I want to take a screenshot of the object currently in the 3D view. I want it done on the click of a button in my GUI, however, and want that GUI to be maximized. But Maya doesn't seem to let me playblast unless at least part of the 3D viewport is visible. Is there any way around this?
Thanks.
the print screen button on your keyboard, then ctrl+v into ms paint....
I wish. It's an automated script that import object, playblast, delete object, some dozen times.
You could embed a viewport in your UI and record your playblast from that. I've done this before for capturing icon images for a pose library, it seems to work quite well.