diff --git a/ScreenToGif/Controls/InkCanvasExtended.cs b/ScreenToGif/Controls/InkCanvasExtended.cs
index a3e3e6ba..7699bfa8 100644
--- a/ScreenToGif/Controls/InkCanvasExtended.cs
+++ b/ScreenToGif/Controls/InkCanvasExtended.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
-using System.Windows;
+using ScreenToGif.ImageUtil;
+using System;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Windows;
 using System.Windows.Controls;
 using System.Windows.Ink;
+using System.Windows.Input.StylusPlugIns;
 using System.Windows.Media;
+using System.Windows.Threading;
 
 namespace ScreenToGif.Controls
 {
@@ -11,6 +16,23 @@ namespace ScreenToGif.Controls
     /// </summary>
     public class InkCanvasExtended : InkCanvas
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Base Constructor pluse creation of the Inking Overlay
+        /// </summary>
+        public InkCanvasExtended()
+            : base()
+        {
+            // We add a child image to use as an inking overlay because we need 
+            // to compose the inking thread's real-time data with the UI data
+            // that contains already-captured strokes.
+            InkingImage = new Image();
+            this.Children.Add(InkingImage);
+            // Inking overlay should be in front, since it is a "newer" pre-stroke
+            // element and once its stroke is brought over to the UI thread it will
+            // be in front of previous strokes. 
+            Canvas.SetZIndex(InkingImage, 99);
+            
+        }
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or set the eraser shape
         /// </summary>
@@ -25,6 +47,104 @@ public class InkCanvasExtended : InkCanvas
         public static readonly DependencyProperty EraserShapeProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("EraserShape", typeof (StylusShape), typeof (InkCanvasExtended), 
             new UIPropertyMetadata(new RectangleStylusShape(10, 10), OnEraserShapePropertyChanged));
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Overlay Image that receives DrawingGroup contents from the real-time inking thread upon UpdateInkOverlay()
+        /// </summary>
+        private Image InkingImage { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Tiny transparent corner point to prevent whitespace before DrawingGroup.TopLeft being cropped by Image control
+        /// </summary>
+        private readonly GeometryDrawing TransparentCornerPoint =
+            new GeometryDrawing(
+                new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(0, 255, 255, 255)),
+                new Pen(Brushes.White, 0.1),
+                new LineGeometry(new Point(0, 0), new Point(0.1,0.1))
+            ).GetAsFrozen() as GeometryDrawing;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Re-initializes InkingImage (the overlay that receives DrawingGroups from the inking thread)
+        /// </summary>
+        public void ResetInkOverlay()
+        {
+            InkingImage.Source = new DrawingImage(new DrawingGroup());
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Updates the inking overlay from the real-time inking thread
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public void UpdateInkOverlay()
+        {
+            // Set the source to nothing at first so we don't see things in the wrong place
+            // momentarily when adjusting the margins later on. 
+            // Also good for when returning when no inking exists, but could do immediately
+            // before the return in that case.
+            ResetInkOverlay();
+
+            // The following two HostVisuals are children of the _mainContainerVisual in this thread,
+            // and these won't normally get composed into the UI thread from the inking thread's
+            // element tree until a stroke is complete.
+            var rawInkHostVisuals = new[]
+            {
+                typeof(DynamicRenderer).GetField("_rawInkHostVisual1", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic).GetValue(this.DynamicRenderer ),
+                typeof(DynamicRenderer).GetField("_rawInkHostVisual2", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic).GetValue(this.DynamicRenderer )
+            };
+
+            // We just need to get a handle on the _renderingThread (inking thread), and its ThreadDispatcher.
+            var lRenderingThread = typeof(DynamicRenderer).GetField("_renderingThread", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic).GetValue(this.DynamicRenderer);
+            if(lRenderingThread == null)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            PropertyInfo lDynamicDispProperty = lRenderingThread.GetType().GetProperty("ThreadDispatcher", BindingFlags.Instance |
+                BindingFlags.NonPublic |
+                BindingFlags.Public);
+
+            // The ThreadDispatcher derives from System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher, 
+            // which is a little simpler than using more reflection to get the derived type.
+            Dispatcher dispatcher = lDynamicDispProperty.GetValue(lRenderingThread, null) as Dispatcher;
+            if (lRenderingThread == null)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // We invoke the inking thread to get the visual targets from the real time host visuals, then
+            // use BFS to grab all the DrawingGroups as frozen into a new DrawingGroup, which we return
+            // as frozen to the UI thread.
+            DrawingGroup inkDrawingGroup = dispatcher.Invoke(DispatcherPriority.Send,
