With that classic design comes a bit of a learning curve. That doesn't take away from the app's functionality or impressive features, but if you're used to new and modern apps utilizing Fluent Design and the Windows 10 design language, you'll get whiplash going back to the design language used in ShareX. It is a legacy-style program with smaller items to click in the interface and a very basic design. Opening ShareX will send you back to the past, far back before the Universal Windows Platforms (UWP) was part of Windows. The tradeoff for ShareX is its outdated UI. For example, if you're watching an event live and need to grab lots of screenshots you can set up ShareX to take screenshots when you hit Ctrl + PrtScn, but if you need to grab a video you can with Ctrl + Shift + PrtScn. You can customize your workflow with a variety of keyboard shortcut combinations. And you can select any folder to be your storage destination, including OneDrive folders. You can also customize where the files are stored on your device. You can set it up to upload content to multiple popular services such as Imgur, Flickr, Photobucket, Twitter, and more. After taking a screenshot or recording your screen, ShareX has a variety of upload destinations. But if you want to record a specific area you can still select it freehand. For example, if you have multiple apps open on your screen it can tell the borders of those windows and adjusts the recording area before you start. One of the most useful features for recording video is that ShareX can identify borders on your screen when there is something you're more likely to record.

You have options for recording video using a variety of codices including MP4, gif, webm, and avi.

Video capture is simple, as well, because ShareX makes it easy to record the content you want from your device. You can even trim the edges off the scrolled capture to remove elements that would normally repeat on scrolling, such as app menus. You can also enter a URL to capture an entire web page or do scrolling capture, which can be used to grab an entire page or anything else that scrolls without showing any stitching lines. After taking screenshots you can annotate or watermark them among other options to help you illustrate your point with images. When it comes to screenshots, you have options for region capturing including rectangles, ellipses, and freehand shapes.

Sharex screen recording with sound