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Change how the pointer looks

Pick 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.

Mac app only
Where to find it
  1. Video editor
  2. Pro
  3. Cursor
  4. Pointer
  1. 1Open Cursor › Pointer in Pro.
  2. 2Pick a pointer.The 9 sets are System, Snow, Bold, Flat, Slate, Studio, Dart, Comet, Halo. They change shape with the page and take your colours.
  3. 3Under Colours, pick a colour for the body or the rim.
Show cursor
Off takes the pointer out of the video. Clicks can still be marked.
Pointer colour
A solid colour, a gradient, or one of 7 ramps: Iris, Ember, Marine, Meadow, Dusk, Steel, Frost.
Rim colour and Rim weight
The outline round the pointer. A weight of 0 removes it.
RGB rim
Cycles the rim through the colour wheel as the video plays. RGB speed sets how fast.

In Simple, Smooth cursor switches between PointerCam’s drawn pointer, with the shake taken out, and the pointer as recorded. Its size and shape are in the rows under it.

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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.Pointer shapes: arrow, hand and I-beamThe 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.Make the pointer bigger or smallerSet the pointer’s size with S, M or L in Simple, or exactly under Cursor › Size in Pro. 1.0× is about the size on your screen. Go bigger for phone viewers.Show your clicksEvery click can leave a mark at the pointer: an orb, a ring, a press or a ripple. Pick its size and colour. Works in Chrome and Mac takes.

Something not working the way this page says? See Troubleshooting, or start from Getting started.