Easy Screenshot v2

Features

• Single-click capture from the active viewport at the current frame
• works on both windows and linux
• Auto-save PNG to $HIP/screenshots
• Also copies the image to clipboard — paste straight into Slack or Discord
• Filename is time-only with milliseconds, never overwrites
• Works with any viewport display mode
  

Great for

• FX WIP logs and shot notes
• TDs grabbing quick reference frames
• Tutors making tutorial stills
• Anyone who needs fast visual notes from Houdini
  
  
  Install (copy–paste included)
  1. Open the Shelf Tool editor
     • Houdini → Windows → Shelves → New Tool…
     • Name: Viewport Screenshot
     • Label: Viewport Screenshot
     • Script Language: set to Python
  2. Copy–paste the code
     • In this chat’s code pane titled “Viewport Screenshot”, Select All → Copy
     • Back in the New Tool window, click the Script tab and Paste the code
  3. Choose a shelf & save
     • Pick an existing shelf (e.g. Utils) or create a new one
     • Click Accept — the button appears on your shelf
  4. (Optional) Set an icon
     • Right-click the new shelf button → Edit Tool… → Icon
     • Use a built-in icon (browse with hicon://) or drop your own PNG/SVG in
       $HOUDINI_USER_PREF_DIR/config/Icons/ and type its filename (no extension)

Updates

1. 22/09/25 - Released tool version 1.0 (main release)
2. 26/09/25 - Released version 2.0 which added solaris compatibility
3. 27/09/25 - version 2.1 Fix unable to take screenshot in object context