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How do I set up my preferences for screen captures? |
| Select “Edit-Capture Setting” from the menu options inside ViewletCam. In the “Capture Setting” screen, choose your options and then click “OK” to apply. To view a self-help demo on this topic, please visit the ViewletCam tutorials page. |
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What are the different options available for capturing onscreen actions? |
| ViewletCam offers several different options for capturing onscreen actions. The “Screen Area” capture allows you to define a specific area of your screen to use as the active capture area. The “Active Window” capture allows you to select a specific program window for captures and the “Full Screen” capture will include everything visible on your monitor during a screenshot session. |
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What is “Active Window” capture?
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| ViewletCam offers several different modes for capturing onscreen actions. The “Active Window” capture allows you to select a specific window (designated as the active window) and capture just the actions occurring in that window. |
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How do I use “Active Window” capture? |
| Open your target application’s window. Then, select “File-New” from the ViewletCam menu options. Create a new project and then from the “Choose Capture Mode” screen, select “Capture a single window”. Click “Next”. In the “Capture from Window” screen, follow the instructions to select the window and start your screen capture session. For more information, please visit the ViewletCam tutorials page to watch a self-help demo on this topic. |
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What is “Screen Area” capture? |
| ViewletCam offers several different modes for capturing onscreen actions. The “Screen Area” capture allows you to define a specific area of your screen to use as the active capture area. |
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How do I use “Screen Area” capture? |
| Select “File-New” from the ViewletCam menu options. Create a new project and then from the “Choose Capture Mode” screen, select “Capture an area of the screen. Click “Next”. In the “Capture from Rectangle” screen, follow the instructions to draw the rectangle area for the active capture area before beginning your screen capturing session. To learn more, please visit the ViewletCam tutorials page to watch a Viewlet on this topic. |
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What is “Full Screen Capture” capture? |
| ViewletCam offers several different modes for capturing onscreen actions. The “Full Screen Area” feature allows you to capture all onscreen actions visible on your entire monitor’s screen area. |
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How do I capture onscreen actions using “Full Screen Capture”? |
| The first thing to decide is what you want your final project size to be. For example, if you want your Viewlet’s playback size to be a default of 640x480, make sure that your monitor’s resolution is set to this BEFORE using the Full Screen Capture option. Once your monitor is set to the desired resolution, open ViewletCam. Select “File-New” from the menu options and create a new project. From the “Choose Capture Mode” screen, choose “Capture full screen” and click “Next”. Follow the instructions to begin your screen capture session. Please visit our ViewletCam tutorials page to watch a demo on this topic for more details. |
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What is the difference between “DirectX” and “GDI” capture mode? |
| “DirectX” (usually by default already installed on Windows operating systems) is a program interface that manages graphic images and multimedia effects, which ViewletCam uses for onscreen sessions when using this mode. “GDI” stands for Graphical Device Interface, and can also be used by ViewletCam during capture of onscreen actions, though it might handle video hardware acceleration a bit slower than DirectX. If you are unsure which mode to use for ViewletCam onscreen captures, click the “Select a mode automatically…” button and ViewletCam will detect the correct mode to use automatically. |
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How do I change the Hotkeys used for onscreen capture sessions? |
| When creating new projects, you have the ability to change the Hotkeys used for the “Start / Stop” and the “Pause / Resume” functions during an active screenshot session. To do this, in the “Capture…” screen that appears prior to starting a screenshot session, you will see a button next to the “Start / Stop” and the “Pause / Resume” options. Press the appropriate button. When the pop-up window appears, press the Hotkey combination desired (note: you can choose up to three keys for one Hotkey combination). Click “OK” to apply. For more information, please visit our ViewletCam tutorials page to watch a demo on this topic. |
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Where can I get additional help for using ViewletCam? |
| Please go to the Help section of our site for additional self-help options for all of our products. You can also take advantage of our Training services. Finally, if you cannot find the answers you seek, please feel free to Contact Us with any questions or concerns you may have. |
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