Screenshot is a tool within PaintShop Pro that lets you capture screen content (images known as screen captures, screen grabs, or screenshots). After you capture a screenshot, you can edit it with any of the PaintShop Pro tools. For example, you can annotate with drawing tools or the Text tool, and add preset shapes, such as arrows. You can then, share the screenshots through email or add them to documents such as reports, training guides, presentations, and Web pages.
To initiate the capture process, you must choose settings and then press a hot key, right‑click, or set a delay timer. You can define your own hot key. You can also specify the delay period, so that you can set up elements such as menu lists or flyouts before capturing.
You can specify the method of capture. For example you can capture by area, or specify full screen, window, or object. You can also use Smart Capture, a flexible mode that auto-detects screen elements or lets you drag to set the capture area. For example, you can capture the active window, a menu, a button, an image, or a part of an image, or you can drag to capture a specific area. You can also use presets to capture specific screen dimensions.
You can also capture a multiple images and set destination and file format options.
If you frequently capture screens, you can add Screenshot activation and Screenshot Setup icons to your toolbar. You can also create presets for screenshots.
To specify the area that you want to capture
Edit workspace
1 Choose FileScreenshot Setup.
2 In the Method drop-list, choose one of the following options:
• Smart Capture — captures an object by auto-detecting screen elements (buttons, menus, window areas) as you hover over the elements with the pointer
• Area — captures the area of the screen that you select
• Full screen — captures the entire screen
• Client Window — captures the contents of the active program
• Window — captures the active window
• Object — captures an object within the program that you select, such as a menu bar, toolbar, icon, or document window
• Preset — captures preset area size. When you choose this option, you can select a category from the Category drop-list, and select the preset size you want from the Preset drop-list.
3 If you want to modify other settings, click the Settings button , and navigate the pages to adjust the settings you want.
4 Click Start.
For Preset captures, the Category list is based on the categories available in the New Image dialog box.
Hot keys and right-clicking cannot be used to capture user-defined areas.
To specify screenshot activation method
Edit workspace
1 Choose FileScreenshotSetup.
2 Click the Settings button .
3 On the Activate Capture page (click the first dot along the bottom of the dialog box), choose one of the following options:
• Hot key — lets you use a keyboard shortcut to capture screen contents. Choose a key or key combination from the drop-list.
• Right-Click — lets you capture screen contents by right‑clicking to activate the capture, and clicking the selected area
• Print Screen key — lets you capture screen contents by pressing the Print Screen key
• Delay before capture (1-60 sec.) — lets you capture screen contents after a specified delay. Type a number in the seconds box.
To set screenshot options
Edit workspace
1 Choose FileScreenshot Setup.
2 Click the Settings button .
3 On the Options page (click the second dot along the bottom of the dialog box), set any of the following options:
• Include Cursor — lets you include the pointer in the capture
• Multiple Captures — lets you capture multiple images. Each capture is added as a new image in PaintShop Pro.
• Hide PaintShop — automatically minimizes PaintShop Pro when the Screenshot tool is active. Unmark this option if you want to capture PaintShop Pro.
• Highlight Color — lets you change the color of the capture area preview
• Add capture shortcut to toolbar — add an quick access icon to the toolbar (Screenshot and Screenshot Setup).
4 Click Start to apply the settings.
If you marked the Multiple captures check box, press the hot key, or right-click, for each capture. When you are finished, click the Corel PaintShop Pro icon on the Windows task bar. The images appear in the workspace.
To set destination and format options for screenshots
Edit workspace
1 Choose FileScreenshot Setup.
2 Click the Settings button .
3 On the Destination page (click the fourth dot along the bottom of the dialog box), set the following options:
• Open in PaintShop — adds the screenshot to PaintShop Pro as a new image
• Save to — lets you choose a save location for screenshots
• Format — lets you set a file format if you have marked the Save to option
• Clipboard — saves the screenshot to the Windows Clipboard
To create a preset for screenshots
Edit workspace
1 Choose FileScreenshot Setup.
2 Click the Settings button .
3 On the Presets page (click the third dot along the bottom of the dialog box), choose a category from the Category drop-list.
4 In the Units drop-list, choose Pixels or Ratio.
5 Type values in the Width and Height boxes.
6 Click Add , and type a preset name, and click OK.
You can delete a preset by selecting the preset name on the Presets page and clicking Remove .
, and navigate the pages to adjust the settings you want.