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How-To Guides for Screen Recording, Demos and Tutorials
Practical, step-by-step guides for screen recordings that look edited, from your first recording to captions, privacy, guides and vertical video.
Record
Record your screen in ChromeRecord any Chrome tab with sound, voice-over and zoom using a free extension. Works on Windows, Mac, Linux…Record your screen with zoomZoom in on any part of the page while you record, then let Smart Edit add more zooms afterwards. Free in…Record screen with audioCapture a Chrome tab with its own sound and your microphone at the same time, then balance the two in the…Record with voice-overTalk while you record, keep your voice on its own track, and let Smart Edit tighten the video without cutting…Record screen and webcamAdd your face in a camera bubble to a Chrome screen recording, then move it, resize it, or switch to…Screen record on a MacRecord a Chrome tab on macOS with live zoom, voice-over and camera. Includes the macOS permission steps and…Screen record on WindowsRecord a Chrome tab on Windows 10 or 11 with live zoom, voice-over and privacy blur. Includes the Windows…Screen record on a ChromebookChromeOS has a basic screen recorder. Use a Chrome extension to add live zoom, voice-over, captions and a…Draw on screen while recordingCircle, underline and point at things live while you record a Chrome tab. The ink fades by…Pause and resume recordingPause a Chrome screen recording while you set up the next step, then resume. Paused time isn't part of the…Mute your mic while recordingMute and unmute your voice during a Chrome screen recording with one shortcut, without breaking audio…Record sharp, high-quality videoSettings that make text crisp and motion smooth: bitrate, frame rate, window size and…Record at 60 fpsSmooth scrolling and animations: record Chrome tabs at 60 frames per second and export at 60…Recover a recording after a crashZoomr saves your recording every second. If Chrome or your computer crashes, it's rebuilt…Turn a screenshot into a zoom videoTake a screenshot, draw zoom boxes, and export a short animated video that pans into the…
Make something
Make a product demo videoPlan, record and polish a product demo video in under 30 minutes: script outline, demo data, automatic zooms,…Make a software tutorial videoStructure, record and edit a software tutorial with voice-over, zooms and captions, and publish a written…Record a bug report videoRecord a bug in 60 seconds and attach automatically written reproduction steps. Sensitive data is blurred…Make a feature announcement videoA 30–60 second launch video for your site, changelog and social channels, made from a single…Turn a recording into a guideRecord a task once and get a written how-to with a screenshot for every click. Export as PDF, a web page or…Create an SOP from a recordingDocument a standard operating procedure by doing it once: Zoomr turns the recording into numbered steps with…
Edit
Zoom in on a recording after recordingAdd smooth, cursor-following zooms to an existing screen recording in a few clicks with Smart Edit or manual…Cut dead time automaticallyRemove pauses, loading screens and waiting with one click, without ever cutting your…Trim a recordingCut off the countdown at the start and the stop click at the end of a screen recording in…Remove mistakes from a recordingSplit at the start and end of a mistake, select it, and delete it. Everything else stays in sync, including…Speed up part of a recordingFast-forward through installs, loading and typing while the rest of the video plays at normal…Add text to a recordingAdd text callouts that point out what matters, place them by dragging, and time them on the…Add arrows to a recordingPoint at buttons and details with animated arrows that draw themselves in. Free in Zoomr's…Add captions to a recordingGenerate captions from your voice-over locally with Whisper, edit the text, style them, and download an SRT…Combine multiple recordingsRecord in short takes, arrange them on the storyboard, add transitions and export one…
Privacy
Blur sensitive informationAutomatically blur passwords, emails, card numbers and API keys before they are recorded, and hide anything…Hide passwords when recordingKeep passwords, typing rhythm and login details out of your screen recordings automatically, without…Blur part of a recordingCover any area of a recorded video with a pixelated, blurred or solid box, for exactly as long as you…Blur your webcam backgroundBlur or remove what's behind you in the camera bubble, processed on your computer. Part of Zoomr…
Style and audio
Add a backgroundPlace your recording on a gradient or animated background with padding and a soft shadow, the polished look…Add a browser frameWrap your recording in a clean browser window frame (White, Dark, Midnight and more) for polished product…Change the cursorUse a bigger arrow, a halo, a spotlight or a trail so viewers never lose track of your…Add click sounds and effectsSoft click sounds, zoom whooshes and typing ticks make silent screen recordings feel alive. Turn each on or…Fix quiet or uneven audioLoudness normalisation brings your whole video to −14 LUFS with a limiter, so it's as loud as other online…Add background musicAdd a music track under your screen recording and balance it with your voice-over. Included in Zoomr…Add your logo / remove watermarkReplace the "made with Zoomr" mark with your own logo, or remove it completely. Included in Zoomr…
Formats and sharing
Vertical 9:16 video from a recordingTurn a landscape screen recording into a 9:16 video for Reels, Shorts and TikTok, with your background and…Square video for LinkedInSquare (1:1) videos take up more of the feed. Convert a screen recording to square with a background, frame…Export as MP4Export Chrome screen recordings as MP4 that plays everywhere, at up to 60 fps. Free, unlimited…Screen recording to GIFExport a short screen recording as a GIF for docs, GitHub READMEs, emails and chat. Included in Zoomr…Share a recording as a linkUpload an export and get a link to paste in Slack, email or a ticket. Included in Zoomr Pro; links last 24…Save and reopen a projectEverything is saved in your browser automatically. Pro adds .zoomr project files you can back up or…