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December 7, 2010
Question

recording frame bigger than my monitor or the application window

  • December 7, 2010
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Hei!

I've been trying to record a software demonstration but I've been having quite some difficulties figuring out Captivate 5.

My current problem is this:

When I want to record, I use the record Application Window option. However, I use two monitors, so when I want to record, there is always a thin line of my other monitor in the recordings. I can't move the recording frame, so that it doesn't record that line.

When I record using the monitor option, the recording is good, however, when I want to add extra slides to this project, the option to record from a monitor is gone and I only get a recording frame the size of my monitor (I have one that uses 1440x900 and one that has 1680x1050). When I want to move the frame, I can't get it to fit the screen, because there will always be a line of the other monitor.

This is so frustrating, because I have been working on it for almost a week now. I couldn't find a solution in the tutorials, the captivate help file I found (after a looooooooong search) nor this forum.

Hopefully someone has a solution for me!

Thanks!

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RodWard
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 7, 2010

Do you have your monitors set up as Extended or Duplicated?

What size are you capturing at (height x width in pixels)?

Participating Frequently
December 7, 2010

I have my monitors extended.

I'm trying to get either one to work, I'm having trouble with the capturing of both monitors.

RodWard
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 7, 2010

What is your actual capture size in pixels?

You should be able to see this in Captivate 5 under  Modify > Rescale Project  as well as right down in the bottom right corner.