
Studio software should put your creativity first. It should empower you to perform, inspire you to create, and equip you with tools to make your content shine. To that end, Game Capture excels.
Capture Settings
Oct 13, 2019 Select a capture mode. The default option, Capture any full screen application, will automatically detect your game as long as you play it in full-screen mode. If you keep the default, know that switching away from the full-screen game (such as when you press Alt+Tab ↹) will black out the screen until you re-open it.; To capture only the video game, click the “Mode” menu, select capture.
Control what happens under the hood. Set bit-rates, save profiles, adjust picture settings, and check that your hardware is performing as it should.
Live Streaming
Connect your account. Choose your desired bitrate. And add a title. That’s it – you’re all set to go live. Instantly switch to any of your saved platforms, or add another any time you want. Need to change the title while on air? Just type a new one and hit enter.
Game Audio
Is your gameplay too loud or too soft? See real-time audio levels to determine your ideal volume, and tweak the radial dial for pin-point accuracy on the fly.
Live Commentary
Tips, tricks, anecdotes, and walkthroughs – it doesn’t matter. Simply select your mic and let the show begin. Your gameplay audio automatically ducks while you talk, so your voice remains loud and clear, while advanced settings allow you to fine-tune attenuation levels, threshold, and more.
Sound Capture
Incorporate your Skype or Discord chats. Integrate your favorite Spotify playlist. Or pull in audio from any desktop apps you want. Installed as an independent program, Sound Capture enables you to leverage multiple audio sources with ease.
File Management
Tags keep your work organized. Folders are sorted by game title, and videos are sorted by name, date, and time of creation. No matter how big your archive grows, you’ll find what you need in a flash.
Stream Command
Add your webcam. Promote your social media channels. Display song titles. Or employ web-based alerts to thank donors and celebrate new subscribers. Your options are endless, so go ahead. Give your content the visual boost it needs, and award viewers the credit they deserve.
Flashback Recording
Forget to hit record? No sweat. Flashback Recording temporarily stores your gameplay, so you can slide back in time, and record retroactively. Unsatisfied with your session? No problem. It will disappear from your hard-drive the moment you close Game Capture.
Capture Settings
Control what happens under the hood. Set bit-rates, save profiles, adjust picture settings, and check that your hardware is performing as it should.
Live Streaming
Connect your account. Choose your desired bitrate. And add a title. That’s it – you’re all set to go live. Instantly switch to any of your saved platforms, or add another any time you want. Need to change the title while on air? Just type a new one and hit enter.
Game Audio
Is your gameplay too loud or too soft? See real-time audio levels to determine your ideal volume, and tweak the radial dial for pin-point accuracy on the fly.
Live Commentary
Tips, tricks, anecdotes, and walkthroughs – it doesn’t matter. Simply select your mic and let the show begin. Your gameplay audio automatically ducks while you talk, so your voice remains loud and clear, while advanced settings allow you to fine-tune attenuation levels, threshold, and more.
Sound Capture
Incorporate your Skype or Discord chats. Integrate your favorite Spotify playlist. Or pull in audio from any desktop apps you want. Installed as an independent program, Sound Capture enables you to leverage multiple audio sources with ease.
File Management
Tags keep your work organized. Folders are sorted by game title, and videos are sorted by name, date, and time of creation. No matter how big your archive grows, you’ll find what you need in a flash.
Stream Command
Add your webcam. Promote your social media channels. Display song titles. Or employ web-based alerts to thank donors and celebrate new subscribers. Your options are endless, so go ahead. Give your content the visual boost it needs, and award viewers the credit they deserve.
Flashback Recording
Forget to hit record? No sweat. Flashback Recording temporarily stores your gameplay, so you can slide back in time, and record retroactively. Unsatisfied with your session? No problem. It will disappear from your hard-drive the moment you close Game Capture.
Use Shift-Command-5 in macOS Mojave
With macOS Mojave, press Shift-Command (⌘)-5 on your keyboard to see all the controls you need to record video and capture still images of your screen. Use these onscreen controls to select whether to record the entire screen, record a selected portion, or capture a still image of your screen. If you haven't upgraded to Mojave, you can record the screen with QuickTime Player.
Record the entire screen
- Click in the onscreen controls. Your pointer changes to a camera .
- Click any screen to start recording that screen, or click Record in the onscreen controls.
- Use the thumbnail to trim, share, save, or take other actions.
Record a selected portion of the screen
- Click in the onscreen controls.
- Drag to select an area of the screen to record. To move the entire selection, drag from within the selection.
- To start recording, click Record in the onscreen controls.
- To stop recording, click in the menu bar. Or press Command-Control-Esc (Escape).
- Use the thumbnail to trim, share, save, or take other actions.
Trim, share, and save
After you stop recording, a thumbnail of the video appears briefly in the lower-right corner of your screen.
- Take no action or swipe the thumbnail to the right and the recording is automatically saved.
- Click the thumbnail to open the recording. You can then click to trim the recording, or click to share it.
- Drag the thumbnail to move the recording to another location, such as to a document, an email, a Finder window, or the Trash.
- Control-click the thumbnail for more options. For example, you can change the save location, open the recording in an app, or delete the recording without saving it.
Change the settings
Click Options in the onscreen controls to change these settings:
- Save to: Choose where your recordings are automatically saved, such as Desktop, Documents, or Clipboard.
- Timer: Choose when to begin recording: immediately, 5 seconds, or 10 seconds after you click to record.
- Microphone: To record your voice or other audio along with your recording, choose a microphone.
- Show Floating Thumbnail: Choose whether to show the thumbnail.
- Remember Last Selection: Choose whether to default to the selections you made the last time you used this tool.
- Show Mouse Clicks: Choose whether to show a black circle around your pointer when you click in the recording.
Use QuickTime Player
QuickTime Player also has a screen-recording feature, and you don't need macOS Mojave to use it.
- Open QuickTime Player from your Applications folder, then choose File > New Screen Recording from the menu bar. The Screen Recording window opens.
- Before starting your recording, you can click the arrow next to to change the recording settings:
- To record your voice or other audio with the screen recording, choose a microphone. To monitor that audio during recording, adjust the volume slider (if you get audio feedback, lower the volume or use headphones with a microphone).
- To show a black circle around your pointer when you click, choose Show Mouse Clicks in Recording.
- To record your voice or other audio with the screen recording, choose a microphone. To monitor that audio during recording, adjust the volume slider (if you get audio feedback, lower the volume or use headphones with a microphone).
- To start recording, click and then take one of these actions:
- Click anywhere on the screen to begin recording the entire screen.
- Or drag to select an area to record, then click Start Recording within that area.
- To stop recording, click in the menu bar, or press Command-Control-Esc (Escape).
- After you stop recording, QuickTime Player automatically opens the recording. You can now play, edit, or share the recording.
Learn more
- When saving your recording automatically, your Mac uses the name ”Screen Recording date at time.mov”.
- To cancel making a recording, press the Esc key before clicking to record.
- You can open screen recordings with QuickTime Player, iMovie, and other apps that can edit or view videos.
- Some apps, such as DVD Player, might not let you record their windows.
- Learn how to record the screen on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.