In my opinion, it’s the best screenshot + screen recorder for Windows! Loads of productivity.
Note
Start by downloading and installing ShareX it here: https://getsharex.com/downloads choose the one ending in “-setup.exe”
This ShareX-15.0.0-frozconfig.sxb 15074 is recommended. Go ahead and download the config below. Optionally you can find out what it does.
ShareX-15.0.0-frozconfig.sxb 15074
After downloading….
Import.The.Config.v2.mp4
Go to ShareX icon on the bottom right of your Taskbar and right click it. Then go to Application Settings…
After that go to Integration on the left sidebar. Check the Show “Edit with ShareX” box.
Then go to Settings on the left sidebar and import the .sxb file you downloaded earlier!
That’s it! Now you’re ready to use ShareX
Tip
If your “prnt scrn” button opens the Windows snipping tool or doesn’t work try this
This is as easy as pressing “Prnt Scrn” on your keyboard. Then either
- hover over the window you’d like to capture and left click
- select a corner you want to start at and drag the rectangle to your preferred capture area.
From there you can do the following:
- Save - This saves the screenshot. A thumbnail appears in the bottom right corner. Click it to automatically open the folder that it saved to.
Save.And.clicking.Thumbnail.opens.folder.mp4
- Copy image - This copies the image to your clipboard. Try pasting it in a Discord message for practice!
Copy.Pasting.to.Discord.mp4
- Annotate - Lets you edit the image before you either copy it to clipboard or save it. You can also use it as a temporarily note taking window and choose to close it if you don’t need it.
Annotate.mp4
Warning
Please note, you can only have up to 5 annotate windows open. If you have more than 5 you'll have to start closing some for new ones to show up.
Tip
Pro Tip: Sometimes I use the annotate feature as a temporary window that I can reference on a different monitor or screen and then close it without saving.
To do this right click on the image you saved and click “Edit with shareX”
Reedit.Image.w.Sharex.mp4
This is as simple as pressing “Shift + Prnt Scrn” on your keyboard. Then either
- hover over the window you’d like to capture and left click
- select a corner you want to start at and drag the rectangle to your preferred capture area.
That’s it! You can save the recording by pressing “Shift + Prnt Scrn” again or you can use the controls that appear on the bottom left.
You can do voiceovers as you screen record by doing the following.
- Right-click on the ShareX icon
- Click “Task settings”
- On the new window sidebar, click “Screen recorder” under “Capture”
- Click “Screen recording options…”
- Under “Audio source:” choose your preferred microphone.
- That’s it! Now take a screen recording and talk!
SettingUpVoiceoversForSharex.mp4
This is probably because you’re on Windows 11.
Just disable the “Use the Print screen key to open Snipping Tool” in Settings > Accessibility > Keyboard
Solution Source: https://helgeklein.com/blog/sharex-free-screen-recording-tool-mouse-pointer-offset-high-dpi-fix/
If you’re recording on a high-DPI display, e.g., a 4K monitor, you’ll notice a mouse pointer offset: the mouse pointer is not where it’s supposed to be in the video.
This is caused by FFmpeg not being fully high-DPI aware as documented here. Luckily it can be fixed easily:
- Locate the
FFmpeg.exeinside the ShareX default install (downloaded to%USERPROFILE%\Documents\ShareX\Tools - Right-click the executable and select Properties in the context menu.
- Click the Compatibility tab and select Change high DPI settings.
- Click Override high DPI scaling behavior. Scaling performed by: Application.
- The result should look similar to the screenshot above.
Note: setting custom scaling to 125% or 150% also works as well.