Everything OwnClip does, on your Mac

A screen recorder, a real video editor, a screenshot and PDF toolkit, and on-device AI in one native app. Every clip and screenshot on this page is the app itself.

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The OwnClip video editor with a filmed clip on the canvas, text styles in the inspector, and the timeline below
The same screen recording shown twice: flat and unzoomed, then with Smart Zoom pushing in on the part the cursor is working on
The same take, before and after Smart Zoom — the push-in follows where the cursor actually worked

Smart Zoom

The recording zooms where you clicked, and the cursor moves like it was directed.

Zooms are generated from what you actually did during the take. Every keyframe stays editable, and you can add your own next to them.

  • Smart ZoomFree
  • Cursor effectsFree
  • Video annotationsFree
How Smart Zoom works
The OwnClip Beautify panel: the background library opens on its gradient, mesh, shape, pattern and themed families, then the screenshot gets rounded corners, a layered shadow, a 3D tilt and a new aspect ratio
The background library, a layered shadow and a 3D tilt, in one pass

Beautify

A background, padding, rounded corners and a shadow around any screenshot or recording.

220 hand-built backgrounds, a few picked for each capture, and a 3D tilt that renders into the export.

  • BeautifyFree
  • Beautify for recordingsFree
  • 3D TiltPro
  • Batch BeautifyPro
See every Beautify look
A lasso being traced freehand around part of a web page, which is then cut out onto a transparent background
Tracing a shape on screen and cutting it out — the result is a transparent PNG, cropped to the traced shape

Screenshots & capture

Region, window and full-page scrolling capture, or trace any shape and get a transparent cut-out.

22 markup tools, Magic Erase and on-device text extraction live in the same editor the capture opens in.

  • Screenshot captureFree
  • Scroll CaptureFree
  • Free CapturePro
  • Magic EraseFree
  • Text extractionFree
Explore the screenshot tools

A real timeline, not a trim tool

Multi-track video and audio, transitions, silence removal, chapters, text and annotations. Stop recording and the take opens here.

The OwnClip video editor: a screen recording and a camera in a split-cards layout, the camera layout panel, and a multi-track timeline with layout changes, overlay, video, mic and system audio tracks
  • Camera layoutsFree

    Bubble, side by side, split cards or presenter, and the layout can change partway through the video.

  • Edit by transcriptFree

    Word-accurate transcripts you edit like text. Delete a word and the video cuts with it.

  • Two audio tracksFree

    Microphone and system audio arrive separately, so either one can be fixed on its own.

Tour the video editor
The OwnClip video editor: a recording on the timeline with its filmstrip, the microphone and system audio waveforms on separate tracks below, and the tool panel open on the right
The editor the recording opens into — clips, both audio tracks, and the tools down the side

New in 2.0

One project, many recordings

Put several recordings in one project and cut them into one video on a timeline made of clips.

Choose Add Recording in the editor, or select several videos in the Library and choose Edit Together. Each recording keeps its own blurs, camera and trims, and plain videos and images you drop in become clips too.

  • ⌘B splits the clip at the playhead. Drag either end of a clip to trim it.
  • Delete removes a clip and closes the gap. ⇧Delete leaves the gap instead.
  • Drag clips into a new order, and press ↑ or ↓ to jump between edit points.
  • Select several clips, then copy, cut and paste them into this project or another one.
  • Give each clip a Look (ten presets, six sliders), and keyframe its position, scale, turn, crop and fade.
  • Every edit is one named Undo step, and More ▸ Revert to 1.x Edits puts a project’s earlier edits back.
  • Multi-clip projects (Edit Together)Free
  • Looks per clipFree
  • Clip keyframesFree
Tour the video editor
OwnClip audio settings: microphone and system audio switched separately, a seven-band EQ drawn over a live spectrum, and voice clarity, compressor and noise gate effects

Camera & voice

Your voice cleaned up, and your camera lit and framed, while you record.

Echo and background noise are removed on your Mac. The EQ sits over a live spectrum with Podcast, Broadcast and Meeting presets. On camera: background blur, virtual scenes, smart framing and auto-light.

  • Noise removalFree
  • Camera effectsFree
  • Eye ContactFree
  • Separate mic and system audio tracksFree
Read the camera and audio guide
OwnClip Brand settings: logo drop zone, colour themes and page layouts, with a live preview of the player page a recipient opens

Sharing & brand

Uploads to your own Google Drive and returns a branded player page.

Your storage, your link, and your logo and colours on the page the recipient opens. Recordings stay on your Mac until you choose to share one.

  • SharingFree
  • Brand StudioStudio
  • Your own logo as the watermarkStudio
  • Local-first storageFree
See branded sharing in use

More in the same app

Documents, photos, walkthroughs, shorts and live streams, without a second subscription.

Every feature, by tier

57 capabilities that ship today. Free gets the core toolkit — what it caps is the take itself: 3 minutes, recorded at 720p with a watermark in the video, and 25 saved recordings.

