> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://dacruzdev.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# ScreenshotKit Runtime API Overview

> A tour of every type in the DaCruz.ScreenshotKit namespace and guidance on when to use the Runtime API versus the Editor window.

Use the Runtime API when you want to drive captures from your own scripts at runtime: a hotkey in a built game, an in-game photo mode, or an automated capture pass at the end of a scene.

All types live in the `DaCruz.ScreenshotKit` namespace, in the `DaCruz.ScreenshotKit` runtime assembly.

## The types

| Type                   | What it does                                                                                                                         |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `ScreenshotCapture`    | Static capture methods: single shots, transparent capture, capture with mattes, sequence frames. See [Capture](/api/capture).        |
| `ScreenshotKitAPI`     | One-line convenience wrapper: `CaptureScreenshot()` with optional settings and camera.                                               |
| `ScreenshotKitCapture` | A `MonoBehaviour` component with an in-game hotkey, for no-code captures in builds. See [Runtime Component](/api/runtime-component). |
| `ScreenshotSettings`   | The `ScriptableObject` holding resolution, format, filename, matte, and panorama settings.                                           |
| `CryptomatteCapture`   | Direct access to individual matte textures (normals, depth, IDs, and so on). See [Capture with Mattes](/api/capture-with-mattes).    |
| `PanoramaCapture`      | `PanoramaCapture.Capture(camera, settings)` renders a mono or stereo equirectangular panorama.                                       |
| `GifRecorder`          | Singleton GIF recorder with threaded encoding and progress events. See [GifRecorder](/api/gif-recorder).                             |
| `SequenceRecorder`     | Singleton frame-by-frame image sequence recorder. See [SequenceRecorder](/api/sequence-recorder).                                    |

<Note>
  Video recording (the **Record** tab) is editor-driven: encoding runs through the editor's media backend, so there is no runtime API for writing MP4 / WebM files from a build.
</Note>

## Editor window or API?

* Capturing while authoring scenes: use the window, it is faster.
* Capturing in a built game, from gameplay code, or on a schedule: use the API.
* Both share the same `ScreenshotSettings` asset, so filenames, formats, and matte selections stay consistent.