Processing: saveFrame() and retina display

Question

I'm trying to export frames from a Processing sketch using the saveFrame() function, but they come out very rough, specially the fonts. I'm on a Mac with retina display and even though when I'm running the sketch everything looks good and sharp, when I save the frames they look bad.

I have included the following lines (in the setup function) but they don't improve the outcome of the saveFrame() function:

size(1280, 720, "processing.core.PGraphicsRetina2D");
hint(ENABLE_RETINA_PIXELS);
smooth(8);

Any ideas?

Could you share some code that will reproduce this issue? – v.k. Nov 06 '14 at 10:00 — v.k., Nov 06 '14 at 10:00

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 07 '14 at 22:26

Text is clean with this sketch, do you run it in java mode ?

// size(960, 540); //

size(960, 540, "processing.core.PGraphicsRetina2D");
hint(ENABLE_RETINA_PIXELS);

textSize(32);
text("word", 10, 30); 
fill(0, 102, 153);
text("word", 10, 60);
fill(0, 102, 153, 51);
text("word", 10, 90);

If you like a clean retina screenshot, you need to double your sketch size with size(1920,1080). If you need this picture for a website you can use this html <img src="retina" width="960" height="540">

Thank you. Yes, you do need to double the sketch size. – Juan Francisco Saldarriaga Nov 09 '14 at 13:49 — Juan Francisco Saldarriaga, Nov 09 '14 at 13:49

Processing: saveFrame() and retina display

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