Capture Panel

FastStone Capture


Capture Panel (Toolbar)

     

  • There are 3 ways to trigger a  capture function:

    • Click on one of the capture buttons

       
       Capture Active Window  <Alt + PrtSc>
       Capture Window / Object <Shift + PrtSc>
       Capture Rectangular Region <Ctrl + PrtSc>
       Capture Freehand Region <Ctrl + Shift + PrtSc>
       Capture Full Screen <PrtSc>
       Capture Scrolling Window <Ctrl + Alt + PrtSc>
       Capture Fixed Region <Ctrl + Shift + Alt + PrtSc>
       

    • Or press a hotkey. For example, by default, pressing <Ctrl + PrtSc> key combination will activate Rectangular Region capture. Hotkeys can be configured in the program Settings

    • Or right click on the tray icon in the System Tray area and select a capture function from the pop-up menu

  • Before making a capture, make sure the desired destination is selected. Click on the Output button where you can then select one of the following destinations for the captured image. Check option "Preview in Editor" if you want to edit the image before sending it to the destination

    • To Editor - captured image will be opened in the internal editor

    • To Clipboard - captured image will be sent to the Windows Clipboard

    • To File - a "Save As" dialog will open to save the captured image

    • To File (Auto Save) - captured image will be saved to a specified folder automatically

    • To Printer - captured image will be sent to the print dialog

    • To Email - captured image will be sent to the default email client program

    • To Word - captured image will be sent to Microsoft Word

    • To Excel - captured image will be sent to Microsoft Excel

    • To PowerPoint - captured image will be sent to Microsoft PowerPoint

    • To Web (FTP) - captured image will be sent to a specified FTP Server

  • Additional output options:

    • Delay before Capture - If you need time to prepare the windows or menus before the capture function activates, you can use this option to add a delay in seconds

    • Include Mouse Pointer - include the mouse pointer in the captured image

    • Copy to Clipboard - automatically copy the captured image to Clipboard

    • Auto Caption - automatically prompt for a caption that will be added to the top/bottom of the captured image

    • Auto Edge/Watermark - automatically apply Edge/Watermark effects

    • Preview in Editor - allow you to edit the captured image before sending it to the specified destination such as clipboard, printer, email etc. This option is disabled when the output is "To Editor"

  • During screen capturing, right mouse click or press Mouse Wheel or press Esc to discontinue

  • Click on to minimize the Capture Panel to the System Tray area, which keeps the program running in the background with very little CPU/memory usage

  • Click on to terminate the program

  • Click on the tray icon in the System Tray area to minimize/restore the floating Capture Panel

  • Use Capture Scrolling Window to capture oversized areas such as a scrolling file/folder list, a PDF file in Adobe Reader or a web page in a web browser

  • There are 2 ways to open an existing image file in its internal editor:

    • Drag the image from Windows Explorer and drop it onto the Capture Panel

    • Or click on the "Open File in Editor" button on the Capture Panel and select the image in the Open dialog