Make your first video
Start a take, work the way you normally would, and press Stop. The video opens in the editor already zoomed in on your clicks, ready to export.
Mac appChrome
Steps for
You can also press ⌘N while PointerCam is the app in front.
To record more than one tab, pick Window or Screen in the popup before you press Record.
After you stop#
The first time, the editor opens in Simple mode. Its column lists what PointerCam already did, such as the zooms made from your clicks, and offers anything it found, such as long pauses you might want to remove.
- 1Look through the take with the play button, or press Space.
- 2Pick a background and a frame under Look, if you like the take dressed up.
- 3Press Export at the top right.Choose MP4, WebM or GIF, then Export. The file is made on your computer and saved to your Downloads.
Getting started shows these steps playing, for the Mac app or for Chrome.
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Simple and ProSimple holds what the editor did and the choices most videos need, one click each. Pro has every setting, under the same names. Switch with the pill in the header.Export a videoPress Export, pick MP4 or GIF, a quality, a frame rate and a file size, then Export video. The file is made on your computer and saved to your Downloads.Make a step-by-step guideAny take with clicks can become a guide: one numbered step per click, each with a picture and a line saying what was clicked. Start it from the library or the editor.How auto-zoom worksEvery 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.
Something not working the way this page says? See Troubleshooting, or start from Getting started.