How to capture and record video games with Fraps software
For gamers, the knock-out moments of opponents or the fiery battle screen all bring a fascinating experience. And there is software to help players record this memorable moment in the game, including Fraps software.
Fraps is software that supports taking photos and video games right on your computer. Beautiful skills, fiery boss skill screen, enemy meter, . will all be recorded quickly with Fraps software. In addition, we can also use arbitrary shortcuts to control movie shooting and photography. Or take a picture automatically for a period of time until you press the pause button.
1. Instructions for installing Fraps software:
First of all, download Fraps software by the link below:
- Download Fraps for your computer
Step 1:
Click on the .exe file to install the software. The interface of the program's terms appears. Click I Agree to proceed with the installation.
Step 2:
Next, we can select the software storage folder when we click the Browse button, then click Next to continue.
Step 3:
Next, read the Install button to proceed with the installation of the program.
We wait for the installation process to complete successfully.
2. Instructions for setting up video recording software Fraps:
When opening the software on the computer, the program interface will look like below:
Step 1:
Fraps software interface includes General , FPS , Movie and Screenshot tabs.
Inside:
General : store all information about the software. We can adjust to allow Fraps to run with the computer when selecting Run Fraps when Windows Start and Start Fraps Minimized .
FPS : Displays your current frame status. Check Disabled at Benchmarking and Overlay if you don't want to appear.
Movie: set parameters for video:
1. Folder to save Movies in: Output folder, click Change and View to change or view.
2. Video Capture Hotkey : Set shortcuts to record videos. For example, if the key is set to F9, when entering the game press F9 to start recording the video game. Press once more F9 to stop recording.
3. Record Sound : If the sound is recorded, check it. If not, uncheck the box at Record Win8 sound.
4. Video capture settings : Select the movie size to record. Half Size should be set for video size not too large. And frame when recording, depending on your computer configuration, should be 30fps. If your device is in a terrible row, you can choose a larger parameter.
5. If you don't want Fraps to collect the mouse cursor, click Hide mouse cursor in the video.
6. Slip movie every 4 Gigabytes : Split video when recording every time reaching 4G. You choose this section if you record videos for a long time to avoid too large video sizes.
Screenshot : set the shooting parameters in the game.
1. Folder to save ScreenShot in : Export folder, click Change and View to change or view.
2. Screen Capture Hotkey : Shortcut for taking photos when playing games. Click on the keyboard shortcut (default is F10) and then press the key you want to select as the shortcut to take a picture in the game.
3. Image format : The type of image you want to export. Users must register to use the newly released photo software in JPG, PNG and TGA format.
4. Screen Capture settings : Options for taking photos in your game. If you want the Frame rate to appear in your photos, check the box to include frame rate overlay on screenshots.
If you want Fraps to automatically take photos at certain predetermined intervals, such as taking pictures continuously after every 10 seconds, check the repeat screen capture every . seconds box.
3. Take photos and record game videos with Fraps:
After we have completed the program setup steps, we can proceed with the filming or screen capture of the game.
Remember the shortcuts used to shoot movies or take screenshots. Photos or videos after shooting will appear in the storage folder that the gamers have set up before.
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I wish you all success!
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