How auto-zoom works

Every click in your take becomes a close-up, timed to start a second before the click and pushed in between 1.5× and 2.5×. You can tune them all, or any one.

Mac appChrome

Where to find it

Video editor
Simple
Done for you
Auto-zoom

What PointerCam does with your clicks#

Each close-up starts a second before its click, so the camera has settled when the click lands.
It holds after the last click for a moment, so viewers see what the click did.
Clicks close together in time and place share one close-up. When they move across the screen, the camera pans instead of pulling out and back in.
The depth comes from how spread out the clicks are: tight work gets 2.5×, broad work keeps its context at 1.5×.
Fast scrolling is left alone, and typing gets a close-up that holds on the field.

Tune them in Simple#

Auto-zoom: How many zooms there are. Subtle, Balanced or Strong sets how far all of them push.
Panning: Follow pans with the pointer to keep it in the middle of the shot. Steady holds the shot and moves only for clicks, typing and where the pointer stops.
Zoom to drawings: Each drawing you made while recording gets a close-up, like a click. Only for takes with drawings.

If a take has clicks but no zooms yet, the row offers Make zooms.

Start again#

To start over with a fresh set of zooms from your clicks, typing and drags, choose Rebuild zooms from activity in Pro under Zoom & Motion › Auto-zoom, or Regenerate zooms from clicks in the timeline’s ⋯ menu.

Edit a zoomClick a zoom on the timeline to open it. Set its level, aim it at the pointer or a fixed point, change its curve, and drag its ends to retime it.Add a zoom by handMove the playhead to the moment, then press + on the timeline and choose Zoom. A close-up lands there for you to move, stretch and aim.How zooms moveFeel sets the motion every zoom inherits: its curve and how long it takes to arrive and to pull back. You can also zoom only the screen and leave the background still.Which clicks PointerCam followsThe Mac app follows clicks in every app. The Chrome extension follows clicks on web pages, in tab, window and screen takes alike.

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