Print Screen Deluxe User Manual
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Settings

Capture And Startup Settings

Review capture setup, hotkeys, post-capture actions, startup behavior, and other capture-side settings.

  • capture settings
  • hotkeys
  • startup

This page explains the settings that change how capture starts, how the hotkey works, where the result goes, and how the main app starts.

Use it when you want to set up the app before you begin taking screenshots or recordings.

What Am I Capturing?

Open this section from the left side of the main window.

Setting What it does Good to know
Capture Picks the kind of capture you want to make. The current default is Rectangle.
Enable Get Text Turns OCR on for the capture flow. The app creates a text tab after the image capture.
Capture video Switches from still-image capture to video recording. Press the hotkey once to start and again to stop.
Video format Picks AVI or MP4 for video. Audio recording works only with MP4.
Capture audio while recording Adds audio to a video recording. Available only when Capture video is on and the format is MP4.

Logging Notes

  • Logging is always on. There is no user setting to turn it on or off.
  • Daily log files are written to %APPDATA%\PrintScreenDeluxe\psd-YYYY-MM-DD.log.
  • Log files are kept for 3 days and rotate when they get large.
  • If startup fails, the crash log is written to %TEMP%\PrintScreenDeluxe\startup-crash.txt.
  • Logs avoid sensitive details and shorten file paths.

How Do I Capture It?

Open this section from the left side of the main window.

Setting What it does Good to know
Shortcut Picks the keyboard shortcut used for capture. The current default is Ctrl+PrintScreen.

Pick a hotkey that does not clash with another tool you use often.

On first visible startup, the app also shows a simple reminder that tells you which hotkey to press. You can turn on Do not show this again in that message if you do not want to see it later.

Where Will It Go?

Open this section from the left side of the main window.

Setting What it does Good to know
Copy to clipboard Copies the captured result to the clipboard. Good for pasting into email, chat, and documents.
Auto-save Saves the result to a file after capture. Off by default.
Auto-print Sends the result to a printer after capture. Off by default.
Directory Picks the auto-save folder. The default folder is %Pictures%\PrintScreenDeluxe.
Format Picks the file format for auto-save. Choices are PNG, JPG, BMP, GIF, and TIFF.
Auto-name files Saves files with automatic names like PS0000.png. This is the default auto-save naming mode.
Name each file Opens a save prompt for every auto-saved capture. Use this when you want to choose a new file name each time.
Counter Sets the next number used in auto-name mode. The Reset button sets it back to 0.
Printer Picks the printer used for auto-print. Used only when Auto-print is on.

Options Dialog: General Tab

Open Options from the left side of the main window.

Setting What it does Good to know
Automatically start minimized when user logs on Starts the app minimized when it launches at sign-in. On by default for a new user profile.
Verify startup setting Checks the startup registration setting. Use this if startup behavior does not match what you expect.
Automatically pop up main window when you capture Brings the main window to the front after capture. On by default.

Options Dialog: Capture Tab

Setting What it does Good to know
Include mouse cursor Includes the pointer in supported screen captures. Off by default.
Show Quick Capture Button Shows the floating Quick Capture button. On by default. The button temporarily hides during a full-screen PowerPoint slide show and reappears afterward.
Play sounds when I capture Plays a sound when capture starts from the hotkey flow. On by default.
Show editing tool hint bar Shows the yellow helper bar while editing when Select or Select Area is active. On by default.
Selection overlay darkness (%) Controls how dark the screen overlay looks during selection. Default is 35. Range is 0 to 90.
Use Time Delay Waits before starting the capture. Off by default.
Delay seconds Sets the length of the capture delay. Default is 0. Range is 0 to 600.

Good Starting Choices

For Basic Screen Capture

  • Choose Full Screen if you want the whole desktop.
  • Leave Enable Get Text off.
  • Leave Capture video off.
  • Turn on Show Quick Capture Button if you want a fast mouse-only workflow.

For Documentation Or Support Work

  • Turn on Include mouse cursor.
  • Turn on Automatically pop up main window when you capture.
  • Turn on Copy to clipboard.
  • Use the always-on log files when you need a record of what happened.

For Long Pages

  • Set Capture to Auto Scroll.
  • Keep Selection overlay darkness (%) high enough to see the target window clearly.
  • Use Use Time Delay if you need time to prepare the page first.

Next Step

Read Image, Print, And Saved Settings for the rest of the settings.

Then use Capture Screens In Print Screen Deluxe or Save, Copy, And Print if you want to use those settings right away.