+                (DispatcherOperationCallback)delegate (object rawInkHVs)
+                {
+                    // We've got the field references from the other thread now, so we just get their
+                    // VisualTarget properties, which is where we'll make a magical RootVisual call.
+                    object[] lObjects = rawInkHVs as object[];
+                    PropertyInfo vtProperty = lObjects[0].GetType().GetProperty("VisualTarget", BindingFlags.Instance |
+                        BindingFlags.NonPublic |
+                        BindingFlags.Public);
+                    VisualTarget visualTarget1 = vtProperty.GetValue(lObjects[0], null) as VisualTarget;
+                    VisualTarget visualTarget2 = vtProperty.GetValue(lObjects[1], null) as VisualTarget;
+
+                    // The RootVisual builds the visual when property get is called. We then
+                    // all all its descendent DrawingGroups to this DrawingGroup that we are
+                    // just using as a collection to return from the thread.
+                    DrawingGroup drawingGroups = new DrawingGroup();
+
+                    // This is a little jenky:
+                    // We add a point in the top left so the DrawingGroup will be 
+                    // appropriately offset from the top left of the Image container.
+                    drawingGroups.Children.Add(TransparentCornerPoint);
+
+                    // We try to add both the visualTagets (in case both are active)
+                    visualTarget1?.RootVisual?.visualToFrozenDrawingGroup(drawingGroups);
+                    visualTarget2?.RootVisual?.visualToFrozenDrawingGroup(drawingGroups);
+
+                    return drawingGroups.GetAsFrozen();
+                },
+                rawInkHostVisuals) as DrawingGroup;
+
+            // At this point, just update the image source with the drawing image.
+            InkingImage.Source = new DrawingImage(inkDrawingGroup);
+        }
         /// <summary>
         /// Event to handle the property change
         /// </summary>
@@ -39,4 +159,5 @@ private static void OnEraserShapePropertyChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyP
             canvas.RenderTransform = new MatrixTransform();
         }
     }
+
 }
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diff --git a/ScreenToGif/ImageUtil/ImageMethods.cs b/ScreenToGif/ImageUtil/ImageMethods.cs
index bd31793c..ce8faf41 100644
--- a/ScreenToGif/ImageUtil/ImageMethods.cs
+++ b/ScreenToGif/ImageUtil/ImageMethods.cs
@@ -1504,6 +1504,33 @@ public static Icon ToIcon(this ImageSource imageSource)
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Visits all the descendents of the visual using DFS and adds frozen copies 
+        /// of their drawing objects as children to the drawingGroup argument.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="visual">The visual to convert to a DrawingGroup</param>
+        /// <param name="drawingGroup">The target DrawingGroup to be populated</param>
+        public static void VisualToFrozenDrawingGroup(this Visual visual, DrawingGroup drawingGroup)
+        {
+            if (visual == null)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            Queue<Visual> visualQueue = new Queue<Visual>(new[] { visual });
+            while (visualQueue.Count > 0)
+            {
+                Visual visualDescendent = visualQueue.Dequeue();
+                for (int i = 0; i < VisualTreeHelper.GetChildrenCount(visualDescendent); i++)
+                {
+                    visualQueue.Enqueue(VisualTreeHelper.GetChild(visualDescendent, i) as Visual);
+                }
+                DrawingGroup vdg = VisualTreeHelper.GetDrawing(visualDescendent);
+                if (vdg != null)
+                {
+                    drawingGroup.Children.Add(vdg.GetAsFrozen() as DrawingGroup);
+                }
+            }
+        }
         #endregion
     }
 }
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diff --git a/ScreenToGif/Windows/Board.xaml.cs b/ScreenToGif/Windows/Board.xaml.cs
index 605fcdce..3fc0fc7a 100644
--- a/ScreenToGif/Windows/Board.xaml.cs
+++ b/ScreenToGif/Windows/Board.xaml.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
 using System.Windows.Input;
+using System.Windows.Media;
 using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
 using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
 using ScreenToGif.ImageUtil;
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ public partial class Board
 
         #endregion
 
-        #region Inicialization
+        #region Initialization
 
         public Board(bool hideBackButton = true)
         {
@@ -371,6 +373,9 @@ private void AutoFitButtons()
         private void Normal_Elapsed(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
             var fileName = $"{Project.FullPath}{FrameCount}.png";
+            
+            // We call this only when we do a capture for efficiency's sake.
+            MainInkCanvas.UpdateInkOverlay();
 
             //TODO: GetRender fails to create useful image when the control has decimals values as size.
 
@@ -398,6 +403,8 @@ private void LightWindow_SizeChanged(object sender, SizeChangedEventArgs e)
 
         private void DiscardButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
         {
+            MainInkCanvas.ResetInkOverlay();
+
             _capture.Stop();
             FrameRate.Stop();
             FrameCount = 0;