What gets recorded

The small line under Record and Replay is the capture choice. The Video page shows the same choice in words, and has Full screen and Draw selection buttons.

Full screen

Records the whole monitor. This is the starting choice. Use it when you want everything on the screen.

Selection

Records a rectangle you draw. Use it for a tall Short, a video player, or any part of the desktop.

1. Click Selection under Record. The first time, the screen dims so you can draw. If a box is already saved and Full screen is on, one click switches back to that box. Click Selection again when you want to draw a new box.
2. Drag the box. It has to be at least 64 by 64 pixels. NitroWarp keeps both sides even, which the video encoder needs.
3. Release the mouse. The shade goes away. A border stays around the box, with a bar just above it. Record and Stop are on that bar, so the main window does not have to stay open. Drag the bar to move the box. Drag an edge or a corner to resize it. The box stays at least 64 by 64. While a recording is running, the border stays where the file started. Open brings the main window back. Full screen removes the border.

While the drawing screen is up:

• Free lets the box be any shape.
• 9:16 Short locks a tall box, the shape of a YouTube Short. The S key does the same thing.
• 16:9 locks a wide box. The W key does the same thing.
• Cancel, or Esc, puts the drawing screen away. A box you already saved stays saved.

Draw selection on the Video page always opens the drawing screen, even when a box is already saved.

Game (D3D hook)

Check Game (D3D hook) on the Video page when you are recording a game or another Direct3D program. NitroWarp then records the window in front, which is usually smoother than grabbing the whole desktop.

When Game is checked, it wins over a selection box. Leave it off for the desktop, a browser, and ordinary programs.

Cursor

Includes the mouse pointer in the video. Leave it on when a viewer needs to follow the mouse. Turn it off for a cleaner picture, or for a game that already shows its own crosshair.

FPS overlay

Shows a frames-per-second counter inside the game. It is drawn by the game hook. It is not a Windows overlay sitting on the desktop, so the desktop itself has nothing useful to show.

Ctrl+Shift+F8 turns the overlay on and off. The Video page checkbox does the same thing. Turn it off when you want a clean video.

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