Configuring Screen Recording Properties

A screen recording (sometimes called a screencast, ScreenFlow clip or screen capture)—as compared to a video clip or video file—is a proprietary format video clip that has been recorded directly in ScreenFlow, and is saved with a .scc extension. Screencast files can not be opened by other applications. Because screencast files are automatically and transparently managed by ScreenFlow, you rarely ever encounter them or have to deal with them.

Screen recording properties can only be applied to screen recording clips. If you try to apply properties to recording actions, they will be applied to the whole clip. Screen recording properties cannot be applied to clips recorded by other applications.

Select a screen recording or select the start or end of a screen recording action in the clip before applying properties.

When you add a screen recording action, it displays in yellow.

To display the Screen Recording Properties pane, click the Screen Recording Properties icon, as shown in Figure 48.

Figure 48. Screen Recording Properties

To reset all properties in the selected clip to default values, click the gear icon at the top-right corner of the pan and select Reset to Defaults.

Screen Recording properties are described in Table 9.

Table 9. Screen Recording Properties Controls

Control	Description
Show Mouse Pointer	Displays the mouse as it moves on the display.
Pointer Zoom	When Show Mouse Pointer is checked, use the slider to specify the size of the mouse icon in the screen recording. Use the slider or manually enter the value to specify the percent of increase to apply. Often it can be difficult to distinguish or track the mouse in a screencast, particularly if the video has been significantly resized. Increasing the pointer zoom value increases the size of the mouse icon, making it easier to follow.
Click Effect	Select None | Radar | Invert from the popup menu to create a visual effect when you click the mouse. Radar displays an animated red circle with each click. Invert changes the cursor from black to white and back with each click.
Pointer	Select Default | Circle - Light | Circle - Dark | Square | Choose Image from the popup menu to change the pointer image. The Circle - Dark option is particularly good for iOS screencasts. When you select Choose Image, ScreenFlow displays an Open dialog, so you can navigate and select an image file. When selecting a custom image, you also specify the cursor hotspot position.
Opacity	Specifies the degree of pointer translucency. Use the slider to set the value or enter it manually (0 to 100%). The greater the value, the more opaque the pointer. If the value is set to zero, the pointer is invisible. Default: 100%. This can be used in a screen recording action to fade the pointer in or out.
Sound on Click	Check to generate a sound when the mouse button is pressed. Click the disclosure triangle to display Sound on Click details.
Volume	Specify the volume level of the mouse click sound (from 0 to 5,000%). Use the arrows to set the value or enter it manually.
Click Sound	Click Choose to display an Open dialog, and navigate to and select any custom sound file, to play a unique sound file every time the mouse is clicked.
Show Keystrokes	Check to display the characters (one at a time) of keyboard characters typed during the recording.
Show All Keys	Check to display all keystrokes typed during the recording, including the modifier keys.
Show Only Modifier Keys	Check to display modifiers used in hotkey commands, function keys, and the arrow keys that were pressed during the recording.
Height and Position	Specify the height and position of the font.
Font Button	Click to display the font settings and specify all font information for the characters shown in the keyboard characters display.
Width	Slide the slider right or left to adjust the keystoke bar horizontally. You can also enter a value into the numeric box.
Attached To Clip	When checked, the keystroke bar will be attached to the screen recording clip, and will be affected by any changes made to the recording. This includes scaling, cropping, and any changes made to the canvas crop. When unchecked, the keystroke bar will only be affected by changes to canvas crop, and will remain centered to the canvas if any changes are made.