Cuts that close the gap
A ripple delete removes the range and pulls the rest of the timeline with it, so there is no silent hole left behind to tidy up.
Timeline editor
Stop recording. You are already in the editor.
Splitting, trimming, ripple deletes and per-section speed, without exporting into another application first.
The problem
The take is fine except for the eleven seconds where you hunted for the right tab. Fixing that today means finding a video editor, waiting through an import, and re-encoding a file you only wanted to cut.
What happens instead
The take opens straight into a timeline. Split at the playhead, set in and out points, keep or ripple-delete a range, and give any section its own speed. Every change autosaves into the project.
In detail
What timeline editor actually does
Speed per section
Slow down the part that matters, run the file copy at speed, and leave everything else exactly as it was recorded.
One undo stack
Timeline cuts, zoom blocks and styling all share the same history. ⌘Z and ⇧⌘Z, as far back as you need.
Autosave with a safety net
Project metadata is written as you work, and the previous valid checkpoint is kept beside it, so a bad write cannot cost you the session.
Specifications
The short version
- Cutting
- Split ⌘B, in/out points, keep, ripple delete
- Speed
- Per section
- History
- Undo ⌘Z, redo ⇧⌘Z
- Saving
- Autosave with metadata backup
- Audio
- Independent mixing and fades
- Preview
- The same compositor that renders the export
FAQ
Questions about timeline editor
Do I have to export before I can trim?
No. Stopping a recording opens the editor on the take, and the cuts you make there are what the export renders. There is no intermediate file to produce first.
Does the preview match the exported file?
Yes. One video compositor drives both the player and the export, so what you scrub through is what is written to disk.
Keep reading
The parts that work with it
Smart Zoom
ReScreen watches where you click, drag and scroll, then pans and zooms the way an editor would — while you are still recording.
Read moreExport
Up to 4K at 30 or 60 FPS, MP4 or MOV, H.264 or HEVC — plus a playable MP4 written the moment you stop.
Read moreCamera & audio
Camera, microphone and system audio are captured as independent tracks, so fixing one never damages another.
Read moreFrom the blog
Guides that use timeline editor
Product Features
A Screen Recorder With a Built-In Editor: Cut the Take Without Leaving the App
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Customer Onboarding Videos That Shorten Time-to-Value and Reduce Churn
New customers rarely leave because the product is bad. They leave because they never reached the part that is good. Short onboarding videos get them there.
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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.
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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.
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How to Record a Product Demo Video That Converts
Most demo videos are feature tours nobody finishes. Here is a step-by-step method for a short demo built around one outcome, and the settings that make it quick.
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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.
5 min readRecord the next one properly
Install it, hit ⌥⌘R, and watch a take that would normally cost you an evening in a timeline come out finished.
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