Additive screenshot capture:

When you are capturing static screenshots you can add components to the shot before completing it. For example, you can select a program window and a menu and a dialog box and then capture them all together in the correct positions. You no longer need to capture each one in a separate shot and then combine them manually.

Full-feature screencast capture:

HelpXplain's revolutionary screencast feature is based on a series of screenshots. The magic sauce is the way it ties them together:

Mouse click recording:
Automatically recording left-clicks, right-clicks, double-clicks and drags and replay them with animated cursors in your screencasts.

Live preview and edit:
You can literally play your screencast back and edit it while you are making it. If a step doesn't look the way you want just delete and repeat.

Full-screen screencasts:
Create screencasts of the entire computer screen, even though you still have access to all the control tools.

This dialog opens before you start making a screenshot or screencast.

It allows you to configure some basic capture options before you begin.

Note that not all options are relevant for all modes. For example, the hotkey setting is only used for screencasts. Screenshots are always concluded with CTRL+Click.

Delayed start for screenshots:

Activating the Start capture with delay option gives you 5 seconds to open menus or dialogs before the screen is frozen. This is only really relevant for screenshots. With screencasts the screen is live, so you have as much time as you need to set everything up before you start recording.

Include cursor:

Only relevant in screenshot mode. Includes the current mouse cursor in your screenshots.

In screencast mode all cursor operations are always captured with an enlarged cursor, including left-click, right-click, double-click and drag. In screenshot mode it records a normal, static mouse cursor.

Start capture with delay:

Only relevant for screenshot mode. Inserts a 5-second delay before the screen is "frozen". This gives you time to select windows to make them active and open menus and dialog boxes for capture.

Hotkey:

Only relevant for screencast mode. This is the keyboard shortcut that performs additional manual screenshots while you are capturing a screencast. You may need to change the default if it conflicts with other keyboard shortcuts on your computer.

In screenshot mode CTRL+Click always performs the actual capture.

Cancel hotkey:

Only really relevant for screencast mode, although it also works in screenshot mode. This key cancels the screencast or the screen capture.

In screenshot mode, Esc always cancels, even if you have defined an additional different cancel hotkey.

Lock capture frame during screencast:

Automatically locks the capture frame into position when you are making a screencast.

Start/stop automatic recording. When you stop automatic recording you can still add screenshots manually with the hotkey.

Lock the capture frame to the window during capture. This prevents accidental changes to the frame while you are working.

Fit the window to the capture frame. This resizes the window and snaps it to the capture frame around it.

Fit the capture frame to the window. This resizes the capture frame and snaps it to the window beneath it.

Live preview! This previews the entire screencast that you have made up to the current point. Use to check whether the last capture was OK so that you can delete it if needed.

Reset. Deletes either the last frame captured or the entire screencast so that you can start over. Use in combination with live preview to check your screencast as you proceed.

Finish and save. Terminates the screencast and loads it into the HelpXplain editor. One final screenshot is made when this is done.

Click:

Select an object to capture (window, dialog, menu, part of a window)

Drag:

Select any area of the screen to capture

SHIFT + Click or Drag

Select additional objects or areas to ADD to the capture

CTRL+Click

Make the capture and send it to HelpXplain