Screen Recording
Capture your entire screen, a specific window, or a custom region with crystal-clear quality.
🖥️ Flexible Capture Modes
Cameo offers three capture modes to fit your needs: full screen for complete desktop capture, window mode for specific apps, and region selection for custom areas.
Capture Modes
Choose how you want to capture your screen:
Full Screen
Captures your entire display including all windows, desktop, and system UI. Perfect for comprehensive tutorials and demos.
Window
Captures a specific application window. Select from a list of open windows. Great for focused app demos.
Region
Draw a custom rectangle to capture any area of your screen. Drag corners to resize. Ideal for highlighting specific content.
Multi-Monitor Support
If you have multiple displays connected, you can choose which monitor to record. Select your preferred display from the dropdown menu before starting.
Resolution
Choose the output resolution for your recording:
Full HD
1920 × 1080
Quad HD
2560 × 1440
Ultra HD (4K)
3840 × 2160
Frame Rate
Select the frame rate for smooth video playback:
Standard
Great for tutorials
Smooth
Ideal for gaming
Quality
Choose the video bitrate that balances quality and file size:
Higher bitrate = better quality, larger file size
Cursor Options
Control how your mouse cursor appears in recordings:
Show Cursor
Cursor visible in recording
Hide Cursor
Clean screen-only capture
When cursor is enabled, you can also add click effects to highlight mouse interactions. See cursor effects for customization options.
Recording Controls
Use these controls during your recording session:
- Record — Start capturing your screen
- Pause — Temporarily stop recording (resume anytime)
- Stop — End recording and save the video
- Cancel — Discard the current recording
Output Format
All recordings are saved as MP4 files with hardware-accelerated H.264 encoding:
MP4 (H.264 + AAC)
Universal format, plays everywhere
Hardware acceleration via Metal (Mac) ensures fast encoding with minimal CPU usage.
Save Location
By default, recordings are saved to:
~/Movies/Cameo/
Screen Recording 2024-05-30T14-35-22.mp4
You can change the save location in preferences or choose a custom folder when stopping each recording.
Tips
- Use Window mode when recording a single app to avoid capturing other windows
- Choose 30 FPS for tutorials — it's smoother than you think and saves space
- Select 60 FPS for gaming or fast-moving content
- Use Region mode to crop out sensitive areas of your screen
- Enable cursor with click effects to make tutorials easier to follow
- Close unnecessary apps to improve recording performance
- For long recordings, use Medium quality to balance quality and file size