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  • Taking screenshots

Taking screenshots

1. On the control panel, click the screenshot button or press ⌥⌘3.
2. Your cursor will turn into a crosshair. Select the part of the screen that you want to capture:
  • To capture a window or a window frame, hold your mouse pointer over the window and click after a frame appears around it.
  • To capture a part of the screen, hold the left mouse button and drag diagonally to draw a rectangle.
  • To capture the entire screen, press Space or click on any empty area of your desktop.
3. A frame will appear over the selected area. You can now edit your screenshot:
  •  Select a tool you want to add to your screenshot: Line , Arrow , Frame or Highlighter . Hold the left mouse button and drag to draw a shape.
  •  Change the color and width of your shape.
  •  Drag by the green arrow circle or the white circles on the edges to resize the element; rotate by dragging the green circle left or right:
  •  If you need to move the capture area, click the Drag-area mode button.
  • To add text, select the Text tool, click inside the screenshot frame and start typing in the box that appears. Select a font, change its size and color as well as the color of text background and outline.
 
4. Choose what you want to do with your screenshot:
  • Click the Copy button to copy the image to clipboard without saving the screenshot to a file.
  • Click the Save button to save the image file and open its containing folder.
  • Click the Share button to share the image to WhatsApp, Telegram, and Google Drive, get a link to the image or send it in an e-mail.
Where are the screenshots stored?
By default, the screenshots are stored in the "/Movies/Movavi Screen Recorder/" folder of your user. You can change where the files are saved in the Files section of the Preferences.

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