FastStone Capture Tutorial.pdf

How To Capture Screen Shots

Using FastStone Capture Version 6.9

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What Is FastStone Capture?

FastStone Capture is a powerful, lightweight, yet full-

featured screen capture tool that allows you to easily capture and

annotate anything on the screen including windows, objects,

menus, full screen, rectangular/freehand regions and even

scrolling windows/web pages. You can choose to send captures to

editor, file, clipboard, printer, email, Word/PowerPoint document

or upload them to your website. Editing tools include annotating

(texts, arrowed lines, highlights), resizing, cropping, sharpening,

watermarking, applying edge effects and many more. It also

allows you to record screen activities and sound into highly

compressed video files. Other features include global hotkeys,

automatic filename generation, support for external editors, a

color picker, a PDF converter, a draw program, a screen magnifier

and a screen ruler.

FastStone Capture saves files in BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX,

PNG, TGA, TIFF and PDF formats.

Table Of Contents

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1. Installation ......................................................................................................................... 2

2. Quick Access Menu:.......................................................................................................... 2

3. Default Settings ................................................................................................................. 3

4. Steps Required for Each Capture ...................................................................................10

5. Output Options.................................................................................................................11

6. Capture Active Window [Alt+PrtSc] ..............................................................................17

7. Capture Window or Object [Shift+PrtSc] ......................................................................18

8. Capture Rectangular Region [Ctrl+PrtSc] .....................................................................20

9. Capture a Freehand Region [Shift+Ctrl+PrtSc] ............................................................21

10. Capture a Full Screen [PrtSc] .........................................................................................23

11. Capture a Scrolling Window [Ctrl+Alt+PrtSc]..............................................................24

12. Capture a Fixed Region [Ctrl+Shift+Alt+PrtSc]: ..........................................................26

13. Screen Recorder ...............................................................................................................27

14. Run FastStone Capture when Windows Starts ..............................................................30

15. FastStone Capture’s Capture Panel................................................................................31

16. Image Editor and Draw Tool...........................................................................................32

17. Hotkeys .............................................................................................................................45

18. Capture an Image from a Slide Show that is Running...................................................46

19. Convert Images to a PDF File..........................................................................................47

20. Acquire Images from Scanner .........................................................................................47

21. The Screen Magnifier.......................................................................................................49

22. The Color Picker ..............................................................................................................49

23. Screen Ruler .....................................................................................................................50

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A. Source:

1. You can install FastStone Capture from the FastStone Web site by using your web browser to go to

the FastStone Web site ( www.FastStone.Org ) and by navigating to and clicking on the FastStone

Screen Capture Download button

B. Install:

1. Follow the simple on-screen instructions to install FastStone Capture

2. An icon will automatically be placed on your desktop during the installation process

A. Introduction:

1. In most cases, this tutorial assumes that you will use the icons or the keyboard shortcuts to access the

various features and options

2. There is another way to access the features and options - the Quick Access Menu

B. Access the Quick Access Menu:

1. Click on the FastStone title bar icon and a dropdown menu will appear, as shown in this graphic:

2. Click on the feature or option that you want to use

3. Take note of the Repeat Last Capture option in case you ever want to use it

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A. Introduction:

1. If you are in a hurry to get started using FastStone Capture, you can skip this section completely and

come back to it later if you have questions about the various default settings

2. In this section of this tutorial, I will show how to open the Settings dialog box, and I will give a brief

explanation of each of the categories of settings

B. Open the Settings dialog box:

1. Activate FastStone Capture, if it is not already active :

a. Double click on the FastStone Capture icon on your desktop:

(1) The FastStone Capture icon will appear in your System Tray

(2) The Capture Panel will appear on your desktop:

(a) Your Capture Panel may have some additional icons if you have already changed the

default settings

(b) I will discuss each of the icons on the Capture Panel as each one is used in this tutorial

2. Open the Settings dialog box:

a. Click on the Settings icon on the Capture Panel and a dropdown menu will appear

b. Click on Settings and the Settings dialog box will appear – it should look something like this:

c. Notice that there are tabs for each type of setting

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C. View and/or Change the Settings:

1. Introduction:

a. As you can see from looking at the tabs in the graphic shown above, there are seven different

sets of Settings – just click on the applicable tab to open the applicable settings window

b. In this section, I will discuss each set of Settings

2. The Capture settings:

a. These are the settings that control some of FastStone Capture’s basic functions

b. The various options seem to be self-explanatory

c. Most people will not need to change any of these default settings

d. Those who use FastStone Capture quite often and would like FastStone Capture to run

minimized when Windows starts, can accomplish that by checking the first two checkboxes in

this section

e. For the purposes of this tutorial, I have accepted the default settings in this section, as show in

the graphic shown above

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3. The Hotkey settings:

a. FastStone Capture can be used by clicking with your mouse rather than by using the Hotkeys, so

don’t get hung up on the concept of Hotkeys at this time.

b. In the main section of this tutorial, I will describe how to use FastStone Capture without using

Hotkeys.

c. In a separate section of this tutorial (near the end) I will cover the use of Hotkeys

d. Most users will never have to change any of the Hotkey settings

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