User Guide of 4Easysoft Screen Recorder

Basics

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Introduction

4Easysoft Screen Recorder is a powerful screen recorder for Windows. You can choose the desired mode to record video, audio, gameplay, phone screen, and webcam in the full-screen or selected area. With customized settings, you can capture any activity with original quality and save them in MP4, WMV, AVI, MOV, and GIF formats according to your need. Moreover, it supports real-time drawing to help you add annotations with shapes, lines, texts, callouts, etc. You can learn more about using 4Easysoft Screen Recorder in the following.

Register

The free trial of 4Easysoft Screen Recorder has limitations, including a 3-minute recording, no video clipper to trim extra parts, and no noise cancellation and voice enhancement.

To register 4Easysoft Screen Recorder and get the full version with all functions, you can click the Register this product button with a lock shape on the main interface. Moreover, you can also click the Menu button and choose the Register button to find the registration entrance.

Then enter your email address and paste the registration code you received from us. After that, click the Activate button to register this software.

Email Address: Should be the email you used to purchase this software.

Registration Code: Copy the registration code from the order confirmation letter.

Update

New updates will provide new features or fix bugs to improve users’ experience. You can always check whether it’s the latest version through the following methods.

Method 1:Check Update Manually

Click the Menu button on the main interface and choose the Check Update option. After a few seconds of detection, you can download and install the new version if there is an update.

Method 2: Turn on the Auto Update

Click the Menu button and choose the Preference option. Then click the More button and tick the Automatically check for updates option. In this way, you will receive the update notification without a manual check.

Preference

By clicking the Menu button and choosing the Preferences option, you can adjust the recording settings, quality, format, sound, hotkeys, and more according to your need.

Recording

In the Recording tab, you can change the settings before and while recording, including show countdown before recording, show recording boundary, hide float bar when recording, etc. You can easily choose the desired settings for your convenience.

Output

Go to the Output tab, and you can set the location of recordings/screenshots and change the output format and quality of videos, audio files, and screenshots. Here are provided settings:

Screenshot Format: JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF.

Video Format: WMV, MP4, MOV, F4V, TS, WebM, GIF.

Frame Rate: 60fps, 30 fps, 25fps, 24fps, 20fps, 10fps, 5fps.

Audio Format: WMA, MP3, M4A, AAC, OPUS, FLAC, WAV.

Quality: Lossless, Highest, High, Middle, Low, Lowest.

Sound

Choose the Sound option to keep the high quality of audio recordings. Here you can adjust the volume for the microphone and system sound separately. To avoid the audio delay, you can set the time as you like. You can also turn on the Noise Cancellation and Microphone Enhancement to access the best audio quality. Moreover, it provides a Recording test to preview your sound effect for 20 seconds.

Camera

If you want to record the webcam of yourself, especially when you playing gameplay or making tutorial videos, please go to the Camera tab to change the settings. Here you can adjust the resolution, style, and opacity, and move the webcam position, etc. You can also set the desired position of webcam when recording. Enabling the camera denoise can promise high-quality outputs.

Mouse

Choose the Mouse tab, and you can change the mouse display. You can choose to show or hide the mouse cursor or mouse/keystroke, which will help you highlight the important parts while recording. Here are different colors and mouse sizes provided for you.

Hotkeys

Navigate to the Hotkeys tab, and you can customize the hotkeys to start/stop/pause recording, take screenshots, open/close webcam, and show/hide float panel quickly. If you see other programs occupying a hotkey, you can directly click on the hotkey and enter the desired one through the keyboard to replace it. Moreover, you can use the hotkeys to switch the recording mode when capturing.

More

At last, in the More tab, you can enable the hardware acceleration, auto-start when your computer boots, change the screen capture mode to keep smooth and high-quality recording, etc.

Main Features

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Video Recorder

4Easysoft Screen Recorder enables you to record any video and activity on your computer. Learn more about how to record screen videos in the following.

Step 1Launch Video Recorder

Launch the screen recorder and click the Video Recorder button to capture the screen with audio.

Step 2Select the Recording Area

Click the Full button to capture the whole screen of your computer or the Custom button to select the desired resolution, including 1080p, 720p, 480p, etc. You can also adjust the borderlines freely.

