What is window capture?
Also called: window recording, application capture
Definition
Window capture records a single application window and nothing else on the screen.
Instead of filming an area of the monitor, the recorder asks the operating system for the contents of one window. Other windows, the taskbar and the desktop are left out, even if they overlap the window being recorded.
It is the cleanest way to record one app, and it keeps private things on the rest of the screen out of the video.
In Sceed
In Sceed, choose Window and pick the app from live thumbnails. If the window is moved during the take, the cursor still lines up.
How to record a specific window →
Related terms
- Region capture
- Region capture records a rectangle of the screen that you drag out, rather than a whole monitor or a window.
- Screen recording
- A screen recording is a video of what a computer screen shows over time, usually with sound from a microphone, the computer, or both.
- Windows Graphics Capture
- Windows Graphics Capture is the capture system built into Windows 10 and 11 that lets an app record a window or a monitor efficiently.