You can use a Static Camera and pilot it to view your scene and object from its position. You can then take a High Res screen shot from your viewport by clicking on the arrow on the top left corner of your Viewport and selecting High Resolution Screenshot. You can read about using static camera in here. Alternatively you can use a scene capture component. There’s a usage example of it in ContentExamples. You should also be able to find tutorials on how to use a scene capture component online (Especially in minimaps tutorials).
I’m making an architectural app (blueprints) where it is possible to visit a house or an apartment and change objects materials. To do that there is an UI that shows buttons with the materials preview or thumbnails so user can click the one he wants. But for now i’m using textures i made with Photoshop, and what i want is to be able to make dynamic thumbnails (texture) or materials, because i have hundreds of them now, and i need it to be automatic.
So my question : is it possible to have a camera somewhere in the scene with a sphere or a cube in front of it, and each time i want a preview , i can just apply the material to that mesh and take a '“picture” of it so i can use it as a texture ? or is there any other way to do that ?
hey thanks for the answer
But the thing is that i don’t want to take the screenshots myself, nor to store them, i just want the blueprint to create a temporary thumbnail to stick it on the button, and make it disappear whenever i stop using that UI. So the app have to take the screenshot and use it as a texture without saving it on the disk.
and btw … sorry for my english
Maybe this youtube video can help. He demonstrates how to use a Camera to take a picture and update the UI. I believe it’s similar to what you want, i.e. adding a camera and automatically capturing the scene and then saving it into a texture. The only difference is that instead of putting the 2nd camera in your character blueprint, you can use a static camera and put it somewhere in the level. After you positioned your camera in the scene, go to the Level blueprint, click and drag your Camera from the World Outliner into the level blueprint to get a reference to it, and then implement those simple blueprints scripting in there. Finally, instead of Minimap, you would be using a button and updating its appearance! You might also want to use a Plane or Box instead of a Sphere mesh to capture a nice full shot
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thanks for the answer