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# Screenify Studio
> macOS screen recorder and device mockup studio. Turn a rough capture — or any video or image you already have — into a polished product demo: cinematic camera moves, auto-zoom, photoreal device frames, and on-device AI captions.
Screenify Studio covers the whole path from capture to finished video in one native Mac app. Record the screen, a window, several windows at once, an iOS Simulator, or a real iPhone over USB — or skip recording entirely and open a video or image you already have. Then stage it: flat photoreal device frames, 3D device stages with real lighting and lens controls, two or three devices in one scene, a clean browser window, or the whole thing set inside one of 52 real photographs, with a camera that pans and pushes across it. Layers stack, so a browser window can sit inside a MacBook, inside a photo. Polish with auto-zoom, cinematic camera moves, depth-of-field, callouts, masks, and captions, then export up to 4K with Metal acceleration. Captions, background removal, and AI voiceover run on your Mac — nothing uploaded.
## Core Pages
- [Homepage](https://www.screenify.studio): Product overview, features, and download
- [Documentation](https://www.screenify.studio/docs): Getting started guides and feature documentation
- [Blog](https://www.screenify.studio/blog): Product updates, feature deep-dives, and tutorials
- [Changelog](https://www.screenify.studio/changelog): Release notes and version history
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.screenify.studio/privacy)
- [Terms of Service](https://www.screenify.studio/terms)
## Product Documentation
How to record, edit, and share — the in-app workflow, written for people using the Mac app.
- [Account and license](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/account-and-license): Activating a key, how many Macs you can use, moving to a new machine, and what lifetime licenses include.
- [Voiceover, music and captions](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/editing/audio-and-captions): Three ways to add narration, background music with ducking, and subtitles.
- [Camera motion](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/editing/camera-motion): Move a camera around a 3D device, across a multi-device scene, or over a photo mockup.
- [Effects](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/editing/effects): 3D Transform, masks, cinematic focus, callouts, annotations, keystrokes, cursor styling and light overlays.
- [Graphics](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/editing/graphics): Animated templates — lower thirds, stats, flows, cards and end cards — on their own track, over your recording or as an intro and outro.
- [Mockups](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/editing/mockups): Put your recording inside a device frame, a real-scene photograph, a browser window, or a multi-device scene.
- [Music licensing](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/editing/music-licensing): Where each track in the library comes from, which ones are safe for monetised video, and where the app tells you.
- [Smart Clipping](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/editing/smart-clipping): Find the silence and dead air in a take automatically, review the proposed cuts, then apply them in one go.
- [Text and titles](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/editing/text): Animated titles, labels and lower thirds on their own track — and how they differ from annotations.
- [Timeline](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/editing/timeline): Tracks, trimming, splitting, clip transitions, and how to keep a busy timeline readable.
- [Zoom](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/editing/zoom): Automatic zoom from your clicks and typing, manual zoom segments, camera behaviour, and keyframed zoom.
- [Exporting](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/exporting): Formats, resolution, frame rate, aspect ratio, still frames, and what the free plan allows.
- [Getting Started](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/getting-started): Record your screen and export a finished video in about two minutes.
- [Keyboard shortcuts](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/keyboard-shortcuts): Every editor shortcut, which ones you can remap, and the global keys that work while you record.
- [Permissions](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/permissions): The four macOS permissions Screenify asks for, what each one unlocks, and what breaks quietly without them.
- [iPhone, iPad and Simulator](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/recording/ios-devices): Record a connected iOS device or the Simulator, then drop it into a device frame.
- [Multi-window recording](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/recording/multi-window): Capture two or three app windows side by side in a single video.
- [Combining multiple recordings](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/recording/multiple-takes): Record several takes into one project, or join recordings you already made into a single video.
- [Screen, window and area](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/recording/screen-and-window): The four capture sources, what each one is good for, and the permissions they need.
- [Teleprompter](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/recording/teleprompter): Keep your script on screen while you record, without it appearing in the recording.
- [Custom domain for share links](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/sharing/custom-domain): Serve your Screenify share links from your own subdomain, like share.acme.com.
- [Share links](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/sharing/share-links): Upload a video and share a URL, group videos into a folder link, and brand the page.
