pymel.core.windows.thumbnailCaptureComponent¶

thumbnailCaptureComponent(*args, **kwargs)¶

This command is used to generate a thumbnail/playblast sequence from the scene. In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.

Flags:

Long Name / Short Name		Argument Types	Properties
capture / c		bool
	Create a new component to capture a sequence of image for the current scene.
capturedFrameCount / cfc		bool
	Query only. Return the number of frames that have been captured.
closeCurrentSession / ccs		bool
	Delete the current thumbnail component (preview image will be destroyed).
delete / d		bool
	Delete the generated image sequence and preview for the current capture session.
endFrame / ef		int
	Set the end captured frame. Only valid when the -c/captureflag is set. If -sf/startFrameis set and not -ef/endFrame, or if endFrame is smaller than startFrame, endFrame will be automatically set to startFrame.
fileDialogCallback / fdc		unicode
	MEL only. Set the callback file dialog which is called after the capture component window has been closed. Only valid when the -c/captureflag is set.
fileDialogProcessing / fdp		bool
isSessionOpened / iso		bool
	Returns true if a thumbnail/playblast capture session is currently running (already opened and still not cancelled/saved).
launchedFromOptionsBox / lfo		bool
	Returns true if the thumbnail capture component was launched through the options dialog box, else false.
previewPath / pp		bool
	Returns the generated preview path (the first frame of generated sequence resized to 100x100 px).
removeProjectThumbnail / rpt		unicode
	Remove all captured thumbnail/playblast from the given project file path.
save / s		unicode
	Save the generated image sequence for the given file to disk. The file path must be an absolute path.
selectedFileName / sfn		bool
startFrame / sf		int
	Set the start captured frame. Only valid when -c/captureflag is set. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.thumbnailCaptureComponent