Screen Captures Made Easy

MadCap Capture lets you easily capture anything that is displayed on your computer screen, from window panels to entire screen shots, as an editable image. Advanced editing features allow you to further enhance captured images by adding text callouts, cursor arrows, special effects and more.

Key Features

What's New

Batch processing of images

Apply image profiles to folders/subfolders
Time Delay

Capture open drop-down menus and more
New options when applying a profile to an image:
- Replace shapes
- Replace only profile shapes
- Add profile shapes
Feature Enhancements:
- New palettes with new objects (Loop, Arrow, etc.)
- Ability to rotate objects
- Customize bubble "pointer" options
- Anti-aliasing
- Capture/don't capture cursor option
- Apply/detach profiles to an image
- GIF enhancements and transparency support
- Set canvas to specified size prior to image capture
Improved usability:
- Object Layers Pane for better manipulation of objects within an image
- Auto-save when capturing based off profile settings
- Minimize to system tray
- Mouse selection of multiple objects simultaneously

Fully Integrated

Enjoy tight integration with other MadCap products including MadCap Lingo, Flare and Mimic.
Content Reuse

Maximize content reuse by applying the same rules used for text to images. By adding variables to callouts and images for example, there's no need to recapture or reinsert images into your documentation when text or version changes are required.
Ease of Use

Edit and enhance images captured from your screen in a familiar, user-friendly interface.
File Support

Create images in industry standard file formats including BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG and TIFF.

Full Feature List

Screen Captures Made Easy

MadCap Capture is designed to give users more control over the content they incorporate into their documentation. More than a screen capturing application, MadCap Capture lets you edit and enhance images captured from your screen, giving you authority over your content.

Ease of Use
- Editable layers for text or effects separate from the image
- Special effects to focus attention on specific areas
- Adjustable image scale
- Time Delay (e.g. capture open drop-down menus)
- Resize automatically
- Flexible interface
- Adjustable capture area — full screen, application, menu, region, etc.
- Custom image settings for:
  - Resolution
  - Color depth
  - Crop size
Single-Sourcing
- User image profiles to define different image attributes for print or online
- Use variables to re-use content throughout images
- Use condition tags in Capture for more enhanced single-sourcing
Integration
- Shared palettes ensure consistency with Mimic
- Direct linking from Flare into Capture
- Share variable libraries with Flare, supporting single-sourcing across media types
Language Support
- Unicode capable for all left-to-right languages
- XML-based image property files can be used by translators in a third-party editor
- Direct integration with MadCap Lingo for translation of text callouts