- [Troubleshooting](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/troubleshooting): The problems that come up most, and what actually fixes them.
## CLI & Agent Automation
Screenify ships a command-line tool (`screenify`) designed to be driven by AI agents, scripts, and CI — not just typed by hand. Every command speaks JSON and the tool describes itself at runtime, so an agent can discover commands and chain steps reliably.
- [Command Line](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/cli): Record, turn any URL into a polished demo, and add cinematic effects from a single JSON-speaking command
- [For Agents & CI](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/cli/for-agents): How to drive screenify from Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and other agents
- [AI Director](https://www.screenify.studio/docs/cli/ai-director): Let an AI direct a web demo in plain language
Agents: run `screenify guide --json` for the full, always-current capability and schema manifest — that single command is enough to learn every command and option.
## Recording Guides
- [All Recording Guides](https://www.screenify.studio/record): Step-by-step screen recording guides for 50+ apps
- [Guides by Category](https://www.screenify.studio/record/category): Browse recording guides by app category (design, dev, communication, etc.)
- [Guides by Use Case](https://www.screenify.studio/record/use-case): Browse by workflow (tutorials, demos, bug reports, etc.)
- [How-To Guides](https://www.screenify.studio/record/how-to): Step-by-step how-to articles
## Free Tools
Browser-based tools that run on the visitor's device — files are never uploaded.
- [All Free Tools](https://www.screenify.studio/tools)
- [GIF Compressor](https://www.screenify.studio/tools/gif-compressor): Shrink an animated GIF by scaling it down, cutting colours and dropping frames — processed in your browser, never uploaded.
- [GIF to MP4](https://www.screenify.studio/tools/gif-to-mp4): Turn an animated GIF into an H.264 MP4 that keeps every frame and its timing — converted in your browser, never uploaded.
- [DPI Converter](https://www.screenify.studio/tools/dpi-converter): Check and change the DPI stored in a PNG or JPEG without touching its pixels — or resize it to keep its print size.
- [Video to GIF](https://www.screenify.studio/tools/video-to-gif): Make an animated GIF from an MP4, MOV or WebM clip — trim it, pick width and frame rate, all in your browser.
- [Video Compressor](https://www.screenify.studio/tools/compress-video): Make a screen recording or any MP4/MOV smaller by capping its resolution, frame rate and bitrate — compressed in your browser.
- [Webcam Test](https://www.screenify.studio/tools/webcam-test): Check that your camera works and see its real resolution and frame rate — live, in your browser, nothing recorded.
- [Mic Test](https://www.screenify.studio/tools/mic-test): See your microphone level live, catch clipping or silence, and hear a 5-second test recording — all in your browser.
- [Video Trimmer](https://www.screenify.studio/tools/video-trimmer): Cut a video down to the part you need — exact to the frame, or lossless and instant — in your browser.
- [MOV to MP4](https://www.screenify.studio/tools/mov-to-mp4): Turn a QuickTime MOV into an MP4 — usually a lossless container swap that takes seconds — in your browser.
- [Remove Audio from Video](https://www.screenify.studio/tools/remove-audio-from-video): Make a silent copy of a video — the picture is copied untouched, so quality doesn’t change — in your browser.
## Alternatives & Comparisons
- [All Alternatives](https://www.screenify.studio/alternative): Compare Screenify Studio with other screen recorders
## Optional
### Blog Posts
- [How to Record Vercel Deployment Walkthroughs](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-05-07-record-vercel-deployment): Record Vercel deployment walkthroughs, Edge Function setups, and v0.dev demos with four Mac methods, plus env-var redaction practices.
- [Screen Recorders With Annotation](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-08-13-screen-recording-with-annotation): Arrows, highlights and callouts on a screen recording — five tools compared on whether you draw live, in post, or not at all.
- [Screen Recorders That Zoom In](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-08-13-screen-recorder-that-zooms-in): Zooming into the part that matters is what makes a demo readable. Five tools compared on how they zoom — automatically, manually, or not at all.
- [Programs Like OBS for Mac](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-08-13-programs-like-obs-for-mac): OBS is free and does everything, which is also its problem. Five Mac alternatives compared by what you are actually trying to do.
