FRAPS - how to use

Pretty simple to use the FRAPS program can create game video files, screenshots, show you in real-time FPS. She will certainly come in handy if you decide to show your friends what is happening in the game. A distinctive feature of the utility in a relatively low consumption of RAM, which favorably affects the performance of games. You can easily learn numerous FRAPS users on yellow numbers in the corner of their video, as it is it that shows the FPS in this form. Join Fraps users around the world and evaluate the advantages of this program to capture the video screen in this article.

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How to download and install fraps

You can download the program both on the official website and on third-party resources. The main thing is to check the file for viruses before opening.

• Go to the site http://www.softportal.com. And click on the "Download" button to save the installer.

• After the download is complete, double click on the file. The installation program is quite simple and old, so no difficulty will cause.
• That's all. Literally in five seconds, FRAPS will be installed on your computer, and you will be ready for its configuration and exciting game.

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How to configure fraps

When you run the program, you will see only four tabs:

• "General" - General settings.
• "FPS" - Setting up your FPS display.
• "MOVIES" - video parameters.
• "Screenshots" - screenshots of your screen.

Start from the "General" tab.
Here you have only available five items, of which you need to note at will:

• The first string "Start Fraps minimized" to reduce the size of the program window.
• "FRAPS WINDOW ALWAYS ON TOP" - places a program over all windows.
• and "Run Fraps When Windows Starts" so that the program starts when the system is turned on.

• Now go to the next tab with FPS. Here you can configure the display of the amount of FPS on the screen and save tests if you need it.
• In the upper line, the preservation path is specified.
• The left part is dedicated to benchmarks: their hot key and content parameters. You can change the key to any other, and the contents better to specify all three points.
• On the right side is selected as a hot key display FPS, as well as the angle of the screen. No longer need to change anything.

In the video you will need to specify the following parameters:

• Folder to save all video files.
• The number of frames per second. It is better to specify the 24-25 frames in order not to burden the computer.
• Record sound or not. It is purely your decision, but the video with the sound will be very bulky.
• Some recording options: hide the mouse over the video or not, commit changes FPS or not to apply the RGB, which will improve the quality, but heavily load the computer.

Screenshots also have their settings:

• Store Directory.
• Format to save screenshots. It is better to choose a BMP or JPG, since they take up less space.
• Image settings: whether to show the FPS in images and adjust the automatic capture screenshot every a few seconds.

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How to take pictures and video of Fraps

You only need to remember the combinations that you have specified.

• Fold Fraps and open any game. Immediately you will see the FPS in your chosen corner.
• To take a screenshot, you need to press the hotkey. And for the start of the video, you press a hot key and the same video ends.
• All files stored in the directories you specify.