Windows Desktop Duplication Tool
This is a nifty tool to host live coding in presentations.
You have your IDE and private notes on your main screen. The tool only captures the code portion of this screen and shows it fullscreen on your presentation monitor or projector.
Personally I use this tool to host C usergroup meetings, client meetings and professional C trainings.
Features
By top left part of the primary screen is duplicated to a window on the right part of the same screen.
Interactions:
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Move the window whereever you need it. Beamers for live coding and presentations.
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Double Left Mouseclick maximizes the window.
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The entire screen is now mirroring (no window frame)
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We prevent Windows from going to sleep mode in this presentation mode
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The Zoom also changes captured area.
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Ctrl + Mousewheel
↕ /+/- allows you to zoom -
CtrlShift + Mousewheel
↕ zooms in smaller steps -
Ctrl + 0 reset zoom to 1:1
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Moving the captured area.
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Shift + Left Mouse Button + Dragging ⇔⇕ allows you to move the visible portion
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Shift + ←/↑/→/↓ aligns the mirrored image to the border
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Move Window into captured area.
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2×Right Mouse Button + [Focus other Window] will position and resize the other window into the mirrored area. Not all windows will like this.
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Interactions:
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Note: You can hover over the window icon in the taskbar and use the buttons there.
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Shift + Right Mouse Button toggle a visualisation of the captured area
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Ctrl + P toggle pause. Freezes the image.
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The tool is optimized to be very response and save CPU time.
History
2.x - TBA
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Your Ideas are welcome (see Contributions)
2.0 - 2021-01-17
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pause / freeze feature
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visualization of state in taskbar
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taskbar buttons for interactions
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mitigated the double buffering bug (last change was missing)
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performance enhancements (less CPU und GPU required)
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cleaned up code base (easier to start new features)
1.0 - 2017-04-16 (Revision Easter Release)
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first public version
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hand crafted at the Revision Demo Party
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basic features are working
Requirements
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DirectX 11
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Windows 10
Build yourself
The desktop duplicator was build using QtCreator with Qbs and MSVC2019.
The only other thing you need is the DirectX and Windows and WRL headers. All included in the Windows 10 SDK.
If you have issues please ask.
License
Read the LICENSE file!
Contributions
If you have issues or questions feel free to open a ticket.
If you can answer a question in a ticket, help is appreciated.
If you like the tool, leave a star on Github and spread the love.
All usefull pull requests are welcome! If you have an idea and are unsure, please open a ticket for discussions.
Enjoy!