- [How to Hide the Mouse Cursor in a Mac Recording](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-08-13-hide-mouse-cursor-screen-recording-mac): Four ways to remove the pointer from a screen recording on macOS — before recording, after recording, and the trick that works when nothing else does.
- [Your AI agent can now look at the video it made](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-10-07-ai-agent-reviews-its-own-video): Screenify's CLI and MCP server can read a video back to an agent: a frame as an image, what is said, what is on the timeline, and what a web demo clicked.
- [Graphics: Motion Templates for Your Product Demos](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-10-03-graphics): Screenify Studio 2.6 adds Graphics: animated lower thirds, stats, flows, pricing cards, intros and end cards you drop onto a demo in one click.
- [Collage Clips: Turn Screenshots into a 3D Intro](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-09-28-collage-clips): Screenify Studio 2.4 turns a set of screenshots, or the key frames of a recording, into a moving 3D collage you can use as an intro, outro or overlay.
- [How to Change Image DPI on Mac (Without Losing Quality)](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-09-25-change-image-dpi-mac): Set a PNG or JPEG to 300 DPI on Mac with Preview, sips in Terminal, a free browser tool, or Photoshop — and learn when DPI actually matters.
- [How to Reduce GIF File Size: What Actually Works (Tested)](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-09-25-reduce-gif-file-size): We compressed four real screen-recording GIFs with every common setting. Here's what cut the most — scale, frames, colours or lossy — with the numbers.
- [Smooth Camera Movement Techniques for Screencasts](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-05-04-smooth-camera-movement-screen-recording): Pan, zoom, follow, and hold — how cinematic camera language applies to screen recordings, with easing, speed, and tool comparisons.
- [Screen Recording ROI for Content Creators](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-05-06-screen-recording-for-content-creators-roi): How content creators measure ROI on screen recording tools, time investment, and which paid features actually pay back the subscription.
- [Screen Recording for Product Managers](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-05-06-screen-recording-for-product-managers): How product managers use screen recording for PRD walkthroughs, async stakeholder updates, user research synthesis, and faster decisions.
- [How to Screen Record with Clipchamp (Windows)](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-05-05-clipchamp-screen-recording-tutorial): Step-by-step Clipchamp tutorial for Windows: install, record screen plus webcam, edit, and export 1080p free with no watermark.
- [iPhone Screen Recording Shows Black? DRM Explained](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-05-06-iphone-screen-recording-black-screen-drm): Why Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, and Spotify record as black on iPhone — DRM, FairPlay, HDCP, and what you can legally capture instead.
- [Screenify is now an MCP server](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-08-20-screenify-mcp-server): Connect Screenify to Claude, Claude Code or Cursor and ask for the finished video — recorded, styled and exported, without touching a terminal.
- [Why We Opened the App to Files You Didn't Record](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-08-12-opening-screenify-to-files-you-didnt-record): For two years the app only worked on its own recordings. Here's what changed our mind, and what it cost to open the front door.
- [Polish a Zoom or Teams Recording Before You Share It](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-08-12-polish-zoom-teams-recording): Meeting recordings are long, unflattering and full of dead air. Four ways to cut one into something worth sending.
- [How to Turn a Figma Design into a Product Video](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-08-12-figma-design-to-product-video): Your product doesn't exist yet, but the design does. Four ways to get a Figma file into a video you can post — on a Mac.
- [Turn an iPhone Recording into an App Store Preview](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-08-12-iphone-recording-to-app-store-preview): You have a screen recording from your iPhone. Four ways to get it to Apple's preview spec on a Mac — and the traps that cause rejections.
- [Turn App Screenshots into an App Store Preview Video](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-08-12-app-screenshots-to-preview-video): No footage, just screenshots? Four ways to build an App Store preview video from stills on a Mac — and what Apple actually requires.
- [Device Mockup Generators Compared (2026)](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-08-12-device-mockup-generators-compared): Five mockup tools tested against the same job: static images, video, 3D animation, privacy and price. Which one fits which workflow.
- [Add a Device Frame to a Video You Already Recorded](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-08-12-add-device-frame-to-existing-video): Four ways to put an existing video clip inside an iPhone, iPad or Mac frame — from a free ffmpeg overlay to a full 3D stage.
