Get Started With Print Screen Deluxe

This page helps you take your first capture, make a quick change, and save the result.

First-Time Setup

1. Open Print Screen Deluxe.
2. On first visible startup, the app shows a message that tells you which hotkey to press to capture your screen.
3. If you do not want to see that message again, turn on Do not show this again and click OK.
4. In the left setup panel, click What am I capturing?.
5. Pick FullScreen for your first test.
6. Leave Enable Get Text and Capture video off for now.
7. Click OK.

Choose How To Start A Capture

1. Click How do I capture it?.
2. Check the current hotkey.
3. The current default hotkey is Ctrl+PrintScreen.
4. If you want a different shortcut, click in the shortcut box and press the keys you want to use.
5. Click OK.

Choose What Happens After Capture

1. Click Where will it go?.
2. If you want the capture to open in the app, leave the checkboxes off.
3. Turn on Copy to clipboard if you want to paste the result into email, chat, or a document.
4. Turn on Auto-save if you want the app to save each capture to a folder.
5. Turn on Auto-print if you want the app to send each capture to a printer.
6. Click OK.

Check A Few Helpful Options

1. Click Options.
2. Open the Capture tab.
3. Turn on Include mouse cursor if you want the pointer in the picture.
4. Open the General tab and leave Automatically pop up main window when you capture turned on if you want each capture to come forward in the app.
5. Turn on Show Quick Capture Button if you want the floating capture button. It temporarily hides during a full-screen PowerPoint slide show and reappears afterward.
6. Turn on Use Time Delay if you need a short pause before capture starts.
7. Click OK.

Take Your First Capture

1. Press the shortcut shown under How do I capture it?.
2. If the Quick Capture button is visible, you can click it instead.
3. For Full Screen, the app captures the screen right away.
4. The result opens in a new tab in the main window.

If You Pick Another Capture Type

• Active Window captures the window that is active right now.
• Window Click lets you click the window you want.
• Rectangle, Round Rectangle, Ellipse, Triangle, Polygon, and Freehand let you mark the area you want.
• Menu helps you capture a menu that is open on the screen.
• Clipboard creates a new item from the picture already stored in the clipboard.
• Auto Scroll is for long pages, long documents, and other content that does not fit on one screen.

Make A Quick Edit

1. Select the new image tab.
2. Open the Edit Image tab.
3. Try one of these simple tools:

• Click Crop to keep only the part you want.
• Click Highlight to draw attention to an area.
• Click Arrow to point to something important.
• Click Text to place a note on the image.
• Use Undo if you want to step back.

Save, Copy, Or Print

1. Open the File tab.
2. Click Save if the image already has a file path.
3. Click Save As if you want to choose the name or folder.
4. Click Copy if you want to paste the image somewhere else.
5. Click Print if you want a print preview first.

Common First Setups

Capture Only The Active Window

1. Click What am I capturing?.
2. Change Capture to Active Window.
3. Click OK.
4. Press the hotkey while the window you want is active.

Save Every Capture Automatically

1. Click Where will it go?.
2. Turn on Auto-save.
3. Choose the folder, format, and naming style.
4. Click OK.

Find Logs For Support

Logging is always on. If you need to troubleshoot a problem later, check %APPDATA%\PrintScreenDeluxe\psd-YYYY-MM-DD.log.

If Something Does Not Look Right

• If the screen area is hard to see while you select it, change Selection overlay darkness (%) in Options > Capture.
• If MP4 video is not available, use AVI or install the Windows Media Feature Pack on Windows N systems.

Next Step

Read Print Screen Deluxe Overview for a quick tour.

Then read Capture Screens In Print Screen Deluxe, Edit Images And Add Markup, and Save, Copy, And Print. When you are ready for OCR, video, or timed jobs, use Get Text (OCR), Video Recording, and Scheduled Capture And Workflow.