Record once. Get the whole kit.

A setup panel, not a settings maze

Live camera preview, camera and device picker, system audio, the starting layout and a countdown, all chosen as you start.

Mic and system audio together

Your voice and the app’s sound are mixed into one track, lined up by timestamp, so neither drifts.

Camera on its own file

The camera is recorded separately, so you can restyle, move or remove it in the editor at no cost.

Everything in Screen recorder

21 tools, styles and options, all included.

CameraFaceTime HD ▾

MicrophoneMacBook mic ▾

System audio

LayoutPicture in picture ▾

Countdown3 s ▾

● Record

The setup panel

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Opens before anything is recorded, so each recording’s choices are made at the moment you make them.

Live camera preview

See yourself before you start

Camera on or off

And choose which camera

System audio

Record the sound from your apps

Microphone

Record your voice; asked for up front

Starting layout

How screen and camera are arranged

Countdown

A moment to get ready

Record Shotbox’s own windows

For making a video about Shotbox

Recorded for editing

In Studio mode the pointer is sampled 120 times a second and the system cursor is left out of the video. That’s what lets the editor draw a smooth cursor and zoom in where you clicked.

H.264 MP4 straight from the capture, no re-encode
Or record a GIF that keeps its full length
Pointer recording needs no Accessibility permission

RECORDED vs DRAWN

Screen

Camera

Audio

Pointer

What gets recorded

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Screen

Any area, window or display, as H.264 MP4 with no re-encode

Camera

To its own file, so it can be restyled or removed later

Microphone + system audio

Mixed into one track, lined up by timestamp

Pointer

Sampled 120 times a second for the smooth cursor and auto zoom

GIF instead

A GIF recording keeps its full length at a lower frame rate

While you record

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Start / stopFrom anywhere

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Draw on screenArrows, highlights and blur, live

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TeleprompterYour script, never in the video

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Recording barNever appears in the video

Nothing gets in the shot

Shotbox leaves its own windows out of every recording: the editor, the library, a pinned screenshot. The recording bar and the teleprompter never appear, even when you choose to film Shotbox itself.

Quitting mid-recording saves the file first
If macOS stops the capture, what was recorded is kept
Warns about macOS camera effects before you record

Your screen

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The recording

Things that can’t go wrong

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Shotbox stays out

Its editor, library, launcher and pinned shots are left out of every recording

Quit safely

Quitting mid-recording finishes and saves the file first

If macOS stops it

A disconnected display or the system Stop button keeps what was recorded

Mic refused?

It records system audio and tells you up front, instead of failing

Camera effects warning

macOS effects like Portrait or background replacement are baked in, so Shotbox warns before you record and can reach the control to turn them off

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For software teams

Record a feature walkthrough the day it ships, without booking an editor.

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For client work

Record on a client’s staging site. The footage stays on your Mac until you deliver it.

Works well with

Auto zoom & cursorZooms follow your clicks, the cursor glidesLearn more →Camera cut-outRemove the background behind youLearn more →TeleprompterYour script, never in the recordingLearn more →