Pointer shapes: arrow, hand and I-beam
The pointer changes with the page: a hand over links, an I-beam over text. Pick another shape for any moment, keep one shape throughout, or hide it while typing.
Mac app only
Where to find it
- Video editor
- Pro
- Cursor
- Pointer
- Shapes
- Changes with the page
- An arrow, a hand over links and buttons, an I-beam over text: the pointer the page asked for, in the shapes you choose.
- One shape
- The same pointer for the whole video, whatever it is over.
- 1Open Cursor › Pointer in Pro and find Shapes.
- 2For each moment, Pointing, On a link or button and Over text, open its menu and pick a shape, or a picture of your own.The play button beside a moment jumps to the next time it happens in the take.
- 3Under While typing, choose Show it or Hide it.Hidden, the pointer goes while you type and comes back when the mouse moves.
In Simple, the Shape row under Smooth cursor offers Changes and One shape.
Read next
Change how the pointer looksPick one of 9 pointers and colour it with a ready-made ramp, a gradient or a colour cycling rim. For takes from the Mac app.Use your own pointerUpload a PNG, or a GIF that plays, and it becomes the pointer: your logo, a pencil, a laser dot. Then click the spot it points from.Smoothing, sway and motion blurSmooth 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.
Something not working the way this page says? See Troubleshooting, or start from Getting started.