You can also tweak the image a little if you want to do a bit of colour grading or fix any issues with contrast/brightness. Once you’ve opened the video, you can scroll along the timeline and export any still frame you choose. (Open Broadcaster Software, which I’ll talk a bit about below, has an in-built remux tool.) If you can’t open the file directly, you might have to re-encode the video using a tool like Handbrake first. To open the video file, I’ll convert the video file into a compatible container – AVI or MP4 work fine, as long as the video is originally encoded in H.264. I use Photoshop CC quite regularly at work, although that unfortunately means ponying up for the full version. The best way to do that is often to record gameplay, and then take the screenshot later. Sometimes the best screenshots are taken after the fact, especially if you want a crisp, clean snap of a game in motion. They’re not uncompressed screenshots, sadly, although if you want the highest available quality, NVIDIA users do have another option. That’ll take you to the options available for recording and capturing screenshots. Once that’s taken care of, you’ll need to navigate to the settings via the icon in the top-right.įrom there you can ensure the “Share” button is enabled, which activates the Shadowplay overlay that (by default) can be activated through the CTRL + Z shortcut. Shadowplay works through the GeForce Experience middleware, which you’ll have to download, install and register an account for. You can access that from your desktop by right clicking on empty space and then going to the Radeon Control Panel, and navigating to the section indicated above.įor NVIDIA users, it’s a fraction more complicated. Both GPU manufacturers have tools that utilise the GPU for recording and capturing gameplay (or anything else), and they’re fairly straightforward to use.įor AMD users, you can set the hotkey for screenshots through the Radeon Live settings. If you’ve got an AMD or NVIDIA graphics card, good news.

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