Take Screenshot

Makes a screenshot from a scene or source
Preview
Preview

Parameters

Connectionrequired
Select

Select the configured OBS Studio Connection to connect to

  • Any - trigger on events from any OBS connection
  • Default - trigger on events from the default OBS connection
Scenerequired
Text

Select the scene from this dropdown list, you can also manually enter a scene name.

Sourcerequired
Text

Select the source from this dropdown list, you can also manually enter a source name.

File Pathrequired
String

Select the file path for the screenshot

Qualityrequired
Slider

Select the image quality or leave as Auto

Variables

The following variables will be populated after executing this sub-action:

Description
filedatetimeDateTime

Date Time variable that can be used for file name yyyyMMdd.hhmmss

Example: 8/4/2023 10:56:06 AM
screenshotFilestring

The full path to the screenshot that was taken

C# Usage

public bool ObsTakeScreenshot(string source, string path, int quality = -1, int connection = 0)