Learn Italian: Sto inquadrando il soggetto, non premere il pulsante! - I'm framing the subject, don't press the button!

In Italian, when you tell a single person (the informal tu form) not to do something, you use non plus the infinitive of the verb. So, "don't press" is non premere. If it were a positive command ("press!"), you would use the conjugated form premi!.

How does sto inquadrando work to mean "I am framing"?

This uses the present continuous tense, which describes an action happening right at this exact moment. It is built with the present tense of stare (here, sto for "I am") plus the gerund of the main verb. For an -are verb like inquadrare, you drop the -are and add -ando to get inquadrando.

Why use sto instead of sono for "I am"?

When forming the continuous tense for actions happening right now, Italian always uses the helper verb stare, never essere (to be). So "I am framing" is always sto inquadrando, never sono inquadrando.

Could I use il bottone instead of il pulsante for "the button"?