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Citation: Copyright © 1998-2002 Capture Studio. All rights reserved.


Welcome

This help system has been designed to help you with practically every aspect of using this tool.

Please find a few minutes for reading this manual.

With the help of Capture Screen Studio you may execute following tasks:

- saving the content of the screen or any screen region;

- browse image files with large amount of popular formats;

- print the images;

- copying of the screen of a favourite game;

- saving great picture from the Internet;

- making graphic copies of the diagrams;

- making copies of frequently varying information;

and much more...

All of this is very simple with CSS.

Read these topics to learn how to work with program.

Capture the image

Manage images

Customization

Automatization

Hot key

Toolbar

Tray icon

Repository

Browser

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Introduction

CSS is a screen capture utility. It allows you to capture the full screen or a rectangle area from the screen and save the picture to a bmp, jpeg, gif file. You can capture images consistently while it allows repository capacity. Then you may manage and edit captured images in repository.

Autosave future allows CSS to flush captured images to the disk. It removes capacity limitations. Built-in image browser allows to work with images on disk - not only saved by CSS.

For a list of bold features of CSS, click here.

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Futures

The main futures of CSS is listed below:

- simplest process to make screen capture;

- allows capturing multiple images;

- allows capturing cursor image;

- allows printing image;

- built-in image browser;

- automatic mode for saving your time;

- allows accurately defining part of needful region of screen;

- allows accurately defining part of captured image in postprocess;

- possibility to capture image from DOS and DirectX programs (games);

- install & uninstall support.

Supported by browser graphic formats:

    - bmp, dib, ico, emf, wmf, jpg, jpeg, win, vst, vda, tiff, tif,

      tga, sgi, scr, rpf, rle, rla, rgba, rgb, psd, ppm, pgm, pbm,

      pic, pcx, pdd, pcd, pcc, icb, gif, cut, cel, bw.

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System Requirements

- IBM PC or compatible machine

- Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

- the mouse

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Toolbar

Allows to gain quick access to all program functions. You can safe minimize this window and show again from system try icon.

Select element for more details.

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Tray icon

When the program minimized, it resides in the Windows system tray area. Right click the tray icon to show the popup menu. Double click to show the toolbar. Context menu allows you to invoke the main CSS functions.

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Repository

Allows managing captured images. Also repository have simple editing functions.

You can save images to files, print it or copy it to clipboard.

Select element for more details.

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Browser

Allows you to work with image files on your disk. The Browser supports many of graphics file formats.

You may copy images to the repository and edit them there.

Select element for more details.

Note: be careful with deletion of files. You can't restore them later.

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Capture the image

CSS have a two capture mode:

1. capture entire screen

2. capture rectangle area

To switch between this modes click on "Toggle fullscreen/rect mode" on the toolbar.

1. Capture entire screen.

Press hot key to capture all screen (by default it PrintScreen, you can define own combination in the options window) or click on button  "Capture" on the toolbar.

2. Capture rectangle area.

This procedure has a two parts. First you must define needful region on the screen with help of the frame window. Resize and move this window to fit region inside it with your wishes. After this you can make screen shots of selected region by simple click on button "Capture".

To close frame window press "Esc" key, when program is active. Also frame window have a context menu.

Note: All captured pictures add to repository.

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Manage images

All captured pictures add to the image repository. You can manage images there.

In the topside of this window you can view all stored images as icons. Select one of them and operate.

When you reach capacity of repository, you will be prompted to empty storage, otherwise you can't capture new images.

You can customize behaviour of repository:

- to set the capacity of repository;

- to view captured image immediately;

- to automate the image processing.

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Customization

To customize CSS with your wishes just open the option window.

Here five groups of parameters:

1. Common

There common program parameters.

Working directory	- place where CSS save pictures in auto mode and initial place for manual saving.

Capture cursor	- allows capturing cursor image.

Use default hot key	- use [PrintScreen] for hot key. Or you can define own combination.

2. Toolbar

There toolbar parameters.

Skin	- select skin for toolbar.

Frame color	- choose color for frame window (with help of this window you define the rect area to capture).

Hide delay	- interval in msec of hiding CSS for capturing all screen content.

3. Repository

There repository parameters.

Go to repository after capture	- opens repository immediately after capturing.

Max capacity of repository	- set number of pictures stored in repository. If repository is full then you can't capture new images.

Tumbnail size	- size of tumbnails in repository in pixels.

4. Browser

There browser parameters.

Silent deletion	- enables to CSS browser to deleting files without warning (you can't restore them later).

5. Auto Save

There you can set parameters for automatization

Autosave captured images	- enables CSS to process images in automatic mode.

Image file format	- select image format for saved pictures (BMP, JPG, GIF).

Name template	- select template to files naming. For example with scr will be saved scr1.jpg, scr2.jpg e.t.c.

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Automization

With help to CSS you can automatize your work. You can define hot key and minimize CSS to tray. Now, whenever you want to capture image - just press hot key combination and CSS save entire image to the work directory. Later you can postprocess captured images.

To adjust automatic work set appropriate options in option windows (tab "AutoSave")

In this mode you can capture screen shots as many as you wish, and don't worry about saving files.

At the bottom of toolbar is indicated AutoSave mode.

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Hot Keys

Hot key allows you to capture image by single key combination from anywhere.

We set default hot key to [PrintScreen]. You can redefine this combination in option window.

Note: 	If other application uses same hot key – CCS may throw message "Unable register hotkey. Try other combination.". In this case you must set other hotkeys combinations in option window.

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Registartion
Registration

Capture Screen Studio registration

When you register your copy of program it remove all demo limitations.

To register Capture Screen Studio on-line, visit our site

http://www.capture-studio.com/order.htm.

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Contact Information

We are always keen to hear feedback from our customers.

Our contact details are:

sales@capture-studio.com

Want to buy our products or to know more about details before buying them? Send E-mail to us right now.

support@capture-studio.com

If you encounter any problems in usage of our product, you may email us. But in most situations, you may find the answer by yourself in related documents like FAQs, Help, Readme.txt, etc.

info@capture-studio.com

Have any comments on our products? Write it down and email us!

For more information, you always can visit our web site.

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Doing capture in one of allowed modes.


Allows to select one of CSS capture modes.

Entire screen or rectangle area. The button icon is changing accordingly.


Shows the repository.


Shows the image browser.


Allows to adjust CSS.


Shows popup menu with follow items:

Content	- shows this manual;

About	- shows product version;

Register	- shows instructions about registration process.


Minimize toolbar to the Windows system tray.

See tray icon.


Exit from the CSS.


Shows number of captured images in the repository.

If Auto Save mode is enabled it shows AutoSave label.


Link to our web site


Menu for repository. Some of commands is present on the tool bar.


List of captured images as icons. Click on them to selecting.


Working area of repository. It shows selected captured image.


Additional information about selected image.


Clear the repository. It deletes all captured images.

If you don't save some images - you lose them.


Allows to resize the selected image by one of seven methods. You can keep ratio.


Allows to save the selected image in one of the three formats (BMP, JPEG or GIF).


Allows to delete the selected image from the repository.


Allows to copy the selected image to the clipboard.


Allows to copy a selected area of the image to the clipboard.


Crop to the selected area.


Zoom to view the image.


Select a rectangle area and transform it.


Move the image easily.


Shows image browser.


View the selected image with original scale in separate window.


Copys the selected image to the repository.


Deletes the selected image.


Shows help.


Allows to select the interested folder.


Preview of the selected image.


Allows to select the file.

Also shows the file format and size.


Quick reference to 10 last visited folders.


Additional information about selected image.


Additional modal window to viewing image with original scale.