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How to speed up part of a screen recording

Speeding up the boring parts keeps viewers watching without hiding what happened, unlike cutting.

Updated October 20262 min readZoomr 1.15.1
  1. Move the playhead

    to where the slow part starts and press S (or ✂ Split).

  2. Move to where it ends

    and press S again.

  3. Click the section

    between the two split marks to select it.

  4. Pick a speed

    in the timeline toolbar: 0.5×, 1.5×, 2×, 3× or 4×.

The section appears as a blue block on the timeline; click it to cycle speeds. Smart Edit creates these automatically for typing and waiting.

Whole-clip speed (Pro)

Edit tab → Speed changes the speed of the entire clip, from 0.5× (slow motion) to 2×.