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Screen Recording

Product demos without the retakes

Most of the time spent on a recorded demo goes to retakes, because a stumble at minute three means starting over. Transcript editing removes the need for retakes. Record one take, then delete the stumbles as text.

The workflow

  1. Record the app in a window or area capture at 60 fps, with a camera bubble if you want to appear in the demo.
  2. Talk through it once. If you misspeak, say the sentence again and keep going.
  3. Cut the mistakes in the transcript. Delete the bad sentence and the good retake stays. Review and remove filler words together. Captions follow every cut automatically.
  4. Polish it. Each run of clicks already has a zoom that follows the cursor. Adjust the zooms on the timeline, put the recording on a background, and choose 16:9, square, or vertical for where the demo will play. See zoom, backgrounds, and the cursor.
  5. Share it. Click Share and choose Mail or Messages to send a prospect a captioned MP4, or export a 4K MP4 with captions burned in for your website, a launch post, or an email.

Why it works

  • One take is enough. You fix mistakes with edits instead of new recordings.
  • The viewer only watches. The person you are selling to does not have to sign up and does not see a watermark. The MP4 plays on whatever device they open it on.
  • 4K keeps UI text sharp. Small interface text stays readable when viewers go fullscreen.
  • Captions by default. Captions work for muted autoplay feeds and viewers in open offices, and they meet accessibility needs, with no separate captioning pass.

Demos you want to keep private

Pre-launch demos are recordings you do not want on a video host. Screen Recording records and edits entirely on your Mac and puts no copy on a video host. A demo leaves your Mac only when you send the MP4 to someone. See privacy.