What we’re trying to replicate:
My Examples:
Tools:
- ShareX - Screen Recorder
- Premiere Pro - Video Editor
- PowerToys: FancyZones - Windows Zone Editor
- (Optional) Handbrake - Video Transcoder
Guide:
- Set up a single zone with enough margin to showcase a gradient background.
- If demoing a website, download it as a PWA or desktop app to get the full window view.
- If no app is available, hide bookmarks and extensions.
- If Grammarly appears, disable it for an hour.
- Close all other programs to ensure maximum performance.
- Increase mouse pointer size to 5 (this isn’t picked up by ShareX?)
- Use the ShareX keyboard shortcut (Shift + Win + R) to activate recording mode. Select the entire screen except for the taskbar.
- Record your actions then hit the ShareX keyboard shortcut again to end the recording.
- Import the recording into Premiere Pro.
- Smoothly zoom into the action:
- Effects → Transform
- Effect Controls → Position and Scale keyframes (1s or less)
- Select all keyframes → Right-click a keyframe to add Temporal Interpolation Ease In and Ease Out
- Effect Controls → Shutter Angle: 360, Uncheck “Use Composition’s Shutter Angle”
- Reapply for each zoom-in
- Smoothly zoom out of the action:
- Set blue marker in the Timeline → Splice
- Select a new piece in Timeline → Effect Controls → Reset Position and Scale keyframes by clicking on the timer icon and clicking accept to clear.
- Click on the position and scale keyframe timer icon again → reset to default by clicking on the reset button
- Select all keyframes → Right-click a keyframe to add Temporal Interpolation Ease In and Ease Out
- Repeat for each zoom-out
- Export as H.264
- Compress with Handbrake if you need to reduce the size to meet size requirements.