  • Free$0
    Watermark
    OwnClip mark, recorded into the video
    Activates on
    1 Mac
  • Pro$39 once
    Watermark
    No watermark
    Activates on
    2 Macs
  • Studio$99 once
    Watermark
    No watermark, or your own logo
    Activates on
    2 Macs

Recording

  • Screen recordingFree

    Free records up to 3 minutes a take at 720p, with a small watermark in the video, and keeps 25 recordings. Pro lifts both for everything you record after upgrading.

  • iPhone and iPad recordingFree

    Plug in with a cable, unlock, tap Trust. The phone is mirrored on your Mac while it records — draw on it live, keep your camera beside it — and its screen and its own sound land on the timeline like any other take. iOS swaps in its clean demo status bar while it records.

  • Screen + camera recordingFree
  • Camera layoutsFree
  • Microphone recordingFree
  • System audio recordingFree
  • Separate mic and system audio tracksFree

Camera & audio

  • Camera effectsFree

    Background blur, virtual scenes, smart framing and auto-light — all on your Mac, on every tier.

  • Eye ContactFree
  • Noise removalFree

    Removes echo and background noise from the voice track, offline.

  • Per-moment audio mutingFree

Editing

  • Video editorFree

    A real timeline: multi-track video and audio, transitions, silence removal, chapters. Free gets the whole editor.

  • Multi-clip projects (Edit Together)Free

    Several recordings in one project, on a timeline of clips you split, trim, reorder and copy between projects.

  • Looks per clipFree
  • Clip keyframesFree

    Move, scale, turn, crop and fade a clip over time.

  • Smart ZoomFree

    The recording zooms where you clicked, generated from the take itself. On every tier, Free included.

  • Cursor effectsFree

    Smooth cursor motion and click highlights, on every tier.

  • Video annotationsFree
  • Drawing while recordingFree
  • Before & AfterFree
  • Adjustment layersFree

Transcription & captions

  • TranscriptionFree

    Runs on your Mac, in 20 languages. No upload, no per-minute cost.

  • CaptionsFree

    Burned-in captions generated from the transcript, styled in the editor.

Screenshots & documents

  • Screenshot captureFree
  • Free CapturePro

    Trace any shape on screen and cut out exactly that, on a transparent background.

  • Screenshot editorFree
  • Scroll CaptureFree

    Captures a whole scrolling page — window or region — and stitches it into one image. Free, on every tier.

  • Magic EraseFree

    Removes an object or a person and fills in behind it. The highest-quality engine downloads a model once.

  • Text extractionFree

    Pulls text out of any capture. Five extractions a month on Free, unlimited on Pro and Studio.

  • PDF editorFree

    Fills a PDF’s real form fields instead of stamping text on top, so the export is still a working form. Free exports are flattened.

  • Smart RedactFree

Beautify

  • BeautifyFree

    Backgrounds, padding, rounded corners and shadow for screenshots and recordings. Free on every tier.

  • Beautify for recordingsFree

    A background, padding, rounded corners and a shadow around a screen recording, rendered into the export.

  • 3D TiltPro

    Turns the framed capture in 3D — drag it, or set the angle exactly.

  • Batch BeautifyPro

    One look applied to a whole set of images in a single pass.

  • Best Quality AI backgroundsStudio

    A photoreal background generated on your Mac at the exact shape of the canvas. Needs 16 GB of memory.

  • Motion backgroundsStudio

    A slow-moving animated backdrop behind the recording.

Export & sharing

  • Export formatsFree

    MP4, HEVC, MOV, ProRes 422/4444, GIF and WebM — every format on every tier, including Free.

  • Record and export without the OwnClip markPro

    Pro and Studio record and export clean. The free mark is recorded into the video, so a take made on Free keeps it after you upgrade.

  • Your own logo as the watermarkStudio

    Studio replaces the mark with your own logo, on exports and on share pages.

  • SharingFree

    Uploads to your own Google Drive and returns a player page. Your storage, your link.

  • Local-first storageFree

    Recordings are written straight to your Mac, in a folder you can open. Signing in is required to record.

  • Automatic backupFree

    Copies every capture to Google Drive, iCloud Drive or OneDrive — as many as you switch on. Off until you turn it on, and the originals stay on your Mac.

  • Your own storageStudio

    Back up to a bucket you rent yourself — Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, Wasabi, Amazon S3 or your own server.

  • Brand StudioStudio

    Your logo, colours and fonts across exports and share pages.

  • Go LiveStudio

    Broadcast to YouTube, Twitch or any RTMP destination.

AI analysis

  • Video AnalystPro

    Reads a whole recording and writes the chapters, clips and copy from it. Pro includes 10 finished videos a month; Studio is unlimited.

  • Ask the videoPro
  • Auto chaptersPro
  • Social ClipsPro
  • Product DemoPro
  • Short AdPro
  • SEO PackPro
  • Premium narration voicesStudio

    Higher-quality narration voices for generated videos.

  • Step MovieStudio

    Turns a series of captures into an animated step-by-step walkthrough.

  • Promo ShortsStudio

    Turns recordings and images into a vertical promo video from a template, with voice, music and captions made on your Mac.

  • Depth MotionStudio

    Lifts your photos into 3D and films them with a moving camera, cut to music, on your Mac.

Looking for a specific job rather than a feature? Browse by what you’re trying to do, or read the full guide.

Try it on your own Mac

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