# What PointerCam makes

One recording gives you a video that zooms in on every click, a step-by-step guide built from the same clicks, and screenshots you can mark up.

PointerCam is a screen recorder for showing people how something works. You record once, the way you normally work, and PointerCam keeps track of where you clicked.

## From one take

- **A video.** Each click becomes a close-up, so viewers can read what you pressed. You can change the background, the pointer, your camera and the sound, then export an MP4, WebM or GIF.
- **A step-by-step guide.** The same clicks become numbered steps with a picture each. Most steps already say what you clicked, like Click “Billing”. Save it as a PDF, a Word file, a web page or Markdown, or copy it into a document.
- **Screenshots.** Any frame of the video, or a screenshot you take on its own, opens in the screenshot editor, where you can add arrows, numbered badges and text, and blur anything private.

## Where it runs

- **The Mac app** records any app, window or display and follows your clicks everywhere on your Mac. Its editor is built in.
- **The Chrome extension** records a tab, a window or your whole screen, and follows your clicks on web pages. Its editor opens on pointercam.com, in Chrome.
- **The web editor** at pointercam.com also opens videos you already have, with no extension installed.

> **Note:** Nothing you record is uploaded. Recording, editing and exporting all happen on your own computer, and there is no account to make.

New here? [Getting started](https://pointercam.com/welcome) walks you through your first video in three steps.

## Read next

- [Install the Chrome extension](https://pointercam.com/help/install-chrome-extension)
- [Install the Mac app](https://pointercam.com/help/install-mac-app)
- [Make your first video](https://pointercam.com/help/first-video)
- [What is free, and what Studio adds](https://pointercam.com/help/free-and-studio)

Source: https://pointercam.com/help/what-pointercam-makes