Screen Recording
Press Ctrl+Shift+Q. Select a region. Hit record. Quick Gen captures your screen with optional microphone and system audio, then hands the clip to Studio where your clicks have already become zoom-ins.
Record · trim · exportA countdown, a pulsing region border with a live mic meter, then the timeline: zoom keyframes built from the clicks, trim handles, and a render that finishes ahead of the playhead.
The capture overlay appears. Draw a rectangle around the region you want, or press Space to take the whole screen. A control bar shows up where you can toggle your microphone and system audio, and pick which input device to use.
An optional 3-2-1 countdown gives you a moment to get ready. A pulsing red border outlines the recorded region so you always know what is being captured. Pause and resume as often as you like, then stop when you are done.
The clip opens in Studio with a timeline. Trim it, keep or retime the automatic zoom-ins, add a styled cursor, annotate it, then export.
Every click during a take is logged, then turned into zoom keyframes automatically. Keep them as they are, retime them, or place your own with ease-in, ease-out and a focus point. Rebuild them from the click log whenever you want to start over.
Record your voice, the sound coming out of your machine, or both. Choose which microphone from a dropdown if you have several. If an audio source refuses to open, the control bar carries a warning badge for the whole take and a toast fires once, so a silent recording is never a silent surprise.
Record any rectangular area — a single window, a portion of a page, or your entire display. You pick the boundaries, and Space grabs the whole screen if that is easier.
Captures come through without the operating system cursor, so Studio layers a styled one back over the footage: arrow, dot or ring, at the size you choose, with a ripple on every click.
MP4, WebM, GIF or animated WebP, with a size estimate before you commit to a render. MP4 and WebM drive the encoder directly rather than running at playback speed, so a three-minute clip no longer takes three minutes.
Recordings stay on your machine. Quick Gen doesn't upload anything anywhere. Share the file however you want — your recordings, your choice.
Bug reports — reproduce the issue, record it, attach the video to your ticket. Ten seconds from hotkey to done, and the zoom-ins land on whatever you clicked.
Quick demos — show a colleague how something works without scheduling a call. Record, send, move on.
Changelog clips — export a short loop as a GIF or animated WebP and drop it straight into release notes, no video player required.
Async communication — replace a wall of text with a 30-second video. Narrate with your mic while you walk through the steps on screen.
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