Recording a Region of Your Desktop Screen
There are many occasions where you may want to record the activity within an application window. Recording the activity within a single screen or window has many advantages.
- The viewer is focused on what you are trying to present.
- Privacy of your full desktop is maintained.
My Screen Recorder allows you to record only a part of the Windows desktop. Using this feature, you can produce files that communicate more powerfully. With proper recording settings, these files can also be smaller, using less storage space and Internet bandwidth.
To choose the dimension of the screen to record, use the Region feature. Your choices are
Full Desktop and
Custom Region.
After you select
Custom Region, you can then decide on the exact area to record. As soon as you start recording, a crosshair appears on the screen:
You can select any region of your desktop with the help of the Crosshair. If you drag the mouse, you can select any rectangular area of the screen. If you click the mouse without moving it, My Screen Recorder will automatically select the window beneath the crosshairs.
Any window within the boundaries of the Crosshair is automatically selected. In the above illustration, the Site Translator window is selected.
My Screen Recorder will only record the selected window on your desktop even if other windows are open at the same time.
You can even define your own custom region by clicking and dragging the mouse to draw a rectangle around any area of the screen and record that area. At the center, you will see the dimensions of the current rectangle in pixels.
Once you select an area, the Region Selection window appears:
If you would like to record everything that happens to one application, and the window may move or resize then select “Lock region to application.”
If you would like to use these dimension in the future for additional screen recording – it is a good idea to save these dimensions by clicking Options >> Preset Dimensions.
Every screen recording should be designed to convey a particular point. By focusing the viewer's attention on a smaller area, recording from a region can make your movies more effective and powerful, while creating smaller files that are easier for people to work with and watch.