Hi guys!
Today we are going to see
how you can record your computer screen for free.
Let’s say you want to make a video of your computer’s screen and share the video with others.
How do you record your screen?
So after watching this video, you will be able to record your screen
And get a video file like this,
Which you can share with anyone.
So let’s get started,
I’m Bryan from Website Learners and let’s record our computer screen.
Now to record our computer screen, there are two methods.
The first method is to use the built-in screen recording tool
which is available in Windows 10
You can use this method if you want to record only one app,
for example, your browser
Now if you want to record multiple apps at the same time,
For example switching between 2 different apps
Then you can skip to part 2 of this video
where we show you how you can record multiple apps at once
First, let’s look at the first method
which is used to build-in screen recording tool in windows 10
So to record your screen, using this method,
First, open the application which you want to record
I want to record my browser,
So let’s open that
Now to open the windows recorder, press the ‘Windows key + G’.
on your keyboard.
And you will get this option
which you can use to record your screen
Now if you want to record your voice along with the video
you can click here to turn on your mic
Now to start your recording just click here
And now our screen is being recorded.
So now, whatever you do on this screen, will be recorded.
Now to hide these options
Just click anywhere on the screen and they will be hidden
So now lets do some action on the screen for the recording
Now once you have recorded your screen,
To stop the recording, just click here
And your recording will be saved on your computer
Now to see the recording,
Just go to ‘File Explorer’
And then go to ‘Videos’
Now Open the ‘Captures’ Folder
Now if we open this folder, you can see the video file of the screen recording
Now if you open this video
You can now see the action we did on the screen
So this is how you can record your screen using the built-in Windows tool.
Now this method will work, only if you are using Windows 10
And it cannot be used for recording the file explorer screen
So next, let’s see another method which can be used to record multiple applications at the same time
And which will work for both windows and mac.
So, let’s go to the second method which is to record the screen using an external application.
Now to record using The external app, we are going to do 4 steps.
The first step is to download the Active Presenter software
This is the software we are going to use to record our screen
So to download this software
Just click the link below this video
And it will take you to this page,
Now just scroll down
And here you can see that the software is available for both Windows and Mac.
Since I’m using windows,
I’m going to download this
So let’s click here
And the software will be downloaded to your computer.
Once you have downloaded the software
We can go to step 2,
which is to Install the Software on your computer.
So to install the software
Just click here,
And click ‘Next’
Then again click ‘Next’
And finally click ‘Install’
Now your software will be installed on our computer.
Once It’s done, click ‘Finish’
So now we have successfully installed the software on our computer.
Next, Let's go to the third step,
which is to record your screen using this software
So to record your screen,
Click ‘Record Video’
And you will get this toolbar.
Now before you start recording,
First, you need to choose the area you want to record.
Now if you want to record the full screen of the computer you can click here,.
And it will record the whole screen...
Now if you want to record only a particular area on the screen,
Click here [custom],.
And you will get this box
Now just click and drag the frame to choose the area you want to record.
Now once you have selected the area which you want to record
If you want to record your audio, Along with your screen
Just enable this.
And if you want to show yourself on your screen recording like this
Just enable this to record yourself using your computer’s webcam.
So now once you have set this up,
To start recording your screen,
just click here,
And now your screen will be recorded
Now once you have completed recording your screen,
To stop the recording,
Just click here, to get the toolbar again.
And then click here, to stop the recording.
Once you stop the recording,
It will automatically open the video you recorded, in this window.
Now if you click play,
you can see the preview of your recorded video.
So now we have recorded our computer screen.
Once you have recorded the screen
Next, let's go to the final step, which is to save this video to your computer
So to save this video,
Just click “export”,
And then click video,
Now in this box.
You can choose where you want to save the video file.
So to choose the location, just click browse.
And select the place, where you want to save the video.
So, I’m going to save it here.
And then click ‘save’
Now to create the video just click ‘ok’.
And as you can see our video is being created.
Once it is done,
Click ‘yes’
And You can now see the video file of your recording.
And if we open the video...
we can now see our screen recording.
So this is how you can record your computer screen, using an external app...
