ratio.

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Both. Here is a screencast. LMK what else you need from me.

http://recordit.co/85dKZTw2Z1

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Here's a new version compiled from the latest git:
https://screencloud.net/files/mac/ScreenCloud-1.1.4-scale-selection.dmg
It tries to scale the screenshot to fit the selection overlay. Can you test it on retina?

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Well, it takes the screenshot properly now, the only thing is - it uses the normal resolution instead of the retina resolution - so it's pixelated. But I guess you can call that a feature?

(Example) https://i.imgur.com/LLiuJHg.png

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Does this one scale better?
https://screencloud.net/files/mac/ScreenCloud-1.1.4-smooth-scaler.dmg

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That didn't change anything

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Strange, it should use bilinear filtering which would look at least a little less pixelated.

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Well, I was considering if it actually did change a bit - but it didn't really achieve what I was hoping for https://i.imgur.com/xercIax.png

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Well it's certainly less pixelated, but blurry instead. Not sure if that's an improvement though.

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what is the status on this? latest version from the website seemed to be broken this morning.

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Nothing new. I don't have a retina screen to test on, but pull requests are welcome if anyone wants to look into it.

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Feel free to post them here to test, although I understand it's a hassle if you can't do it yourself.

Do you still have the smooth scaler version available? The link above doesn't seem to work (also, enjoy the example screenshot):

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Any news on the selection tool and pixelation?
When i take a screenshot with screencloud it gets pixelated, when using JING it takes a screenshot in retina, making it a larger png than the selected area. A 5cm selection becomes almost 10cm. I think that is because of the PPI on retina.

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