This tutorial takes you from a blank screen to an exported MP4 in PointerStudio, the free Windows screen recorder. If you have not installed it yet, download PointerStudio first.
Choose a screen, a window or an area. Pick your microphone, set a 3, 5 or 10 second countdown, and start. You can start and stop with a shortcut from any app. Move the cursor slowly and click on what you explain.
When you stop, the editor opens with zooms placed on your clicks. Add a zoom where you want one, move it, or delete the ones you do not need. See how to add zoom to a screen recording.
Press Space to play and S to split at the playhead. Remove mistakes and silent parts on the timeline.
Choose a gradient, wallpaper, color or your own picture. Set rounded corners, a frame and a shadow, and choose the shape: 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:5, 4:3 or 21:9.
Open the Text & Captions tab to write text or create auto captions for English videos. Apply one style to all captions, then add effects where you need them. Captions and effects show as rows on the timeline.
Add blur, pixelate or cover over passwords, emails or keys. See how to blur private info.
Press Ctrl + E. Choose 720p, 1080p or 1440p and Draft, Balanced or High quality. Your MP4 has no watermark.
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Install it, choose a screen, window or area, record, then edit zooms, background and captions in the editor and export an MP4.
Open the Text and Captions tab and choose auto captions for English videos, then apply one style to all captions.
Press Ctrl + E and choose the resolution and quality. The MP4 has no watermark.
Move the playhead and press S.
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