Step 3Turn on the Sound

If you want to record conference meetings, online lectures, or any video with audio, you can turn on the System Sound option. You can also open the Microphone capture to record your sound simultaneously. Don’t forget to change the volume by pulling the slider.

Step 4Start Recording with Editings

After all settings are done, click the REC button on the right side to start recording your screen. Then a toolbox will pop up, and you can use it to add shapes, lines, callouts and take screenshots while recording.

Step 5Clip and Save the Recordings

Click the Stop button to finish the recording. In the preview window, you can choose to clip the unwanted beginning and ending parts and then click the Save button to export the recording.

Audio Recorder

If you’d like to record online Skype calls, voiceover for presentations, or your favorite music, this designed audio recorder is your best choice. You can record from the system sound and your microphone with high quality.

Step 1Launch Audio Recorder

Launch 4Easysoft Screen Recorder and click the Audio Recorder from the main interface to open.

Step 2Choose Sound Sources

The system sound means the internal sound from your computer. And the microphone will record your voice. You can turn on the System Sound and Microphone simultaneously or separately according to your need. Then pull the sliders to adjust the volume for different sounds.

Step 3Start Recording Audio

Click the REC button to record Skype calls, voiceover, and online music. You can also change the system sound and microphone volume while recording.

Step 4Save Audio Recordings

Click the Stop button in the toolbox to stop recording audio. Then, you can preview the audio files and delete the unwanted parts. After that, click the Save button to export it to the local folder.

Gameplay Recorder

Using this easy-to-use game recorder, you can record games from Steam, Play Stations, Switch, and online game sites with simple clicks.

Step 1Launch Game Recorder

At first, you need to launch the gameplay you want to capture. Then, click the Game Recorder button on the main interface.

Step 2Set the Capture Resource

After you open the gameplay, the game recorder will automatically recognize it, and you can directly click the Select the game button and choose the gameplay. You can also do overlay webcam and sound by turning on the Webcam and Microphone recordings.

Step 3Set High-quality Recordings

If you want to keep your gameplay recordings smooth with high quality, you can click the Preferences button to set the frame rate and quality. 60 fps frame rate and Lossless Quality are provided for you. After that, click the OK button to save the settings.

Step 4Start Recording Gameplay

Click the REC button to start recording the gameplay. Before it starts, you have 3 seconds to go back to the gameplay window.

Step 5Export Gameplay Recordings

When your gameplay recordings are done, click the Stop button to finish the recording. Before you click the Save button, you can also preview and clip the recording.

Webcam Recorder

To record business meetings, reaction videos, and gameplay narrations, the Webcam Recorder is for you. You can use the built-in or the external webcam to capture you and your voice.

Step 1Enable the Webcam Recorder

You can directly click the Webcam Recorder on the main interface to record yourself. But you should note that you need to give the permission of the camera to capture.

Step 2Adjust the Settings

Here you can change the recording quality, resolution, and volume of sound/microphone. You can also rotate the captured webcam screen without adjusting the real camera.

Step 3Record and Save

Click the REC button to start recording the webcam. After that, you can clip the tapes in the preview window and then click the Save button to export them.

Step 4Save the Webcam Recordings

You can clip the tapes in the preview window and then click the Save button to export them.

Phone Recorder

With this Phone Recorder, you can simply mirror and capture your Android/iOS phone screens on the computer.

Step 1Launch the Phone Recorder

After installing 4Easysoft Screen Recorder, you can click the Phone Recorder button on the main interface.

Step 2Choose the Device Type

Here you can choose the iOS device or Android device. To record the screen activities on your iPhone or iPad, you need to click the iOS Recorder button. And the Android Recorder is for Android phones.

Step 3Connect Phone to Computer

For iOS devices:

Follow the two-step instruction to connect your iOS device to the computer. Please keep in mind that the two devices should use the same WLAN. After that, you can choose the Screen mirroring or Audio mirroring option to capture video or audio.

For Android devices:

Since there’s no default mirroring tool on Android, you need to download FoneLab Mirror app. And then, you can cast your Android screen on the computer through the detection, PIN code, or QR code. Besides, you can directly use the USB cable to connect the two devices.

