The result should look similar to the screenshot above.Click Override high DPI scaling behavior.This program allow you to easily share images and screenshots with. Click the Compatibility tab and select Change high DPI settings. Im talking about ShareX, an amazing Screen capture, file sharing and productivity tool.It also allows uploading images, text or other types of files to many supported destinations you can choose from. Right-click the executable and select Properties in the context menu. ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you capture or record any area of your screen and share it with a single press of a key.Locate FFmpeg.exe (downloaded to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\ShareX\Tools if you followed the steps above).This is caused by FFmpeg not being fully high-DPI aware as documented here. If you’re recording on a high-DPI display, e.g., a 4K monitor, you’ll notice a mouse pointer offset: the mouse pointer is not where it’s supposed to be in the video.
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ShareX stores the recording as an MP4 file.įixing the Mouse Pointer Offset on High-DPI Displays.And ShareX does provide quite a bit of capturing. And there is some overlap with Markup Hero. Stop the recording by clicking Capture > Screen recording or by pressing Shift+Print Screen. ShareX is a mature screen capture and annotation tool no doubt.Select the window you want to record (ShareX highlights windows when you hover the mouse over them).It’ll be stored in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\ShareX\Tools Start the recording by clicking Capture > Screen recording or by pressing Shift+Print Screen.If you have another screenshot tool like Greenshot running, it may complain about not being able to register hotkeys. 2) On high-DPI (4K) screens there is a mouse pointer offset that can easily be fixed.Ĭapturing Screen Video Recordings With ShareX This is a quick post to remind me of two things: 1) ShareX is the tool of choice for screen recordings on Windows. ShareX is an Open Source app that can take a screenshot or a screencast, have it uploaded and get the URL copied to your clipboard with a single hotkey.