ShareX

What are ShareX actions?

After capture screen you can automatically run configured actions to post-process captures. This is accomplished by running third party applications using CLI arguments and passing file path of the captured file.

How to use ShareX actions?

• Open Task settings window.
• Choose Actions tab and click Add button.
• Choose File path of the third party application.
• Fill Arguments and Output file name extension options using examples listed at bottom.
• Check Hidden window option.
• Click OK button.
• Make sure the checkbox for recently added action is checked.
• Close Task settings window.
• In Main window make sure both After capture tasks -> Save image to file and After capture tasks -> Perform actions options are checked.

Example actions

Convert image to WebP using cwebp

File name: cwebp.exe
Output file name extension: webp
Arguments:

"$input" -q 75 -o "$output"

Compress PNG file lossy using pngquant

File name: pngquant.exe
Arguments:

"$input" --ext=.png --force --skip-if-larger --speed 3 --strip

Compress PNG file lossless using OptiPNG

File name: optipng.exe
Arguments:

-o2 -strip all "$input"

Convert image to JPEG using MozJPEG

File name: cjpeg.exe
Output file name extension: jpg
Arguments:

-quality 90 -outfile "$output" "$input"

Convert image to JPEG using ImageMagick

File name: magick.exe
Output file name extension: jpg
Arguments:

convert "$input" -quality 85 -interlace plane -sampling-factor 4:2:0 -strip "$output"

Convert video to x264 using FFmpeg

File name: ffmpeg.exe
Output file name extension: mp4
Arguments:

-i "$input" -c:v libx264 -preset medium -crf 23 -pix_fmt yuv420p -movflags +faststart -c:a aac -b:a 128k -y "$output"

Convert video to x265 using FFmpeg

File name: ffmpeg.exe
Output file name extension: mp4
Arguments:

-i "$input" -c:v libx265 -preset medium -crf 28 -c:a aac -b:a 128k -y "$output"

Convert video to VP8 using FFmpeg

File name: ffmpeg.exe
Output file name extension: webm
Arguments:

-i "$input" -c:v libvpx -crf 10 -b:v 0 -c:a libvorbis -q:a 3 -y "$output"

Convert video to VP9 using FFmpeg

File name: ffmpeg.exe
Output file name extension: webm
Arguments:

-i "$input" -c:v libvpx-vp9 -crf 31 -b:v 0 -c:a libvorbis -q:a 3 -y "$output"

Convert video to AV1 using FFmpeg

File name: ffmpeg.exe
Output file name extension: mkv
Arguments:

-i "$input" -c:v libsvtav1 -crf 35 -c:a libopus -b:a 128k -y "$output"

Convert video to Xvid using FFmpeg

File name: ffmpeg.exe
Output file name extension: avi
Arguments:

-i "$input" -c:v libxvid -q:v 10 -c:a libmp3lame -q:a 4 -y "$output"

Convert video to GIF using FFmpeg

File name: ffmpeg.exe
Output file name extension: gif
Arguments:

-i "$input" -lavfi "palettegen=stats_mode=full[palette],[0:v][palette]paletteuse=dither=sierra2_4a" -y "$output"

Convert video to WebP using FFmpeg

File name: ffmpeg.exe
Output file name extension: webp
Arguments:

-i "$input" -c:v libwebp -lossless 0 -preset default -loop 0 -y "$output"

Convert video to APNG using FFmpeg

File name: ffmpeg.exe
Output file name extension: apng
Arguments:

-i "$input" -f apng -plays 0 -y "$output"

Compress file to ZIP using 7-Zip

File name: 7z.exe
Output file name extension: zip
Arguments:

a -tzip "$output" "$input" -mx=9

Compress file to 7z using 7-Zip

File name: 7z.exe
Output file name extension: 7z
Arguments:

a -t7z "$output" "$input" -mx=9