Contents 
What is Mr. Captor?
Features
What's New?
Getting Started
Main Window
Main Menu
File Menu
Edit Menu
View Menu
Capture Menu
Options Menu
Help Menu
Toolbar, Capture Bar and Status Bar
Working Area
Quick Start
How To ...
Troubleshooting
Using Mr. Captor
Region Capture
Rectangular Region Capture
Fixed Region Capture
Elliptical Region Capture
Freehand Region Capture
Special features
Windows Capture
Window capture
Capture of group of windows
Capture of windows with vertical scrolling
Capture DirectX output
Capture More Objects
Menu Capture
Cursor Capture
Color Capture
Frame Capture
Extracting images from resources
Advanced Technique
Using Hotkeys
Using Timer (frames/video capture)
Using Drag-and-Drop
Flash SlideShow Maker
Image Editor
Brigtness/Contrast
Colors
Gamma
Rotate
Effects
User Filter
External Image Editor
Printing
Sending as E-mail
Publishing an image
Images Gallery
Options
Preferences
Main
Hotkeys
Timer
Clipboard
After Capture
Other
Savings
BMP/GIF/JPEG
ICO/CUR
TIFF
Registration and Technical Support
Benefits of registration
How to register
License Information
How to contact Fox Magic, Inc.
Credits

Mr. Captor Online Help

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Rectangular Region Capture


To capture a rectangular region:
  1. Click Capture Region button on the Capture Bar or click the Capture | Region menu command or press the <Capture Region> hotkey (default hotkey is Ctrl+Shift+R).
  2. Move the mouse pointer to any corner of the desired rectangle.
  3. Depress the left mouse button and drag the mouse to select the rectangular region.
  4. Release the left mouse button to finish selection.
  5. Click the right mouse button to invoke the context menu and choose Grab now item (<Return> key) to grab the selected image or Cancel item (<Esc> key) to cancel operation.

Context menu


You can also double-click the left mouse button to grab the image. Note, the mouse cursor must be inside the region to capture.

Depress Hide Main Window button on the Capture Bar to hide the main window before capture.

You can also start the region capture by executing the corresponding menu command when Mr. Captor is in the system tray (system tray is the region at the right bottom screen corner):

Menu


Changing the region's size and position


User can change the region's size and position after the region has been selected.
To change the position move mouse and place it over the selected rectangle:

Change position


Then press the left mouse button and move the selected region to the new position.
Release the left mouse button when finished.
To change the size move the mouse and place it at the region's boundary:

Change size


Then press the left mouse button and move the mouse to change the region size. Release the left mouse button when finished.

Arrow keys usage


User can use the arrow keys to move a region and change its size precisely.
Press <Left> | <Right> | <Up> | <Down> button to move the region to the left, right, up, down respectively.

To change the size:
  1. Press <Ctrl> + <arrow key> to set a boundary for changing.
  2. Press <arrow key> to move the boundary.
  3. Repeat step 1-2 to set a new size.

Press <Ctrl> to clear the boundary settings.

Use the Lens if needed to view the result.


See also:

Fixed-Size Region Capture
Elliptical Region Capture
Freehand Region Capture
Special features
   
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