Zoom, backgrounds, and a cursor you set after recording

Your cursor, clicks, and keystrokes are recorded apart from the picture, so you decide how they look after you record, add zooms, and set the recording on a background.

Zoom in on your clicks

A new recording starts with a zoom over each run of clicks. The view eases in a moment before you click, follows the cursor while you work, and eases back out. Zooms sit on their own track under the timeline. Drag a zoom to move it, drag its edges to make it longer or shorter, and set how close it goes, from 1.25× to 4×. A zoom can follow the cursor or stay on a point you choose. Add a zoom at the playhead, delete one, or choose Add on Clicks to make them again after you change your mind. Turn off Zoom in on clicks in Settings if you prefer to add your own.

A zoom belongs to its moment in the recording, so cutting words from the transcript leaves every zoom on the action it shows.

Put the recording on a background

Choose a gradient or a color, then set the padding around the recording, the corner radius, and the shadow. Choose the shape of the video, from the recording’s own to 16:9, square, 9:16 for Reels, Shorts, and TikTok, or 4:3. At 1080p a vertical video exports at 1080 by 1920 and a square one at 1080 by 1080. A new recording starts with the background you chose last.

Change the cursor after you record

Hide the cursor, make it larger, or smooth its movement so it glides instead of jumping. Smoothing still puts the cursor exactly where you clicked. Click highlights draw a ring around each click, and the keystroke display shows the keys you press, every key or only shortcuts with ⌘. The cursor keeps its real shape as it changes from an arrow to a text cursor or a pointing hand.

Because these are part of the edit, one recording can become a plain clip for a quick reply and a polished demo for your launch post.

Clicks and keystrokes need the Input Monitoring permission, which the app asks for when you set it up or turn on clicks and keystrokes for a recording. The cursor is recorded without it, and a recording made without it says so in the editor.

See it as it will export

The editor’s preview and the export draw the same frames, so the zoom, the cursor, and the background you see are what the MP4 or GIF shows. Zooms, click rings, and the cursor grow together, and captions and keystrokes stay the same size on any shape of video. See sharing and export.