Okay!
Now, Once you have recorded your screen
How can we make it look better?
So next, let’s go to the final part of the tutorial,
where we see
how you can edit your screen recording video.
So to make your video better, we're going to do 3 things:
1st we're going to see how you can remove unwanted portions of the video,
to save time and make the video interesting.
Now let’s say you want to remove a portion of the video, from your recording
How can you do that?
So to remove an unwanted portion of your video
Just go back to the software,
And here, you will see this marker Called the ‘play-head’
Now just move this marker, to the place where you want to edit the video.
Let’s say you want to delete this part of the video
Just move your ‘play-head ’ to the start of that portion.
And then, drag the yellow marker...
to select the portion which you want to delete.
Once you have selected the part you want to remove
Just click here...
and that portion will be removed from your video.
And now if we play this video back,
you can see that, portion has been deleted.
So you can repeat the same for all the areas you want to remove.
So this is how you can remove the unwanted portions, of your video.
okay
Next, let’s look at the 2nd way to make your video look better
which is to add callouts
Callouts are shapes & arrows like this,
which can help you communicate with your viewer
So lets see how you can add callout to your video
so to add callout to your video
Just go to the place where you want to add your callout,
by dragging this.
Then click “insert”.
Now if you click “shapes”,
You will get a list of shapes like this to choose from.
Now just select the one you want.
I’m going to choose this one.
And to add the callout to your video
Just click on the place you want to add
And as you can see, the callout has been added
Now you can change the shape of this callout
by dragging here
Now if you want to add text, inside this callout,
Just click here…
And then enter your text.
Okay!
So this is how you can add a callout to your video.
Now if we click here,
and then play the video,
You can see that our callout appears at this time.
Now to increase the duration of the callout…
Just click here
And then drag
So now we’ve successfully added our callout.
Next, let’s look at another way to enhance your video,
which is by adding a zoom effect...
Like this.
So to add a zoom effect like this,
Just go to the place, where you want to add the zoom effect.
And then click “Insert”.
And here, you can see an option called “Zoom-n-Pan”.
Just click that,
And you will get a frame like this.
Now select the area that you want to zoom in,
By dragging this frame,
And place it where you want.
And as you can see, the zoom effect has been added here.
So now if we play this video,
You can see that our video now zooms in.
Now once you’ve zoomed-in, in order to zoom out...
All you have to do is just click “insert”.
And then again click zoom & pan.
And you will get this frame again,
To zoom out, Just click here
And then drag it like this.
And as you can see, another ‘zoom-effect’ has been added here.
So now let’s play it back.
You can see that…
our video first, Zooms-in…
And then zooms-out.
So this is how you can add the ‘Zoom-effect to your video.
So now we have successfully edited our video.
Now to get the video file of the edited video,
We need to export this video.
So To export the video,
Just click “export”,
And then click ‘video’,
Now if you click ‘okay’,
the video will be exported.
Now if you click ‘’yes’,
You can now see the edited video.
Okay
So this is how you can export your video, after editing it.
Now if you want to come back to this edit & make changes to it later.
You need to save the project file
So to save the project file,
Just click here,
And then click “save as”.
Now here, enter a name for your project,
And click save.
So we have successfully saved our project,
Now if you go to the folder
you can see that, we’ve got our file here.
So now if we close “active presenter”.
And then open our project file.
You can see that, we’ve got the same project again.
So now you can go ahead & continue editing this project.
So now you know how you can save an edited project.
That’s it, guys
So this is how you can record your screen & then edit it for free.
Now if you're looking for more editing features like Blurring things on the screen
audio fade-in & out, & a simpler editing experience,
You can use a software called Camtasia...
which is available in the link below this video
This is the software which we use to make this video
You can get a free try by going to websitelearners.com/videoeditor
And also, if you don’t have the time to edit your videos,
you can also hire a professional video editor from Fiverr, to edit your videos.
click here to checkout video editors available on fiverr
At website learners, we show you how you can build awesome websites like these,
so check out our channel for more simple videos on web design.
Thanks for watching.
I will see you guys in the next video,
Take care Bye-bye!