Using the Selection Tool, you may easily select a desired area on the desktop, capture the image from a specific window or browse through your most recent recording window selections. To open the Selection Tool, make sure Debut is in screen capture mode by clicking the Screen button in the toolbar. Then click the Selection Tool icon, which looks like a dotted rectangle, near the lower right corner of the Debut window, to the right of the caption, watermark and color tools. There are four ways you can make a screen selection:

Draw a selection area

Click the Draw selection area button, which is the first of the selection buttons in the window, to draw a new screen selection using the mouse. While holding down the left mouse button, move the mouse and draw a rectangle to capture on the desktop. Click the "Select" button to lock in your selection and return to the main interface to start capturing.

Select a window

Click the Select a window button, which is the second of the selection buttons in this window, to add a window to be recorded. Select the desired window by hovering the mouse over the area until the window has focus, click left mouse button to recall the selection window, and click the Select button to return to the main interface to start capturing. Debut will capture the image from this window and will keep focus on it even if it is moved or resized during recording.

Select the entire desktop

Click the Select entire desktop button, which is the third of the selection buttons in this window, to select the entire desktop for recording. Click the Select button to return to the main interface to start capturing.

Select the previous selections

Debut stores your previous 10 selections so you can use previous selection areas for multiple recordings. Click the dropdown list to select one of the previous selections, to select all monitors (identical to "Select the entire desktop" button) or to select each of the monitors.

Disable Aero

Unticking this box can greatly increase the smoothness of mouse movement during selection by turning on the Windows Aero effect (included in Windows since Vista), but for a price of degraded quality. This item has no effect on the recorded video.

Select

Press this button if you are satisfied with the selection and ready to start capturing. You will be returned to Debut's main interface, where you can click the Record button to start your screen capture.

Keyboard Shortcuts

You can use the following keyboard shortcuts to make the selection procedure easier: