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Start recording an area or an active window by a hotkey.\n  1. Stop by a hotkey, get a generated gif file opened via `xdg-open` (commonly in a image viewer).\n  1. Drag \u0026 drop it into an input in a browser (currently there is a problem with copy/paste to/from the clipboard, follow [issue#8](https://github.com/ewnd9/record-desktop/issues/8) for details).\n- Taking a screenshot\n  1. Take a screenshot of an area or an active window by a hotkey (with mac os like shadow - [example](/media/settings-w-shadow.jpg)).\n  1. Get a screenshot copied in the clipboard.\n  1. 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