# Recording movies

Captivate makes creating a new movie easy. When you record a Captivate movie, you use the application or website you want to demonstrate as you would normally, by moving the mouse, using the keyboard, and navigating through menus. As you work, Captivate captures the onscreen action automatically, or you can capture screen shots manually. When you finish recording, you can set options and add components such as text captions, audio, images, and highlight boxes.

Captivate contains a feature called full motion recording that automatically captures frames at a higher frame rate when you record any drag-and-drop actions. For more details, see Full motion recording.

For some useful information to read before creating a new movie , see Recording tips and tricks.

You can create several kinds of Captivate movies. The recording process is similar for each type, but each has some unique options.

- Application: Records all selected action within a single running application.

- Custom: Records all selected action within a custom-defined area. If you select this option, set a custom size in the Width and Height boxes or select a commonly used size from the Preset Size pop-up menu.

- Full Screen: Records all onscreen action. Especially useful if you need to capture action taking place in multiple applications.

- Blank: Records a blank frame in a size you specify. This option is useful if you want to create an empty movie and then import PowerPoint slides, slidess from another movie, or images.

- Image movie: Provides you with an easy way to create a Captivate movie made up of images. When the resulting movie is published and viewed, it looks like a slide show.

- Template: Lets you select a project template. After you have created a movie in Captivate, you have the option to save the movie as a project template. Because templates can be used numerous times, they can save you time and help you maintain consistency.