: How to capture photoshop mouse pointer? I am trying to write a tutorial of photoshop techniques. But I am fairly new at this and when i hit print screen it does not copy the mouse cursor.

@Kimberly620

I just take my screenshots and Photoshop in a cursor from this set. Works great!
I usually use one that's slightly larger than the actual size just to make it easier to spot.

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@Murray664

I can suggest two free, web-based tutorial solutions:


Skitch, which includes annotation tools to point to the location you need on the screen.
Jing if you want to create short instructional videos that record your screen and voice instructions. It will record your pointer movements while you explain what you are doing.

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@LarsenBagley460

+1 nice question never noticed :|

in fact mouse cursor is absent in normal print screen also :O

why you need mouse cursor to show?? Photoshop does not copy the mouse cursor,it highlights the selected tool, selected layer or anything which is selected, you can draw your own cursor in Photoshop to indicate....

In most versions of Windows, captured screenshots do not include the mouse pointer.

Most famous third party software gadwin it captures the screen with cursor, make your tutorials with the help of this

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@Angela777

You could use a third party application such as ScreenshotCaptor (http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/screenshotcaptor/). One of its options is to capture the cursor.

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