# Smoothing, sway and motion blur

Smooth out a shaky hand, let the pointer swing with its movement, streak it on fast moves, and choose how it changes shape. For takes from the Mac app.

Only in the Mac app. Chrome records your real pointer as part of the picture, so the editor cannot change how it looks or moves. In a Chrome take you can still [show your clicks](https://pointercam.com/help/click-effects) and [spotlight the pointer](https://pointercam.com/help/spotlight).

Where to find it: Video editor › Pro › Cursor › Movement

- **Smoothing**: Smooths the recorded path. Higher is calmer but lags more. 0 replays it exactly.
- **Sway with movement**: The pointer trails behind a move, more the faster it goes, and swings back upright when it stops. **Sway amount** sets how far it leans.
- **Motion blur**: The pointer streaks along its travel when it moves fast. **Blur strength** sets how far.
- **Shape change**: **Instant** swaps on the frame, **Fade** dissolves the new shape in, **Pop** shrinks the old shape away as the new one springs in. **Change length** sets how long it takes.

Sway, under your own mouse.

> **Note:** In Simple, **Smooth cursor** switches the drawn, smoothed pointer on or off with one switch.

## Read next

- [Change how the pointer looks](https://pointercam.com/help/pointer-style)
- [Pointer shapes: arrow, hand and I-beam](https://pointercam.com/help/pointer-shapes)
- [Motion blur on camera moves](https://pointercam.com/help/motion-blur)

Source: https://pointercam.com/help/pointer-movement