Step 4Record with Desired Settings

You should permit the screen capture on your iOS/Android phone first. Then, you can set the output resolution and click the Record button to star.

Screen Capture

You can also use 4Easysoft Screen Recorder to take snapshots on your computer. And the hotkeys help you screenshot your screen easily without opening the main interface.

Step 1Launch Snapshot

Click the Video Recorder button in the main interface and click the Screen Capture button from the top-right corner.

Step 2Choose the Desired Region

You can choose the normal capture or scrolling screen. Then, your mouse will become a cursor move. You can left-click your mouse and drag it to fix the capture area. After that, you can still pull the borderlines to change the size.

Step 3Edit and Save the Screenshots

With the toolbox, you can edit your screenshot with many tools, including shapes, lines, texts, callouts, etc. At last, click the Save button on the right side to export it.

Last Recorder

It also provides a Last Recorder when you want to continue the previous task. Just click the More button on the main interface and choose the Last Recorder option. In this way, you can restore the settings you used last time.

Window Recorder

Window Recorder helps you capture the fixed window without the annoying popping-ups during the recording. Moreover, after you lock the window for recording, you can use other programs and windows at the same time.

Recording Controls

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Edit While Recording

To edit and add annotations in real-time while recording, you can click the Edit button in the toolbox during the recording process. Here you can use the editing tools to add rectangle, ellipse, arrow, line, and text with different colors. Moreover, you can easily redo, undo, and erase the drawings.

Preset Recording

If you have to record lectures or conferences every week, you can choose to customize a preset recording for this kind of activity. In this way, you can directly use the same settings to start recording quickly.

Step 1Add a Preset

After launching the screen recorder, you can choose the More option and click the Manage button to set a preset.

Step 2Change the Preset Settings

In the popping-up window, you can change all the settings for recording, including the capture area, webcam, sound, microphone, video and audio format, video and audio quality, etc. After that, click the Save button to change the name and click the Apply button to save the settings.

Advanced Recorder

When you use the Video Recorder, you will find there is an Advanced Recorder under the REC button. It provides more recording modes and capture regions for you.

Step 1 Launch Advanced Recorder

Click the Video Recorder button on the main interface, and then choose the Advanced Recorder option under the REC button before you start recording.

Step 2Select the Desired Options

In the drop-down list, you can choose from Around mouse and Follow the mouse options.

Around mouse: This recording mode will record the area around your mouse. Thus, it will always change with the mouse movement. Your mouse is always in the center of the capture area, so if you move the mouse to the border of the screen, then the area beyond your screen will be shown in black.

Follow the mouse: This mode is similar to the Around Mouse. The capture area will always move with your mouse. But the area is within the mouse instead of centering the mouse.

Window Recorder:This recording mode enables you to lock the window for recording. After you lock the capture window, you can use other programs and windows at the same time.

Exclude window and record: It will let you exclude unwanted windows and leave the unchecked windows for recording.

Task Schedule Recording

If you need to automatically record live shows or online lectures when you are absent, you can use the Task Schedule function. Click the Task Schedule button at the bottom of the main interface. Then, you can add a new task with the desired start time, record length, stop time, or even file size according to your need.

Record Watermark

From the bottom of main interface, you can also click the Record Watermark button to set the watermark for protecting your copyright. Click the Manage button to add your own text or image watermark as you like.

Manage Recording History

After you record video, audio, gameplay, or take screenshots, you can find the recordings in the preset folder. Moreover, you can click the Recording History button on the main interface to access to them directly. You can rename, play, share, and delete the recording files.

Editing Tools

Advanced Trimmer

Unlick the video clipper before saving the recording every time, this advanced trimmer enables you to cut recordings to several segments, which means you can remove the middle parts.

Video Compressor

The video recordings, especially the 4K recordings, are always large. To save the computer space, you can use the built-in video compressor to resize the file size from 1% to 99%. Don’t worry, it will also promise high-quality output with settings.

File Manager

This powerful tool can help you merge different recording clips into one. You can also change the output format according to your need.

File Converter

If you forget to change the output settings before recording, you can use this function to convert audio and video files to any other supported formats. You can also adjust the resolution, encoder, frame rate, and quality here.