you’re free to show off your greatest gaming moments by capturing screenshots.
Some players take in-game snapshots of their record scores or post-match reports and stats to share with friends.
Screenshots from games with beautiful 3D graphics can also be good desktop wallpapers.
Taking in-game snapshots in Windows 11 is relatively straightforward.
Windows 11 incorporates tools for capturing screenshots.
Some third-party software packages also provide screen-capturing options for games.
These are six different ways you’re free to take in-game screenshots in Windows 11.
Game Bar is an overlay app you’re able to activate with a hotkey.
It packs in options for taking screenshots, recording games, adjusting audio, and viewing performance info.
ClickContinueto initiate the folder.
Check out our guide onhow to record gameplay on Windows 11for more information.
Launch a game and press thePrtSckey to capture a snapshot.
The clipboard will temporarily store the image.
The clipboard can store multiple captured screenshots (with its history feature enabled).
A better method is to press theWin+PrtSchotkey whilst playing a game.
How to Capture Game Screenshots With GeForce Experience
GeForce Experience is an optimization app for NVIDIA graphics cards.
It enables users to adjust graphical prefs,update NVIDIA drivers, and take in-game screenshots.
NVIDIA GeForce Experience has an overlay you’re able to open whilst playing that includes its screen-capturing tools.
The GeForce Experience software usually comes pre-installed on PCs with supported NVIDIA GPUs.
So, you shouldnt need to install that software if your PC has a supported NVIDIA GPU.
This GeForce Experiencesystem requirements pagelists all the supported GPU series for that software.
hit the greenDownloadbutton to save the setup wizard for GeForce Experience.
Double-nudge the GeForce_Experience_v3.25.1.27.exe to bring up the setup wizard, and select theAgreeand Installoption.
However, that feature also needs to be enabled for you to utilize it.
There youll find separate folders that include the screenshots of games you captured them from.
Press theAlt+Zkey combo, and selectGalleryon the overlay.
The gallery shows you thumbnail previews for recently captured items and screenshot folders.
Double-click an image thumbnail to view it or a folder to open.
To do so, open Steam and launch one of your games with that gaming client.
Then press the defaultF12hotkey to take an in-game screenshot.
After taking some snapshots, you’re able to view them within the Steam gaming client.
Click SteamsViewmenu and selectScreenshot.
opt for game you took the pictures from in theShowdrop-down menu.
Then youll see a gallery that includes your screenshots for the game.
Click each snapshot to view it enlarged.
The Fraps folder has a Screenshots subfolder for your snapshots.
launch the Fraps window, and click itsScreenshotstab.
Then click theViewbutton to bring up the folder.
How you access photo modes will vary between titles.
However, you might often find screenshot tools for games from their pause menus.
All the methods above for taking in-game snapshots will capture and preserve your favorite Windows 11 gaming moments.
