Capture Functions and Modes

A brief description of various capture functions and modes and when to use each

Grab Screenshot of entire Workspace

Takes a screenshot of entire workspace in a multi-monitor scenerio.

Note: If in a single-monitor scenerio then it will capture the current screen.

Grab Screenshot of current Screen

Takes a screenshot of the "current" screen.

If in a multi-monitor scenerio then it will capture the screen where the currently active window is.

Grab Screenshot of Active window

Captures the active window (application) if one is active, ot the entire screen if there is no currently active window.  Very useful for quickly grabbing an image of a program.

Grab Screenshot of selected Region-

Allows you to select a square or rectangle area of the screen to capture.  By default this is performed in the new RedBox mode which lets you resize the region before capturing, but you can turn this off for a slightly faster and less flexible region capture more.

Grab Screenshot of Fixed size region-

Allows you to capture a fixed region, which is specified in the HotKeys tab in the Preferences.  Useful if you do a lot of repeat capturing of a fixed size.

Grab Screenshot of windows Object or Scrolling Window

Allows you to capture windows objects like toolbars, panels, windows.  Also used for scrolling window capturing for programs like internet browsers where the contents are too large to fit all on one screen.

Grab Screenshot Repeat Last Size+Pos

When this is selected it will be a screenshot of the last region and selected size on the screen.  Useful for repeat captuing of a fixed area.

Capture Image of Screenshot Captor Window

Should not be any question as to what this does, but when this is selected it will capture the Screenshot Captor window - useful if you want to show someone an image of your current Screenshot Captor.