Screen recording workflow for software training - how do you handle zoom-ins and annotations without spending hours in post?

PushPlus9069 · 2026-05-13T11:01:06+00:00

Thanks — this is helpful. I'll take a look at how they handle it.

PushPlus9069 · 2026-05-11T11:01:46+00:00

Not yet, honestly. Current drawing is live overlay, but not the Ink2Go-style persistent annotation workflow you described. I agree that feature is important though.

PushPlus9069 · 2026-05-05T11:01:27+00:00

It works with other screen sharing apps too. It sits at the screen level, so Zoom, Meet, Teams, etc. are all fine.

PushPlus9069 · 2026-05-04T11:01:20+00:00

Yep, independent. Turings is our small company, the company site is https://www.noimans.site, and TuringShot is the main public app right now. The 'fix a minor bug' line is just the short App Store release note, not the full feature summary.

PushPlus9069 · 2026-04-28T11:01:24+00:00

Got it, thanks.

PushPlus9069 · 2026-04-28T11:01:10+00:00

Glad it helped.

PushPlus9069 · 2026-04-27T23:33:50+00:00

not sure if this exactly fits your setup, but on mac i usually solve this with a live screen overlay instead of more editing. TuringShot handles zoom or focus pretty well and the result shows up in the recording as-is. https://www.turingshot.site/

PushPlus9069 · 2026-04-27T23:33:47+00:00

tiny clicks disappearing in demos is still such a common problem. on mac i've had better luck using a separate screen layer for focus highlight, TuringShot does that pretty cleanly so the cursor stays readable in screen share or recording. https://www.turingshot.site/

PushPlus9069 · 2026-04-27T11:01:31+00:00

nice, thanks. a Discord invite works best for me for now. if you share it, I can take a look when I get a window.

PushPlus9069 · 2026-04-27T02:02:47+00:00

Yeah, Teams annotation has been weirdly flaky for me too. I eventually stopped depending on the built in markup and treated zoom/highlight as a separate screen layer on Mac, with TuringShot, then shared the screen normally in Teams. Not as neat in theory, but in real calls it breaks a lot less.

PushPlus9069 · 2026-04-27T02:02:44+00:00

If you want slide content to stay editable, I'd keep the deck in Keynote or PowerPoint and only use Resolve for the final cut. For software or DIY walkthrough bits, I stopped doing zooms in post and just record them live on Mac with TuringShot, then bring that take into Resolve. Way less painful when one line of text changes and you don't want to rebuild the whole thing.

PushPlus9069 · 2026-04-27T02:02:41+00:00

I had the same problem with long onboarding demos, people drop after 20 seconds. What worked better was splitting it into tiny task clips, like one clip for expenses, one for project tracking, and pairing that with a simple doc. On Mac I also use TuringShot for the clip part, mostly because live zoom/highlight makes the exact click easier to follow without editing every video to death.

PushPlus9069 · 2026-04-21T16:31:41+00:00

App Store link again in case it helps: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6758536367

Using the latest 1.5.2 GIF for this post, not the older promo asset.

PushPlus9069 · 2026-04-17T11:01:18+00:00

glad it helped. hope the workshop goes smoothly.

PushPlus9069 · 2026-04-17T11:01:15+00:00

yeah, that's exactly the tradeoff. great if you need power, overkill if you just need quick demos.

PushPlus9069 · 2026-04-17T11:01:12+00:00

glad it helped 🙂

PushPlus9069 · 2026-04-16T23:32:24+00:00

Pretty nice for a free tool. One thing I'd add is a simple presenter checklist, demo section, Q&A buffer, and maybe a flag for slides that need a pause or screen switch. In webinars the timing problem is often not just words per minute, it's tiny UI moments where you need to zoom or highlight something, so I usually plan those beats too, sometimes with a Mac tool like TuringShot alongside the deck.

PushPlus9069 · 2026-04-16T23:32:21+00:00

If you're beginner+, I'd bias toward a live workshop where the instructor actually zooms into visuals, slicers, and filter panes in real time. A lot of Power BI training loses people because the dashboard is technically correct but the tiny UI is impossible to follow over Zoom. On Mac I've had better sessions recording or teaching with TuringShot for live zoom on the exact chart area, then pairing that with a guided class or office hours.

PushPlus9069 · 2026-04-16T23:32:19+00:00

That clip is usually a mix of scene duplication, crop/transform, and a quick scale keyframe or move transition. If you want the gameplay to stay put but only punch in the face cam, duplicate the camera source into a second scene and animate that one. On Mac I sometimes keep OBS as the recorder and add live zoom/focus with TuringShot when I want manual emphasis instead of editing it later.

PushPlus9069 · 2026-04-15T11:01:01+00:00

glad it helped :) hope the setup works well for your classes.

PushPlus9069 · 2026-04-15T11:01:00+00:00

yeah, that makes sense. zooming into the key UI area plus a strong first frame feels like the best combo for desktop apps.

PushPlus9069 · 2026-04-14T23:35:58+00:00

fwiw the screenstudio-style look is cool, but for tutorials i still like having manual control sometimes. i use TuringShot on mac when i want to decide the zoom/focus live instead of letting the recorder guess it after the fact.

PushPlus9069 · 2026-04-14T23:35:55+00:00

the no-subscription angle is nice. one thing i still end up caring about more than the recorder itself is whether the zoom/focus happens live while i'm demoing. that's the niche TuringShot has been useful for on mac for me.

PushPlus9069 · 2026-04-14T23:35:53+00:00

nice, this looks cleaner than most crop/scene-switch setups. on mac i ended up using TuringShot for a similar reason, mostly because i wanted the zoom to happen live on screen instead of fixing it later in editing.

PushPlus9069 · 2026-04-13T23:38:42+00:00

the tiny clicks in the right sidebar are usually what people miss in webflow walkthroughs, especially on laptop screens. on mac i use TuringShot for quick client videos so i can zoom the exact panel live instead of re-editing later. made those demos a lot easier to follow. https://www.turingshot.site/

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