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Screen Recording

Tutorials and how-to videos

A tutorial is a walkthrough with narration. Recording it is the quick part. Editing out the wrong steps and producing captions takes the time, and you do both by editing the transcript.

The workflow

  1. Record the window or area where the task happens, so viewers see only what matters. Add a camera bubble if your videos have a host.
  2. Do the task and narrate it. If you open the wrong menu or do a step you did not mean to, keep going. Each one is a sentence to remove later.
  3. Edit as text. Delete the wrong steps from the transcript, review and remove filler words together, and make frame-level trims on the timeline where you need silence tightened.
  4. Publish. Export an MP4 up to 4K with captions burned in for YouTube or your help center, or click Share and choose a service to send a 1080p copy to a teammate for review.

The transcript is a second deliverable

Copy the transcript with timestamps and you have the written version of the tutorial. The copy includes the generated title, summary, and chapters. Paste it under the video in your docs so the steps are searchable, skimmable, and indexable. One recording produces both formats.

Details that matter for tutorials

  • 4K at 60 fps keeps small UI text readable after YouTube's compression.
  • Click highlights and keystroke display show viewers where you clicked and which shortcut you pressed. Both are applied at export and can be turned off.
  • Captions follow edits, so re-cutting a section never desyncs them.
  • Separate mic and system audio tracks let you keep app sounds audible under narration, or mute them entirely.
  • No time limits. A 40-minute recording works the same as a 40-second one.