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What do we do when we just need to capture a screen?
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- By the way I'm Dan, and this is vidIQ,
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because today we're talking about our favorite tools
that we use to capture our screens,
whether it's gameplay or a website,
and whether it's on a computer or your phone.
Now, the settings may vary
depending on if you're capturing fast-paced gameplay footage
or a website,
but there's actually a lot of crossover
in the types of software we use to do that.
Before you start capturing that footage though,
you should probably answer yourself a question.
In fact, answer it for us in the comments below.
What type of content do you produce for YouTube?
As creators, we use a lot of different apps and products,
and it's worth noting that we're not being sponsored
to share any of the ones we're going to show you here today.
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First up is Nvidia's ShadowPlay.
You may already have this and not even know it,
depending on if you have an Nvidia graphics card.
ShadowPlay is built into modern graphics cards.
And once you set it up,
all you have to do is issue a quick keyboard command,
and it will automatically start capturing your screen.
If you discovered that, in fact,
you do have Nvidia ShadowPlay,
I say, just stay the course.
This is a fantastic software.
It gets me the highest quality,
highest frame rate footage I've ever had,
but sometimes it has kinda failed on me.
Certain programs just don't work with it.
I don't know why, that's just the way it is.
So if that's the case or you don't have it,
the next software I can recommend is absolutely free.
It's OBS Studio.
It may take some tinkering to get the settings
exactly where you want them to get the highest quality,
but there's plenty of tutorials out there
to help you do that.
And if you're a gamer who's streaming,
you could also look into Streamlabs OBS,
which is the same thing,
but tailored more towards gamers
and getting fun alerts while you're alive.
There are plenty more applications that you can use
to capture your screen,
but these two are top notch and they're free.
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Let's talk real quick about capturing your screen
on a mobile device.
As far as mobile goes,
iPhone users are all set
with built-in screen capturing software
that is basically second to none.
If you're an Android user though,
things are just a little bit more tricky.
Certain versions of Android do have built-in screen capture
and some don't.
So if they don't,
my top recommendation for screen capture software
is actually AZ Screen Recorder.
AZ Screen Recorder is great because there's no watermarks.
There's no time limits on recording and that's for free.
There is also a pro version
that will unlock some additional features.
Capturing your console screen is a whole 'nother animal.
And we actually get asked about this one quite a bit.
The PS4 and Xbox One both feature
built-in screen capture software.
And because I just aged the video,
and we are looking at our new generation of PlayStation
and Xbox on the horizon,
I imagine they will still have that feature in the future.
Obviously, I don't know that,
but I don't see why they wouldn't.
As far as the Nintendo Switch goes,
I'm afraid there's only one
built-in screen capture software,
and it only allows you to capture 30 second clips.
So if something cool happens in the game,
you can quickly hit the screen capture button
and just get the last 30 seconds of gameplay
saved onto your hard drive.
For most gaming channels, that's not really enough.
So what I recommend doing is investing in a capture card.
I actually use the HD60 S from Elgato.
This is an older capture card now, but it does a great job.
And if I was recording PlayStation or Xbox,
I would still recommend a capture card personally,
just because I enjoy getting nice high-quality clips
that I can quickly and easily drag from my desktop
into my Premiere project and just start editing right away.
So just a quick recap,
capturing your desktop or your phone is free and easy,
and you get some really nice high-quality recordings.
Console's though a little bit trickier.
It is going to require an investment on your part,
but in the end,
you're going to get some nice high-quality footage.
It's going to be totally worth it.
And with that,
I hope you found this video helpful.
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