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Editing takes longer than recording
Callouts added in post mean scrubbing the timeline, placing shapes, timing them to your voice.
For tutorials and screen recordings
Annotate while you record, not after.
Adding arrows and boxes in the editor afterwards takes longer than recording did. With LivePen you draw them live, in the moment you explain, and they’re in the recording already.
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Works with
- Loom
- QuickTime
- ScreenFlow
- OBS
- CleanShot
- Camtasia
System Settings · recording ● REC 02:14
The problem
Why it’s harder than it should be.
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Viewers miss the click
In a fast tutorial, the button you pressed is gone before anyone saw where it was.
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Order gets lost
A how-to with six steps needs the viewer to know which step they’re on.
How LivePen helps
The tools you’ll reach for.
Numbered steps
Tap once per step and the numbers count up: 1, 2, 3. The viewer can follow the order at a glance.
Arrow to the button
Show exactly where to click before you click it.
Highlight the setting
Mark the line in a menu or a settings page that matters.
Undo without re-recording
Drew it wrong? ⌘Z takes it back while you keep talking.
Set up in a minute
Three steps.
- 1
Start recording
In Loom, QuickTime, ScreenFlow, OBS or whatever you use. Record the whole screen.
- 2
Draw as you explain
⌥⇧D, then number steps and point at buttons as you go.
- 3
Stop drawing to click
⌥⇧D hands your clicks back so you can do the step you just pointed at.
Tips
From experience.
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Record the full screen: LivePen draws above your apps, so a window-only capture can miss the ink.
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Keep a steady palette across a series: for example red for “click here”, yellow for “read this”.
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Use the Software or Business icon set for quick stamps like check marks, warnings and cursors.
Questions
Tutorials, answered.
Does the drawing show up in the recording? +
Yes, when you record the screen. LivePen draws on the screen itself, so full-screen recordings capture the ink as it appears.
Does it work with Loom? +
Yes. Record your screen with Loom and draw with LivePen at the same time.
Can I remove a mark without starting over? +
Yes. ⌘Z undoes the last stroke, ⇧⌘Z redoes it, and the eraser removes a single stroke.
Also used for
Try it on your next tutorial.
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