Guide

How to zoom into mouse clicks in a screen recording.

Zooming into each click is the quickest way to make a screen recording easy to follow. There are two ways to do it on Windows: by hand in a video editor, or automatically while you record.

Option 1: by hand in a video editor

Any editor with keyframes works (for example Clipchamp, DaVinci Resolve or Premiere Pro). For every click:

1. Find the frame just before the click.
2. Add a keyframe for position and scale at 100%.
3. About half a second later, add a second keyframe zoomed in (around 150–200%) and centred on the click.
4. Hold the zoom while the action happens, then add keyframes to zoom back out.
5. Add easing to each keyframe so the movement doesn't look robotic.

This gives you full control, but it takes about a minute per click. A two-minute demo with 25 clicks can take half an hour, and the cursor will still look exactly as it was recorded.

Option 2: automatically while you record

An auto-zoom recorder knows where you clicked because it tracks the mouse while recording. In CyanFocus:

1. Click Record and choose a window or screen.
2. Do your demo as normal, then press Stop.
3. Every click is already a zoom on the timeline. Drag to move, stretch to lengthen, or delete the ones you don't want.
4. Click Export for an MP4.

Tips for zooms that look good

• Don't zoom on every click. Zoom where something important happens; leave quick navigation clicks wide.
• Keep zooms between 1.5× and 2×. More than that and viewers lose their place.
• Move the mouse slowly and pause before clicking. It gives the zoom time to arrive.
• Record at a higher resolution than you export when you can, so zoomed-in text stays sharp.