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How Prequel works
Everything the app can do, in the order you meet it. Start at the top if you have just installed it, or jump to the panel you are looking at.
Getting started
Recording
- Screen, window or areaThe three ways to choose what gets recorded.
- Camera and microphoneTurning devices on, choosing between them, and where the camera bubble goes.
- Shortcuts and countdownThe two global shortcuts, how to change one, and the countdown before a take.
- The menu bar iconWhat the Prequel icon in the menu bar does, click by click.
Editing
- The editorWhat is on screen when a recording opens, and how edits are saved.
- Frame and presetsThe size and shape of the finished video.
- LayoutWhere the screen and the camera sit in the frame.
- CameraThe shape, size, position and border of your camera.
- BackgroundWhat sits behind the recording.
- Padding, corners and shadowHow the recording is presented inside the frame.
- ZoomsPushing into the work: automatic zooms, adding your own, and the angle and focus of each.
- CursorRestyling, smoothing and hiding the pointer.
- Timeline and cutsTrimming, splitting and removing parts of a recording.
- CaptionsTranscribing on the Mac, styling captions, and editing the words.
- AudioWhich sound goes into the export, and how loud.
- LogoA watermark of your own over the composition.
- Scene presetsSaving a look and applying it to the next recording.