Screen Shot with powershell

screenshot.ps1

## Simple screen shot powershell script
[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Drawing")

# Base path to save screen shots
$basePath = "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\ld41-screenshots\"


# Bounding rectangle of the 1st screen (can be found in the windows display properties)
# The primary screen always starts at (0, 0), then other screens have bounds relative to the primary screen
$bounds1 = [Drawing.Rectangle]::FromLTRB(0, 0, 3240, 2160)

# The second screen bounds, and in my example is positioned to the left of the primary screen in the windows display manager. So the left coordinate is negative.
$bounds2 = [Drawing.Rectangle]::FromLTRB(-1680, 0, 0, 1050)

function Get-ScreenShot([Drawing.Rectangle]$bounds, $path) {
   $bmp = New-Object Drawing.Bitmap $bounds.width, $bounds.height
   $graphics = [Drawing.Graphics]::FromImage($bmp)

   $graphics.CopyFromScreen($bounds.Location, [Drawing.Point]::Empty, $bounds.size)

   $bmp.Save($path)

   $graphics.Dispose()
   $bmp.Dispose()
}


while($true) {
    $date = (Get-Date -Format "yyyyMMddHHmmss")
    try { 
        Write-Host "Screen shot @ $date"
        Get-ScreenShot -bounds $bounds1 -path "$basePath/screen1_$date.png"
        Get-ScreenShot -bounds $bounds2 -path "$basePath/screen2_$date.png"

    } catch {
        # beep if the screen shots ever stop
        [console]::beep(1500, 10000)
    }
    Start-Sleep -Seconds 60;
}