FastStone Capture software to capture and video the computer screen
If you want an integrated program to shoot your computer screen and desktop, record a high-quality screen video, and edit images professionally, I strongly recommend you try FastStone Capture, as this program combines a powerful set of tools that eliminate all competing programs that perform the functions it does. In general, the program in terms of design is very simple and easy to use.
FastStone Capture Software Explained:
1- Computer screen photography:
After installing the program on your device, run it from its icon, where a small window will appear containing a number of options as in the following image.
In order to be able to photograph the desktop, all you have to do is click on the second icon in the program called Capture window, and this icon allows you to photograph the entire computer screen, photograph a specific open window, or shoot a specific menu. You can use the shortcut Shift+PrtSc to take a quick picture of a specific desktop or window instead of pressing the shooting icon in the program.
We note that after taking the image of the screen, the program will automatically open the image on its photo editor, and this editor is very powerful and contains a large number of photo editing tools, as we will explain this in this article.
The third icon in the program called Capture Rectangular Region allows not to photograph part of the computer screen only, after clicking on it, you will select the shooting area with the mouse, where the dimensions will appear in pixels as phase and width, and the shortcut for this tool is the Ctrl + PrtSc button. You will also find a tool to photograph open site pages on the Scrolling Window, so you will be able to take a picture of any web page of any length and in high quality.
2- Computer screen recording:
There are other tools in FastStone Capture, for example, there is a video recording tool for the computer screen with full control over the quality of the recorded video. All you have to do is click on the video icon in the program as in the following image to then show you a small window to determine whether you want to record a video for a specific window or a specific area that you specify with the mouse, or record the entire computer screen without the bottom taskbar, or record all the screen, including the taskbar, and you can from the same window to press the Options button to control the video recording options, whether in terms of quality or the presence of the mouse cursor in the video Logger and other settings.
We note that from the Audio & Webcam options, you can select the sound that will be recorded with the computer screen, for example, if you press the speaker icon in the middle, the sound of the device itself will be recorded with the sound of the external microphone, and you can click on the webcam icon to record the sound coming from it in the case of recording video calls by the program. Also, as for recording quality, there are three quality options: Good, which is the lowest, Better, which is the average quality, or the highest quality, which is Best.
Photo editor in FastStone Capture:
Automatically after taking a picture by the program, it will open on the program's photo editor called FastStone Editor as in the following image. The editor contains some tools in the horizontal top menu as shown, for example, the Edge tool is intended to add a frame to the image with various options, and the Resize tool is intended to control the dimensions of the captured image in terms of length and width. You'll also find a PDF icon to convert the image to PDF directly.
The most important tool among the image editor tools is the Draw tool, when you click on it, a new window will open to draw on the image, and here we are talking about adding geometric shapes and arrows in different shapes and the possibility of writing on the image. You'll also find a tool to blur some areas of the Blur image and many other things.
Although we have explained many of the features and features of the program, it has more than that and you will discover for yourself how powerful this program is and the many tools it includes.
Download FastStone Capture:
The program is produced and developed by FastStone Corporation and is available for Windows in a trial version available for download from the official website of the program, and you can benefit from all the features of the program by purchasing the full version of this link, knowing that the price of the program is only $ 19.95.