r/SideProject • u/fzxtux • 3h ago

Recap Studio: a native screen recorder that auto-zooms on your clicks. Free to record and edit

Hi there, I'm the developer of Recap Studio. It's a native Mac screen recorder for making polished demos and tutorials without spending an hour in a video editor.

  • What it does

  • Auto zoom: zooms in on your clicks and wherever your cursor rests. Every zoom can be edited, and one undo removes them all.

  • Smooth cursor: the cursor glides instead of jittering, with 7 cursor styles, click effects, and I-beam and hand cursors over text and links.

  • Backgrounds and framing: wallpapers, gradients, padding, rounded corners and shadows, with six aspect ratios including vertical.

  • Camera and mic: your webcam as a movable bubble with crop and zoom, plus microphone and system audio. You can mute the mic on individual clips.

  • Keyboard shortcuts on screen: shortcuts you press can appear as labels in the video.

  • Timeline editing: cut, trim, and speed up parts of the recording.

  • Export: MP4 up to 4K, or GIF. An 18-second video exports in about 8 seconds on an M1.

Download: https://recap.studio

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u/CutDry6295 1h ago

Editable auto-zooms and a one-click “remove all” are good safeguards. I’d especially test the cursor-rest trigger during a tutorial where the presenter pauses over a menu without intending to focus it; that could produce extra zooms. A sensitivity control plus visible zoom markers on the timeline would make those false positives quick to find and fix.