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Recording and GIF

Record

1. Press ⇧⌘9, or choose Record in the menu.
2. Drag over the area to record.
3. Recording starts. A small bar shows the time and a Stop button.
4. Stop with the Stop button, Return, or the shortcut again. The menu item says Stop Recording while you record.

The bar is not part of the video. The result shows as a floating thumbnail with a play button and the length.

Options

Settings › Saving › Recordings.

• Sound: None (default), Microphone, System Audio or Both. Shown only for MP4 and MOV. macOS asks for microphone access the first time. Frayo's own sounds are left out.
• Show clicks: on by default. Each mouse click is highlighted in the video.
• Format: GIF (default), MP4 or MOV. GIF has no sound, so the Sound setting only appears for MP4 and MOV.

Convert to GIF

Hover a recording's thumbnail (or Library tile) and click Convert to GIF. This makes a GIF 960 px wide at 24 frames per second, and shows it as a new thumbnail. It appears in the Library under the GIFs filter.

For other sizes, set the format to GIF in Settings › Saving › Recordings, or use Save As… below. Then you can choose:

• Width: 480, 720 or 960 px wide.
• Frame rate: 10, 15 or 24 fps (the default is 24).

GIFs are big files. Lower the width or speed for smaller ones.

Save As… for one file

Right-click a recording and choose Save As… (⇧⌘S). You can pick MOV, MP4 or GIF just for that file, without changing your defaults. See Saving and formats.

Trim a recording

Right-click a recording and choose Trim…. A player window opens with the system's trimming bar: drag the yellow handles, then click OK. The recording is cut in place, in the same Library entry. If anything goes wrong, the original is left as it was.

Redact a recording

Right-click a recording and choose Redact…. Frayo checks about five frames a second (reading the text again whenever the picture changes) for the same secrets, personal details and faces that Settings › Privacy covers in screenshots, then re-exports the recording with those areas covered, in the same Library entry. A cover that shows up in one check is also held over the moment before and after it, and a line that scrolls is covered along its whole path. Audio is kept. If any frame can't be checked, nothing is changed. If nothing is found, the file is left alone. Text shown for under about a fifth of a second can still be missed, so watch the result before you share it.

Tips

• Keep recordings short and the area small.
• Hide desktop icons first with Capture Options › Hide Desktop Icons.
• Recordings expire like screenshots. Save the ones you want to keep.