How to record your screen and edit it
1. Why record your screen?
Screen recording is one of the most effective ways to communicate. Whether you are walking a colleague through a process, creating a tutorial, or documenting a bug, a screen recording communicates far more clearly than screenshots or written instructions. But a raw recording is rarely good enough on its own: trimming out mistakes and dead air, adding music, and cleaning up the edit turns it into something you would actually want to share.
2. What you need before recording
The easiest way to record your screen is with a browser-based tool like REQO. It needs no installation, works on any operating system, and gives you a shareable link immediately after recording.
3. Step-by-step instructions
4. How to edit your screen recording
Once you stop recording in REQO, you land directly in the video editor. There is no separate export-and-import step. Here is what you can do before sharing:
- Trim the start and end: drag the timeline handles to remove the awkward pause at the beginning and the scramble to hit stop at the end.
- Cut out sections: use the transcript. Click any word, highlight a range, and delete it. The matching video is removed instantly.
- Add background music: upload an audio track or choose from the built-in library. Adjust the volume so it sits under your narration.
- Add captions: REQO auto-generates captions from your audio. Review, edit, and burn them in for accessibility.
- Export and share: download as MP4 or get a shareable cloud link immediately.
For deeper editing tutorials, visit the blog.