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    Recording an Area

    Record a custom rectangular region of your screen.

    Recording
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    Area Recording

    Area mode lets you capture a specific rectangular region of your screen. ScreenKite shows an overlay window where you define the recording region.

    1. Open the Recording Hub (or use the Select Area to Record shortcut)
    2. Select Area as the recording source
    3. Click and drag to define the recording region
    4. Adjust the selection if needed, then confirm to start recording

    How It Works

    ScreenKite uses ScreenCaptureKit to capture only the selected region. The coordinates are properly handled across different display scale factors in multi-monitor setups.

    Multi-Display Areas

    The area selection respects display boundaries and DPI differences. On multi-monitor setups, the area overlay appears on the display where your cursor is located.

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    Area recording is ideal for capturing a specific portion of your screen — such as a single app panel, a browser tab, or a code editor pane — without recording the entire display.

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