Screen Recording Dialog Box

When you record a video of the Vertex functions, select the video recording settings in the dialog box.

Dialog Box Options

Area to be recorded

Select the area to be recorded from the list.

All displays - If you have multiple displays, all displays will be recorded. The video is recorded from the entire area of the displays, which means that the operating system taskbar is recorded on the video, for example. In addition to the Vertex program, the video captures everything else that is visible on the displays.
Active display - Only the active display is recorded. The video is recorded from the entire display area, which means that the operating system taskbar is recorded on the video, for example. In addition to the Vertex program, the video captures everything else that is visible on the display.
Vertex application window - The video is recorded from the area where the Vertex program window is located. Everything that is visible on the computer screen in that area is recorded on the video.
Vertex working window - The video is recorded from the area where the active working window (drawing or model window) is located. Everything that is visible on the computer screen in that area is recorded on the video.
Simplified working window - Available when the model window is active. The video is recorded from the area where the active model window is located without the menus, buttons, and cursor of the program's user interface. You can use the option to create videos for marketing or review purposes.

The selection is saved in memory and is valid the next time you start video recording.

Note:

Recording several displays requires more performance from the computer and may slow down Vertex.

Video quality

Select the quality of the video. The higher the quality, the more storage capacity the video will require. The quality of the video does not affect the performance or the use of disk space during video recording, but only the video created as a final product. Select one of the following:

Best quality, largest file
High quality, larger file
Default
Lower quality, smaller file

Video file finishing

Select the level of compression for the finishing step of the video file. When more time is used in finishing the video, the resulting video will require less storage capacity. Finishing the video does not affect the performance or the use of disk space during the video recording, but only the video created as a final product.

Select one of the following:

Faster finish, larger file
Default
Slower finish, smaller file

This feature is significant when shooting long videos:

Finishing a long video takes more time than finishing a short one, but the waiting time can be shortened by speeding up the finishing. In this case, the final video file is larger.
The file size of a long video is larger than that of a short one, and for example, the size limit of an e-mail attachment may be reached. You can reduce the file size by slowing down the finishing.

Frame rate (fps)

Select the frame rate of the video, or how many frames per second are taken in the video. You can select 4, 6, 12 or 24 frames per second.

Frame rate (fps)	Description
4, 6	Is enough for a slow presentation and produces a smaller video.
12	Is enough for a normal presentation.
24	Good quality motion tracking, produces a larger video.

Note: A higher frame rate will require more performance from the computer and may slow down Vertex.

Recording length

Select the length of the final video:

Indefinitely - The final video is created from the beginning of the recording to the end.
Time window - The recording is on from the start to the end, but the final video is made only from the last clip, the length of which you can set in Save the last. Enter the length in minutes and seconds in the text fields.

Record audio

You can record the video audio. The audio source may be:

Input device - Use a microphone as the audio source. Select which input device you are using from the list.

System audio

Video file name

The program automatically creates the folder user/ScreenRecorder for the files generated during video recording. By default, the finished video file with or without audio is saved in the Video folder. The file type is MP4 video.

You can enter the save location and video file name in the text field, or click Browse to select a save location and name the file.

If a video with the same name already exists in the storage folder, the program will ask if you want to overwrite the video, add a number suffix to the video name, or cancel the start of the video recording and give it a new name.

Video-related log files are stored in the Log folder, and temporary video files are stored in the Temp folder.

Show screen recorder toolbar

When video recording is in progress, a control bar is displayed above the ribbon, where you can see the duration of the recording. You can use the bar's controls to pause, continue, and stop the recording.

You can hide the control bar by clearing the Show screen recorder toolbar option.

When the control bar is hidden, you can pause recording by pressing Shift+F12, and resume recording by pressing Shift+F12 again. You can stop recording by pressing Shift+F11.