- [How to Make a Loom Recording Look Professional](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-08-12-make-loom-recording-look-professional): Your Loom is fine for a teammate but rough for a landing page. Four ways to turn an existing Loom into something you'd publish.
- [Rotato Alternative: Record and Stage in One App](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-08-12-rotato-alternative): Rotato makes beautiful 3D mockups but can't record. Here's how Screenify Studio and three other tools compare when you need both.
- [How to Put a Screenshot in an iPhone Mockup (Mac)](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-08-12-screenshot-to-iphone-mockup): Four ways to drop a screenshot into a photoreal iPhone frame on macOS — free browser tools, native apps, and a scriptable route.
- [Shots.so Alternative for Mac](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-08-12-shots-so-alternative): Shots.so is a fast browser mockup tool. Here's when a native Mac app beats it, and when it doesn't — compared against three alternatives.
- [Meet the Screenify CLI: Record From Your Terminal](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-06-22-meet-the-screenify-cli): Screenify now runs from the command line — record and export a studio-quality MP4 in one command, fully scriptable, and built for AI agents.
- [Record Any Web App as a Demo, Directed by AI](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-06-22-record-web-app-ai-agent): Point Screenify at any URL to capture a polished web demo from the terminal — record it yourself or let an AI click through, then export to GIF or MOV.
- [Record Two Apps Side by Side, in One Video](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-08-04-record-two-apps-side-by-side-mac): Capture several app windows as one video — pick a layout, drop your windows in, and Screenify arranges them on screen, then puts them back after.
- [Narrate While You Watch It Back](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-08-04-record-voiceover-while-watching-playback): Record narration in the editor while the preview plays — countdown, live mic meter, instant retakes, and audio that lands exactly where you started.
- [Narration Gets Its Own Lane](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-08-04-voiceover-track-timeline): A dedicated Voiceover track, separate from background music — waveform, trim, fade, volume, and captions generated from any passage on it.
- [Multi-Device Mockup Studio: Stage Your Product Across Screens](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-08-01-multi-device-mockup-studio): Screenify Studio 2.0 stages two or three devices in one cinematic 3D mockup — glide a single camera across them and record live, all in one app.
- [AI Voiceover: Type a Script, Hear Your Video Narrated](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-07-22-ai-voiceover): Screenify Studio 1.19 turns any script into natural narration — 54 on-device AI voices in 9 languages, with subtitles generated straight from what you wrote.
- [How to Screen Record on iPhone (2026 Complete Guide)](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-05-06-how-to-screen-record-iphone): Four ways to capture your iPhone screen — Control Center, QuickTime via cable, AirPlay mirroring, third-party apps. Plus audio tips and editing.
- [Best Loom Alternatives for Customer Support Teams](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-04-29-loom-alternatives-for-customer-support): Loom alternatives for support teams. Ticket attachments, video FAQ libraries, async help workflows, and Zendesk integration compared.
- [Best Loom Alternatives for Engineering Teams (2026)](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-04-29-loom-alternatives-for-engineering-teams): Engineering-focused Loom alternatives. PR walkthroughs, bug reports, async architecture, and Linear/GitHub/Jira integration ranked.
- [Best Loom Alternatives for Sales Teams (2026)](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-04-29-loom-alternatives-for-sales-teams): Sales-focused Loom alternatives ranked by outbound, demo, follow-up, and customer success workflow. CRM integrations and viewer tracking covered.
- [Best Loom Alternatives for Startups (2026)](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-04-29-loom-alternatives-for-startups): Free and budget-friendly Loom alternatives ranked for pre-seed, seed, and Series A startups. Pick by stage, headcount, and runway.
- [Loom Alternatives With Better AI Features (2026)](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-04-29-loom-alternatives-with-ai-features): AI-rich Loom alternatives compared. Captions, summaries, filler word removal, voice cloning, auto-clipping, smart titling, and semantic search.
- [Best Free Loom Alternatives Without Watermark (2026)](https://www.screenify.studio/blog/2026-04-29-free-loom-alternatives): Loom Free watermarks every export and caps you at 5 minutes. These free Loom alternatives ship clean exports, no watermark, and real recording ti
