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=== Task Bar ===
To make Screenbits minimize automatically when recording starts:
#Select '''Settings''' from '''Record''' menu to open Settings viewdialog.
#Turn '''Minimize when recording starts''' switch on.
To make Screenbits minimize to notification area:
#Select '''Settings''' from '''Record''' menu to open Settings viewdialog.
#Turn '''Minimize to notification area''' switch on.
To change the output folder:
#Select '''Settings''' from Recording menu to open Settings viewdialog.
#Click '''Browse...''' button from ''General'' tab under ''Output'' section.
#Select the folder you want to save videos into.
Note: Make sure your user account has write access to the selected folder and also the folder is in a storage device/drive with enough free space.
To use a different name for output files:
#Select '''Settings''' from ''Recording'' menu to open the Settings viewdialog.
#Enter the desired name in front of ''File Name'' field. Optionally you can use one or more placeholders in the file name.
#Click '''OK''' to close ''Settings'' viewdialog.
=== Hotkeys ===
==== Custom hotkeys ====
In order to choose a different shortcut for an action:
#Select '''Settings''' from '''Recording''' menu to open ''Settings'' viewdialog.
#Under ''Hotkeys'' section in ''Recording'' tab, click one of the boxes to change its shortcut.
#Hold the desired keys so it appears in the box.
#Click '''OK''' to close ''Settings'' viewdialog.
Note: you need to enter a valid key combination for each action to work.
=== Mouse Pointer ===
To render pointer over the output video:
#Select '''Settings''' from ''Recording'' menu to open ''Settings view''dialog.
#From ''Pointer'' section under the ''Overlay'' tab, check ''Show mouse pointer''' check box.
#Click '''OK''' to close ''Settings'' viewdialog.
Note: Pointer can also get highlighted by selecting '''Highlight''' check box.
=== Watermark ===
To add a watermark image to the output video:
#Select '''Settings''' from ''Recording'' menu to open ''Settings view''dialog.
#From ''Watermark'' section under the ''Overlay'' tab, check '''Show watermark''' check box.
#Click '''Image''' radio button to enable image overlay.
#Click '''Browse...''' button and select the image file for the watermark.
#Click '''OK''' to close ''Settings'' viewdialog.
To add a watermark text to the output video:
#Select '''Settings''' from ''Recording'' menu to open ''Settings view''dialog.
#From ''Watermark'' section under the ''Overlay'' tab, check '''Show watermark''' check box.
#Click '''Text''' radio button to enable text overlay.
#Enter the desired text in the text box under the '''Show watermark''' check box.
#Click '''OK''' to close ''Settings'' viewdialog.
Note: You can also customize opacity, margins, font, color, outline color, alignment and direction from ''Watermark'' section.
== Audio Settings ==
To change format of the output audio:
#Select '''Settings''' from ''Recording'' menu to open ''Settings view''dialog.
#From ''Output'' section under the '''Audio''' tab, select desired bit-rate, sample-rate and number of channels.
== Video Settings ==
To change frame-rate of the output video:
#Select '''Settings''' from ''Recording'' menu to open ''Settings view''dialog.
#From ''Output'' section under the '''Video''' tab, select desired frame-rate from '''Framerate''' selector.
Note: You can also enter a custom frame-rate up to 120 in the selector.
To change resolution of the output video:
#Select '''Settings''' from ''Recording'' menu to open ''Settings view''dialog.
#From ''Output'' section under the '''Video''' tab, select output resolution from '''Resolution''' selector.
To change quality of the output video:
#Select '''Settings''' from ''Recording'' menu to open ''Settings view''dialog.
#From ''Output'' section under the '''Video''' tab, move '''Quality''' slider to increase or decrease quality.
To force recording in variable frame-rate:
#Select '''Settings''' from ''Recording'' menu to open ''Settings view''dialog.
#From ''Output'' section under the '''Video''' tab, check '''Prefer variable frame-rate''' check box.
Note: Not preferring variable frame-rate does not mean that the video will be recorded in constant frame-rate. Depending on your system performance, recorder may fall back to variable frame-rate to be able to work properly.