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# love.graphics.newScreenshot

Creates a screenshot and returns the image data.

| This function can be slow if it is called repeatedly, such as from love.update or love.draw. If you need to use a specific resource often, create it once and store it somewhere it can be reused! |

## Function

### Synopsis

screenshot = love.graphics.newScreenshot( )

### Arguments

None.

### Returns

`ImageData screenshot`
  The image data of the screenshot.

## Function

Available since LÖVE 0.9.0
This variant is not supported in earlier versions.

### Synopsis

screenshot = love.graphics.newScreenshot( copyAlpha )

### Arguments

`boolean copyAlpha (false)`
  Whether to include the screen's alpha channel in the ImageData. If false, the screenshot will be fully opaque.

### Returns

`ImageData screenshot`
  The image data of the screenshot.

## See Also

- love.graphics
- ImageData:encode

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