Capture And Startup Settings

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 default is `FullScreen`.
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`.
Enable logging	Turns on the main app log.	Use this when you need help finding a problem.

Daily log files are written to %TEMP%\PrintScreenDeluxe\psd-YYYY-MM-DD.log.
If startup fails, the crash log is written to %TEMP%\PrintScreenDeluxe\startup-crash.txt.
When logging is off, the app does not keep writing to the normal log file.

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Setting	What it does	Good to know
Key	Picks the main capture key.	The default is `PrintScreen`.
Ctrl	Adds `Ctrl` to the hotkey.	Optional.
Alt	Adds `Alt` to the hotkey.	Optional.
Shift	Adds `Shift` to the hotkey.	Optional.
Win	Adds the Windows key to the hotkey.	Optional.

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

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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.

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.	Off by default.
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.	Off by default.
Use software rendering compatibility mode	Uses a safer drawing path for some PCs.	On by default. Takes effect after restart.

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.
Play sounds when I capture	Plays a sound when capture starts from the hotkey flow.	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`.

Set Capture to AutoScroll.
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.

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