Revision as of 18:22, 11 October 2014

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Usage

ScreenFlow does not capture specific regions of your screen when recording (you can select regions after recording). It records the entire screen, but is highly CPU efficient due to its focus on actively changing frames. Here is the basic flow:

• Choose whether or not to include your webcam in the recording.
• Select an audio device or record computer audio.
• Begin recording.
• End recording, which brings up the post-production interface.
• Crop to your desired resolution, and if you want you can add text, transitions, annotations, etc.
• Select an encoding preset (or create a custom one).
• Click export and choose a file name.

Screen recordings are 60 FPS by default. Playback in the canvas isn't perfect, so it might look like frames were dropped in the recording even though they really weren't. Assuming your hardware doesn't have performance issues, the encoded videos will show all the frames recorded correctly.

Encoding

There are a number of presets to choose from, but it is recommended that you create custom presets based on the content you record. To do this, go to File -> Export (or press ⌘E) and click Manage. Click the "Copy" button next to a preset (H.264 is recommended) and it will appear on the bottom. From here you can edit your encoding settings such as frame rate, bit rate, etc. You can also do this in the main export prompt by selecting a preset and clicking "Customize." The changes made in this manner are temporary and won't be saved to the preset.

Note: ScreenFlow uses x264 but still calls it H.264.

By default the video scale will be your crop settings in the canvas, but you can change it by choosing other scale options from the dropdown or use your own custom resolution.