More Than Screen Capture: ACA Capture Pro

ACA Capture Pro is a screen capture utility that is packed with features. You can capture images you find on the web, scrolling web pages, menus, even DirextX, Direct3D, and video player screens. This thing has got it all!

Image Capturing
Granted, there are a lot of choices out there when it comes to screen capturing utilities, but this one is different by far. You have your choice of capturing an entire window, a region of it, or capture part of your screen within a polygon or ellipitcal shape. But what I found remarkable is the fact that you can add to the region your capturing.

For example, let’s say you want to capture the upper left corner of your browser’s window right now AND the lower right corner without all the stuff in between. You can do that by dragging the selection rectangle in the first area, then pressing the “+” key and select the other area. Want more areas? No problem, just keeping adding to your heart’s content.

What you get is something like this:

Before (entire image)

After (only portions selected, but in the same session)

Menu Capturing
If you’ve ever tried capturing a menu as part of your overall screen capture, then you may know just how difficult it is. But with ACA Capture Pro, it’s a breeze. What’s more, you can capture independent of the surrounding area.

Fixed Selection
Now this is pretty cool. Sometimes when I want to capture just a fixed area of the screen, I usually have to capture more than I need, then take it into a program to edit it to the size I need. But with this utility I can configure it to only capture the size I’m interested in. Just enter the width and height, click OK, then move the box to where you want to capture and you’re done.

This can be useful when you want to fit an image into your blog that’s a specific width — a real time saver!

Video Capture
Sometimes it’s necessary to provide a visual demonstration of something rather than just describing it in words. With ACA Capture Pro you can capture the movements you make on your screen. You can even include sound.

A fully functional FREE trial can be downloaded and used for 30 days. After that, the software becomes locked. But to unlock it won’t cost you an arm and a leg. Right now, they’re offering it for $39.95. Considering all the features it comes with and comparing it to other higher priced alternatives, that’s a pretty good deal.

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