Customizing the default Capture settings

The Capture Version tab shows details about the currently-installed version of the Capture application.

You can control whether capture automatically checks for updates. 

You can set your own preferences for the keyboard shortcuts used during the Capture process.

You can set the Quality, Downscale Quality and Frames Per Second for animated GIFs.

Adjusting these can have a dramatic effect on the GIF file size.   

On Windows, you can set video output quality, the Frames Per Second rate for the capturing process as well as choose to use an automatic bitrate or specify a bitrate.

On a Mac, you can set video output quality as well as the Frames Per Second rate for the initial capturing process.


Note: For Windows users, the Video Settings options are only active if you have installed the OpenH264 Video Codec.

You also have an option to install/uninstall the OpenH264 Video Codec.

If you have more than the default Job Aid Template available, you can select a template using the drop-down menu. This choice will be set until you return to this panel to change the template choice.

The Download Template button allows you to download the default template so you can edit it in Word.

The Add new Template button allows you to add a template after editing it.

The Delete Template button allows you to remove a template. It is only active if a template has been previously added. You cannot delete the default template.

If you have more than the default Word Document template available, you can select a template using the drop-down menu. This choice will be set until you return to this panel to change the template choice.

The Download Template button allows you to download the default template so you can edit it in Word.

The Add new Template button allows you to add a template after editing it.

The Delete Template button allows you to remove a template. It is only active if a template has been previously added. You cannot delete the default template.

The Text tab allows you to use a JSON file to set your own styles for how certain aspects of the Capture file will be identified, for example setting the name of the item being clicked on to always show as bold text in a specific color. This means you don't have modify the Step Text for every step in your lessons. 

NOTE: You need to know how to work with JSON files to work with these templates.

If you have more than the default template available, you can select a template using the drop-down menu. This choice will be set until you return to this panel to change the template choice.

The Download Template button allows you to download the default JSON template so you can edit it.

The Add new Template button allows you to add a template after editing it.

The Delete Template button allows you to remove a template. It is only active if a template has been previously added. You cannot delete the default template.

You can set all typed strings to be uppercase as a default setting.

Reset to Default lets you reset the JSON template settings back to their default values.