If you want to film your screen under Windows 10, you can use the same screencast tools as under older versions of Windows.
Windows 10: Film your screen without apps and tools
The easiest and fastest way to film the screen in Windows 10 works without programs or tools – if you know which keys to press.
- To do this, press the key combination Win + G.
- A menu appears that offers various gaming functions. (see image)
- Press the circle at the top left. Alternatively, you can also use the key combination “Windows key” + “Alt* + “R”.
Screencasts under Windows 10: With these tools it works
To create a screencast, you can also use one of many free tools.
- Use e.g. B. the VLC Media Player or the ActivePresenter to film your screen under Windows 10. You will find out how to create a screencast with the ActivePresenter in the next section.
- Microsoft also offers its own software for screencasts, the Microsoft Expression Encoder.
- You can also film your screen with the CamStudio program.
Screencast with ActivePresenter – this is how you film the screen
Install the ActivePresenter program on your PC and start the software.
- Click “New Capture.”
- At this point select “Record Movie/Streaming Video” out of.
- You can use the small pencil icon on the right side under “Cursor” select the yellow light to turn off your pointer.
- At this point you can also deactivate the pointer entirely if you wish. To do this, uncheck “Show Mouse in Full Motion Recording Mode”. Save the changes via “Save“.
- Then click on “OK” and then in the “Capture New Project” bar on the big red dot. The recording will now start.
- To stop recording, click on the small ActivePresenter icon in the menu bar and click “Stop“.
- ActivePresenter now offers various functions to edit your screencast professionally.