copy contents of canvas to sprite

[lucid]

is it possible to make a sprite out of canvas contents at runtime?
basically, I want to be able to use distort map on something drawn on the canvas

[deadeye]

There doesn't seem to be. The Image Manipulator can copy to and from sprites, but there doesn't appear to be any way to grab the canvas with it.

[linkman2004]

The "Copy from sprite" action in the image manipulator object can grab the image from a canvas, but it's pretty slow. It probably wouldn't work well enough for realtime applications.

[deadeye]

It does? Huh. I tried a test before posting my reply and I couldn't get it to work. I made the event in Start of Layout.

Copying from something in start of layout may not work, as the image has not yet been drawn to copy.

[lucid]

sorry to raise this thread from the dead, but I need it again
is it possible to use image manipulator to copy from canvas?
when I try to paste it, it crashes everytime

Do you have a .cap I can check quickly?

[lucid]

left click copies from canvas
right click copies to sprite

[lucid]

not to be a pain, but...uh
is copying contents of canvas with image manipulator supposed to work or not?

It's fixed in the next version.