Area capture
Drag it, and it's on your clipboard
Let go and it's captured to your clipboard. Move it with Space, nudge it with the arrow keys.
1.0.0is out — capture to recording in one appHI! Capture!
Press a shortcut, drag an area, and it's on your clipboard. Annotate, polish and record, all in HiCapture.
Download for MacWindowsComing soon
macOS 14 or later · Apple Silicon · Intel
Everything you need to capture, light and in one place.
It waits in the menu bar until a shortcut calls it up. Some of the screens below you can try for yourself.
Window capture
Hover a window, click once
The window under the cursor snaps into place. Attach the frame to take just part of it.
Decorate background
Share-ready images in a few clicks
Add padding, corners and a shadow on 20 wallpapers, or tilt it in 3D.
Color picker
Any pixel, as a HEX code
Pick a pixel with the magnifier and its #RRGGBB code lands on your clipboard.
#000000
Capture editor
From pen to mosaic, one key away
Click the preview to jump into the editor. Switch tools with single-key shortcuts.
Pinned area
The same spot, as often as you like
Leave the frame up and every ↩ takes the same spot. The tabs below switch to recording.
Draw on screen
Mark up your screen mid-lecture or mid-talk
Mark up any display, then use your apps with the drawing still up.
Try drawing here
Quickslot wheel
Every capture mode, one shortcut
A wheel pops up at your cursor. Flick toward a mode and let go to start it.
Area
Text extraction
Copy the text right off your screen
Drag over any text to copy it as-is. Even text in photos or text you can't select.
Freeze screen
Even fleeting tooltips, exactly as you saw them
The screen freezes the moment you press. Open menus and fleeting tooltips stay put.
Preview
Right in the corner, one click to edit
A preview appears in the bottom right. Click to edit, swipe away, or drag out a file.
Your way
10 languages, light and dark
Change any shortcut, or turn them off one by one. Save as PNG, JPEG or WebP.
The screen moves in where you click
Stop recording and the video editor opens right away. Clicks zoom in on their own — a walkthrough with no extra work.
Move the mouse and click on the screen
Auto zoom
Zooms in where you click and follows the cursor. Adjust segments on the timeline.
Redrawn cursor
Shaky moves redrawn smoothly, a ripple per click.
Clip editing
Split with S, trim the edges, set each clip's speed.
Audio layers
System sound and mic each get their own track.
Shortcuts on screen
The ⌘ · ⌥ · ⌃ combos you press show up in the video.
Any format you need
MP4, WebM or GIF, with platform presets. Or copy it straight to the clipboard.
Capture for free, recording for life
Every capture and editing feature is free. One lifetime license unlocks screen recording and the video editor.
Free
$0Free forever
- Area, window and pinned-area capture
- Capture editor and background decoration
- Text and color extraction, drawing on screen
- Quickslot wheel and freeze screen
Pro
Lifetime license$14.99One-time payment · No subscription
- Everything in Free
- Screen recording and video editor
- Auto zoom, clip editing, audio layers
- Export to MP4, WebM and GIF
- Future updates included
One license works on one computer. Switch computers and you can move it over.
Guides
Step-by-step guides to capturing and recording with HiCapture.
Capture guide
Capture an area, window or pinned frame, then mark it up in the editor.
- Getting started
- Area capture
- Window and full screen capture
- Pinned area
- Freeze screen
- Preview
- Capture editor
- Backgrounds
- Color and text extraction
- Draw on screen
Recording guide
Record from the frame, then refine and export in the video editor.
- Start recording
- What to record
- Setting the size
- Sound and pressed keys
- Stop recording
- Video editor
- Export