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Show the how, not just the what

Screen recording, beautifully explained.

Record a walkthrough, bring your voice, and focus the action. Make your next explanation worth watching.

BaseShot recording editor showing a project walkthrough, timeline, and zoom controls
Screen recording

Press record. Then make it yours.

Capture is just the start. A purpose-built editor brings the focus, sound, and finishing touches together.

Follow the focusAutomatic & manual zoom

Keep their eyes on the action.

Automatically zoom into clicks, or place your own zooms on the timeline. Adjust the cursor, add click ripples, and show keystrokes so every step is easy to follow.

Sound includedAudio, camera & captions

Your voice. Your presence.

Record your microphone and system audio, add a camera overlay, and clean up microphone noise. Generate captions locally, edit the words, and choose how they appear.

Up to 4KMP4 export at up to 60 fps

A finish that fits anywhere.

Trim the beginning and end, add a wallpaper or your own image, and export as MP4 or GIF. Choose resolution, frame rate, and compression for the destination.

The details make the difference

Everything in screen recording.

16 ways to do more

Record the whole explanation

Display, window & area recording

Record the entire display, a single window, or a selected portion of the screen.

Pause & resume

Pause while you prepare the next step, then continue the same recording.

Microphone & system audio

Capture your voice and all app audio, or select specific apps. System audio requires Windows 11 / build 20348+ or macOS 13+.

Camera overlay

Add your camera, then change its size, position, shape, roundness, mirroring, or visibility in the editor.

Direct the attention

Automatic & manual zoom

Generate zooms from clicks or add them yourself, then adjust their timing, strength, and focus.

Cursor styling

Use a system or circle cursor, resize it, and hide it when idle or typing.

Click effects

Make clicks visible with a press effect and customizable outline or filled ripples.

Keystroke overlays

Show shortcuts and special keys or all keys, with adjustable style, size, position, and press effects.

Trim the timeline

Set the start and end of the clip while keeping your original recording available for editing.

Custom backgrounds

Choose a wallpaper, gradient, solid color, or your own image, with blur, padding, inset, shadows, and corners.

Polish & publish

Noise reduction & voice leveling

Reduce steady microphone noise and normalize voice volume for more consistent audio.

Independent audio muting

Mute the microphone or system audio independently in playback and exports.

Local automatic captions

Generate captions on your computer, select the language, and edit or remove individual caption cues.

Caption styling

Adjust size, text and background colors, and word-by-word reveal.

MP4 & GIF export

Export at 720p, 1080p, or 4K. MP4 offers 24, 30, or 60 fps; GIF offers 10 to 30 fps.

Flexible delivery

Choose compression, then save a file, copy to the clipboard, or publish a cloud link.