The PlayStation 5 brings an all new controller called the DualSense. It’s an upgrade over the last-gen DualShock 4 controller that shipped with the PS4 and the PS4 Pro and it brings several changes. One of the things you’ll notice is that the ‘Share’ button is now named ‘Create’. This button lets you take screenshots, record clips, and even broadcast content. So, if you’re wondering how to get started with creating game media, here is how to use the ‘Create’ button on your PS5 DualSense controller.

There are a few things you can do with the ‘Create’ button on your PS5 controller. Unless you’re a streamer, most often you’ll find yourself using this button to take screenshots or record video clips if you did something cool in a game and want to show it off to people.

  • Use Create Button to Take Screenshots and Record Clips
  • Change Default Clip Recording Time
  • Change Screenshot Format
  • Use Create Button to Broadcast Games
  • Customise Create Button Key Mapping

Use Create Button to Take Screenshots and Record Clips

As I said above, most commonly you’d be using the ‘Create’ button to take screenshots or record clips. Here is how you can do that.

Take Screenshot

To take a screenshot with your DualSense controller, just press and hold the ‘Create’ button on your controller. You will soon see a screenshot icon on the top-right corner of your screen with a checkmark.

To record a clip of your recent gameplay, simply double-press the ‘Create’ button on your DualSense controller.

If you’re like me, you probably mostly record video clips with the double press of the ‘Create’ button on your DualSense controller. In that case, you may want to adjust the recording time so you can ensure that the gameplay you wanted to record actually gets saved. Here’s how to do that.

Change Screenshot Format

By default, the PlayStation 5 captures screenshots in the JPEG format. However, if you want, you can change the screenshot format on PS5 pretty easily. Just follow the steps below:

With the PS5 you can also stream your games for anyone to watch. This is great if you’re thinking of getting started with some PS5 streaming. Do note that the PS5 natively supports streaming to Twitch and YouTube.

For the most part, the default button mapping for the ‘Create’ button works perfectly fine for me. However, if you don’t feel that way and you’d rather change how the ‘Create’ button works on DualSense controllers, you can do that as well.

  • Select ‘Button mapping’ and choose between ‘Standard’, ‘Easy Screenshots’, or ‘Easy Video Clips’ based on your preferences.

So that was all about using the Create button on the PlayStation 5’s DualSense controller. While I, personally, don’t stream games to audiences, it’s nice to know the feature is built-in on the PS5. That said, I do take a lot of screenshots and video clips of my games to share with friends, especially when I do something even remotely cool in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.