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Articles about editing
Guides, comparisons and playbooks about editing, from the team behind ReScreen, the native screen recorder and editor for Mac.
How-To Guides
How to Remove Background Noise From a Video or Mic Recording on a Mac
Steady noise like a fan or a hum can be reduced after the fact. A voice in the next room cannot. Here is how to tell the difference and what to do about each.
6 min read
Comparisons
Video Editing Software for Mac: What to Use for Screen Recordings and What for Films
There are two kinds of video: footage you assemble and a screen you recorded. They need different editors. Here is how to choose for a Mac, and what to skip.
6 min read
Video Marketing
How to Record a Software Demo
A step-by-step method for recording a software demo people can follow: prepare the machine, capture the right window, get the microphone right, then trim and export.
14 min read
Comparisons
ReScreen vs CleanShot X: A Video Recorder and a Capture Tool, Compared
Both zoom into your clicks and put the recording on a background. One of them is also the best screenshot tool on the Mac, and that is the decision.
6 min read
Comparisons
ReScreen vs ScreenFlow: How Much Video Editor Do You Actually Need?
ScreenFlow is a video editing suite that records. ReScreen is a recorder that edits. The right answer depends on what you do after you press stop.
5 min read
Product Features
Why the Preview and the Exported File Are the Same Picture
A settings preview that is drawn by a different renderer than the export is a guess. ReScreen draws both with one compositor, so the tile you picked is the frame you get.
5 min read
Product Features
A Screen Recorder With a Built-In Editor: Cut the Take Without Leaving the App
The take is fine except for eleven seconds. ReScreen opens a timeline the moment you stop, so fixing it never means importing into another video editor.
6 min read
Feature Guides
Cursor Smoothing and Click Effects: A Guide to Every Cursor Setting in ReScreen
A setting-by-setting guide to making the pointer readable: size, smoothing, idle hide, click effects and click colour, with values for each kind of video.
6 min read
Use Cases
How to Edit Screen Recordings Faster: Stop Spending Three Hours on a Five-Minute Video
A five-minute screen recording should not cost an afternoon. Here is where the editing time really goes, and a record-to-export workflow that removes it.
6 min read
Use Cases
How to Fix Bad Audio in Screen Recordings: Quiet Voice, Loud App Sounds and Background Noise
A quiet voice, a deafening notification and a humming fan are three different problems. Here is why one flattened track hides them, and how to fix each.
6 min read
Video Marketing
How to Make Software Tutorial Videos Customers Actually Finish
Tutorials get abandoned when they are long, quiet and hard to follow. A repeatable method for short, clear software tutorials, with the settings that speed it up.
6 min read
Comparisons
ReScreen vs Camtasia: A Full Production Suite or a Native Mac Recorder?
Camtasia is a broad production suite with annotations, quizzes and templates. ReScreen is a focused native Mac recorder. Here is which job each one fits.
6 min read
Comparisons
ReScreen vs QuickTime Player: Built-In Recorder or Purpose-Built Tool?
QuickTime Player is already on your Mac and costs nothing. Here is exactly where it is enough, and where a purpose-built recorder earns its price.
6 min read
Product Features
Why Separate Audio Tracks Save Your Screen Recording
One flattened audio track means one loud ping can ruin a good take. Here is what recording mic and system audio separately lets you fix afterwards.
6 min readAbout editing articles
Editing a screen recording should take a fraction of the recording time. This topic covers how to edit screen recordings faster, what to expect from a screen recorder with a built-in editor, and how to choose video editing software for a Mac when the footage is not only a screen.
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