What's new in every update.

• Motion videos get an opening and an ending: the screenshot rises in, zooms or turns in, and can fall away, recede or fade out
• Add a title to any shot in Motion - the words come up one by one as the shot settles
• Export Motion videos in 16:9, square, 4:5 or 9:16 for X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Reels and TikTok
• Motion export is about twice as fast, and a finished video now has Play right away and shows up in your Library
• Studio: give each clip its own camera layout, with smooth moves between them
• Studio: new camera layouts, including Pop Out - just you, no background, over the screen
• Studio: slow motion (0.25x and 0.5x) and moving backgrounds
• Studio: place music exactly where you want it, and add images anywhere on the video
• A fresh look across both editors: settings grouped on clean cards, Apple-style controls
• Library: filters show how many captures each holds, and every capture is tagged as a screenshot, recording, GIF or video
• Smart Redact: Show takes the covers off, and switching the cover style swaps them in place
• New recordings no longer open with the camera filling the whole frame

Twice as fast, and a calmer Studio

Our biggest update yet. Exports take half the time, both editors are redesigned, and a screenshot can now play as a video.

• 2× faster exports

  A 2-minute video now exports in about 2 minutes, not 4.

• Redesigned editors

  Studio and the screenshot editor are calmer and roomier.

• Six camera layouts

  Bubble, circle, portrait, side by side, or just your camera.

• A look for each clip

  Split a video and give every part its own background.

• Screenshots that move

  Open a screenshot in Studio and it plays with smooth zooms.

• A clearer Record bar

  See which camera and mic you're using before you start.

Everything in 1.4

• Exports about twice as fast
• Redesigned Studio and screenshot editor
• Six camera layouts, and a different background for each clip
• Open a screenshot in Studio with Motion's zooms already in place
• A clearer Record bar that shows your camera and microphone
• New Settings, with app icons to choose from
• Lots of fixes, including videos with a cut stopping early on export

Export just the part you need

Select any stretch of the timeline and export only that, plus camera moments, Retake and aspect ratios for Area.

• Export a part

  Select a stretch with I and O, and export just that.

• Camera moments

  Show only your camera for the moments you choose.

• Cinema captions

  A new caption style, a cleaner font, no blinking.

Everything in 1.3.3

• Export just a part: select any stretch of the timeline (Select Part, or I and O) and export only that
• A video or part that starts on a zoom now opens already zoomed in
• Camera moments: show only your camera for the moments you choose
• Retake: press ⌥⇧1 while recording, or use Retake in the recording pill, to start again
• Aspect ratios for Area: 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 4:5 and 9:16
• Captions: new Cinema style, cleaner font, no blinking between lines
• Smoother zooms, cleaner click sounds and softer 3D tilt
• Simpler Library with Copy and Edit buttons, and drag captures into any app
• Cleaner Settings, Studio timeline and export
• Fixes for switching cameras, offline licenses and the Library

Music and sound

Add a song under your voice, with click and typing sounds, new caption styles and scrolling screenshots.

• Background music

  It dips while you talk and fades in and out.

• Click and typing sounds

  Soft, crisp or mechanical, and a whoosh on every zoom.

• Scrolling screenshots

  Long pages, top to bottom, without repeats.

Everything in 1.3.2

• Background music: add a song under your voice; it dips while you talk and fades in and out
• Click sounds (soft, crisp or mechanical), typing sounds and a whoosh on every zoom
• New caption styles - Glass, Bold and Minimal - with your choice of font and colours
• Scrolling screenshots capture long pages top to bottom without stopping or repeating
• The capture bar now grows out of the notch, and the Library shelf is cleaner
• Easier timeline with a music lane, and every button explains itself on hover
• Fixed: replaying from the end, voice missing on replay, and light captions on light videos

• Trim handles hold still while you drag them, so it's easy to see where you cut
• Sharper recordings - small text stays crisp when you zoom in
• Studio's size and Crop buttons work while the playhead is on a zoom
• Scroll capture stitches more pages cleanly, sticky sidebars and toolbars included
• A heads-up in the notch when your disk is almost full

• Menu bar icon: click it to open your Library in the notch; it shows a red dot and the time while recording
• Studio: zooms can turn the screen in 3D (Left, Right, Lean, Float), filling the frame as the zoom eases in
• Studio: smoother auto-zoom that follows the cursor steadily, frames clicks ahead of time and keeps the pointer in view
• Studio: a redesigned timeline - each zoom drawn as its motion, a playhead with its time, clearer zoom and clip settings
• Screenshot Motion: turn a screenshot into a video, now with smoother moves and close shots that stay on the picture
• 40 new wallpapers in families (Light, Space, Scenes, Glass & Silk, Holo, Grain and more) and 12 bold gradients
• A more polished screenshot editor and notch Library, with hover actions and springier controls
• Recording fixes: the video runs to Stop, pause keeps audio in sync, stopping during warm-up no longer leaks, and a failing camera no longer crashes Stop
• Also includes everything from 1.0.4: the Area / Window / Full Screen capture bar, window frames and social sizes, caption looks and the zoom Aim pad

• Capture: choose Area, Window or Full Screen from a new bar, with a Cancel button, and Smooth Recorder's own windows can now be captured
• Recording: discard a recording from the notch, and camera/mic menus open where you click
• Screenshot editor: window frames, background blur and grain, social sizes, 12 new wallpapers and fresher gradients; tilt casts a real shadow
• Studio: 4 caption looks, easier zooms with an Aim pad, a camera that stays in its corner, a better Split layout, and colour-coded annotations
• Library: clearer names; exports start at 1080p to keep files small

• Marker, Callout and Magnifier tools in the screenshot editor
• Annotations stay on the picture when you tilt it
• Studio: voice cleanup, separate voice and Mac sound, smoother cursor motion
• Sharper exports

• Asking for Screen Recording shows one prompt, not two

• Check for Updates no longer hides its answer behind the notch
• Support opens a help page that works without a mail app
• Camera and Mic menus always fit on screen and scroll when long

• First release of Smooth Recorder
• One key for screenshots, recordings, GIFs, scrolling captures and text
• A screenshot editor and a recording studio with auto-zoom and captions