# Screenshot Resolution

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/screenshot-resolution/35927>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** screen-capture\
**Created:** [May 5, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/screenshot-resolution/35927 "2024-05-05T14:20:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![chris\_nik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac8455/32.png) [@chris\_nik](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/chris_nik)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/screenshot-resolution/35927/1 "2024-05-05T14:20:40Z")

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Hello all,

I have noticed that when I do an “Annotation Screenshot” with Scale factor 5.0x, the resolution of the Screenshot matches the resolution of the Slice in Slicer. However, when I zoom into the Screenshot, I get progressively lower resolutioin compared to zooming on the same area in the Slice View in Slicer.

I figured this is normal because the Screenshot is a snapshot of the current zoom in Slicer. However, is there a way to create a Screenshot that keeps the information of the DICOM when zooming in outside of Slicer, and doesn’t lose resolution?

Regards

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/screenshot-resolution/35927/2 "2024-05-05T17:59:32Z")

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This technique could be adapted to work on the slice views too, I believe:

> [@How to Include Markup Annotations in Scene Reconstruction for Screen Capture](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-include-markup-annotations-in-scene-reconstruction-for-screen-capture/35813/11):
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> That’s a great idea! You can resize the window to any size - does not matter how large your display is (I’ve tested it on Windows, I don’t see a reason why it would not work on other operating systems or window managers). So, a code snippet to render a 3D view at arbitrarily high resolution: Set up a 3D view outside the main view layout: # Switch to a layout that has a window that is not in the main window layoutManager = slicer.app.layoutManager() originalLayout = layoutManager.layout layou…