Show, tell, share, and inspire by giving life to your ideas with Dropbox Capture, a screen recorder that helps you make your point clearly. Teach someone how to do a task, conduct a demo or training, or give feedback with a personalized video message—all in just a few clicks.
Record your partial or full screen with an overlay video of yourself right from your Mac or PC. Use markup tools to write, highlight, or draw to clearly get your point across.
It’s easy to add a human touch to a recording with your computer’s camera too. If you take a screen recording with Dropbox Capture you’ll never need an external screen recording device.
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Screen record and share a quick video tutorial, troubleshoot a problem together, or even record a webinar. Capture lets you take a video, trim or edit it, and send it in the fastest possible time.
Capture screen recordings to work asynchronously with teams. Take a screen recording for onboarding, presentations, or feedback—so teams can engage with videos in real time.
Adding text, annotations, drawings and shapes like arrows or markers is simple in Capture. Give your team personalized explanations and updates—you can even create a GIF for easy sharing.
Your screen recordings are safely and automatically stored in your Dropbox account—along with all your other important files. You can see who’s viewed your recorded videos and set permissions to control access too.
A screen recorder is a type of software that lets you take a recording of your entire screen or part of your screen right from your Mac or PC.
You can video capture anything you have open, including web pages in Chrome or Firefox, specialist apps, and even your entire desktop.
Dropbox Capture is a free screen recorder, so it’s the perfect way to take a screen recording—without using a video recording box. You can create a video message that includes your computer screen, face, and voice all in a single app.
For easier collaboration and productivity, you can even add notes, drawings, annotations, or shapes like arrows to point out important information. All you need is a computer with a webcam.
Creating a screen recording on a PC or Mac is easy to do—and a great option when you can’t share your screen in real time.
First, you’ll have to download Dropbox Capture for Microsoft Windows or macOS—then open the installer and follow the instructions in the prompts.
You'll be able to record your screen or take a screenshot with no time spent uploading—the image and video files will be automatically saved in Dropbox.
Visit the Help Center to learn more about how to use Dropbox Capture.
Once you download Dropbox Capture, open the installer and follow the instructions in the prompts.
Sign in to your Dropbox account. Then, from the Capture app, click the Record button in the middle of the app or use the keyboard shortcut Option + Shift + R (macOS) or Shift + Alt + R (Windows). Click the microphone icon in the center of the menu to start recording audio.
Visit the Help Center to learn more about how to use Dropbox Capture.
You can take a screen recording for dozens of reasons, but the most common and useful include the following:
Dropbox Capture also makes taking a screen recording useful for quick messages—as it’s easy to share a personalized video that avoids the need for unnecessary meetings or distractions.
