Nvidia Introduces Ansel, a nifty screen capture tool for GeForce Now

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Nvidia Introduces Ansel, a nifty screen capture tool for GeForce Now

Nvidia promises to enrich its cloud-streaming GeForce Now service with new games every week, but it doesn't stop there. One notable feature added in today's update is Ansel, Nvidia's screen capture tool that allows users to take professional-looking shots.

"Ansel is the latest addition to the GeForce Now collection of content creation tools," said Nvidia, "We are excited to put these tools in the hands of our members on PC and macOS applications, and with #GFNShare We can't wait to see what is shared on social media."

Of course, the option to take a screenshot by pressing the "print screen" key remains, but it is rudimentary compared to Ansel; Nvidia's photogravure tools allow you to freeze the game, freeze the camera for the best angle or shot, and You can also move the camera, add post-processing filters, take super-resolution and HDR photos, and capture images in Raw mode (OpenEXR format).

The list of new and returning games in GeForce Now includes:

Nvidia maintains a list of games available on GeForce Now, so if you are interested in other titles currently accessible

Nvidia also maintains a list of games available on GeForce Now. This is a promising service that got off to a rocky start in terms of public availability as some publishers chose to pull back from certain games; Endless Space 2 was one of them, but it appears that Nvidia has struck a deal with Sega to bring this title back into the support lineup. [Nvidia and Square Enix resurrected games like Just Cause 3 and 4, several Tomb Raider titles, Deux Ex: Human Revolution (Director's Cut), and Mankind Divided a few months ago.

In addition to adding Ansel support and several new games this week, Nvidia added the ability for Chromebook users to sync their Steam library to GeForce Now. This was previously available only to Windows and macOS users.

Chromebook support is one of GeForce Now's more attractive propositions because it effectively turns those relatively underpowered (and inexpensive) laptops into ray-tracing-enabled gaming PCs.

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