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Getting started

Get your first slides in under a minute

Pick the demo that matches your course: a regular lecture video, or one with the instructor's webcam over it.

Standard videos

Capture slides automatically

Click Auto Capture, press play, and SlideSieve saves each new slide to the side panel as it appears. No pausing, no manual screenshots.

  • Turn on Auto Capture from the toolbar
  • Play your lecture as usual
  • Review and export your slides from the side panel
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Videos with instructor webcam

Skip the instructor's webcam PRO

Does the instructor's face sit in a corner of the video? Draw an exclude zone around the webcam window and save it. Then turn on Auto Capture and play. Your slides are saved without the webcam.

  • Draw an exclude zone over the webcam and save
  • Turn on Auto Capture
  • Play the video and get slides without the overlay
How to capture PiP webcam course slides →
Detailed Walkthrough

Complete Step-by-Step Guide

Everything you need to master SlideSieve: pinning the extension, using the floating toolbar, managing review views, and exporting clean slides & transcripts.

1

Pin the Extension

Click the Chrome extensions icon Extensions in your browser toolbar, find SlideSieve, and click the pin icon. This gives you instant one-click access to your captured slide deck and notes.

Step A: Click Pin
Pin SlideSieve in Chrome
1. Click here
2. Pin it
Step B: Ready to UseSlideSieve Pinned in Chrome
2

The Floating Toolbar

Whenever you play a lecture video on DeepLearning.AI, Coursera, YouTube, or Udemy, the SlideSieve toolbar appears directly below the video player. You can drag it anywhere on your screen or dock it to the bottom.

Interactive Preview — Hover over any button to learn more

Drag Handle

Click and drag to reposition the toolbar anywhere on your screen.

Crop Area / Detection Zone

Define a custom capture zone or crop out webcam overlays.

Auto-CaptureCtrl+Shift+8

Automatically detects and extracts slides as you watch the video.

Manual SnapCtrl+Shift+9

Instantly capture the current video frame as a slide with one click.

Extract Transcript

Extracts and synchronizes spoken transcripts alongside your slides.

Layout Toggle

Dock the toolbar to the bottom of the page or let it float freely.

Toggle Side Panel

Open or close the side panel to view captured slides and notes.

3

Auto-Capture & Real-Time Status

Click the Auto-Capture icon (or press Ctrl+Shift+8). SlideSieve monitors the video in real-time, filtering out instructor webcams, code screencasts, and transitions so only clean slides are recorded.

Extracting
Stop Extracting

To stop auto-capturing, click the Auto-Capture icon again or click Stop Extracting in the side panel footer.

4

The Side Panel — Review & Organize

Click the pinned SlideSieve icon or the Side Panel button on the toolbar. Slides you capture appear here automatically in real-time. Choose between 3 customized view layouts:

SlideSieve Side Panel Screenshot

Three Flexible View Modes

Grid ViewGrid View

Compact visual overview of all slides in the current lesson.

List ViewList View

Sequential layout with exact video timestamps and slide order.

Presentation ViewPresentation View

Full-width deck layout optimized for revision and reading.

Manage Your Slides

Easily remove individual slides by hovering over them and clicking the trash icon, or use the bottom controls to clear all slides from the current lesson.

Manage and delete slides
5

The Transcript Tab — Spoken Lecture Transcripts

Switch to the Transcript tab in the Side Panel to view the full lecture transcript. You can toggle between a detailed Timestamps view for reference, or a clean Paragraph view for smooth reading.

Transcript Timestamps View
6

Export Slides & Transcripts

When you finish your lesson, click the Export button at the bottom of the side panel. Download your slides as a clean PDF document, or export transcripts to plain text (.txt), CSV, or subtitle formats (.srt or .vtt).

Slide Export Menu
As PDF
As ZIP (Images)
Export
Transcript Export Modal

Export Options

Export as TXT
Export as SRT
Export as VTT
Export as PDF
Timestamps
Export
Works Across 4 Supported Platforms
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Try SlideSieve in Action

Choose any platform below to test right now — the floating toolbar will appear beneath the video player automatically:

* Tip: If you just installed SlideSieve with lecture tabs already open, refresh the video tab once to load the toolbar.