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Screen Recording Guide

Viewers watch recordings on screens of every size. This guide sets up FriskyMouse so the cursor and clicks stay easy to follow, and so every effect you use appears in the final video.

Before you start: install FriskyMouse and a screen recording app, such as OBS Studio, ShareX, Windows Game Bar, Camtasia, or ScreenPal.

Section titled “Recommended settings”

Spotlight

Section titled “Spotlight”
  • Use a medium-sized spotlight, large enough to see on a phone but not overwhelming on a desktop monitor.
  • Choose a subtle glow at a low intensity so it doesn’t compete with the content.

Click Effects

Section titled “Click Effects”
  • Turn on click effects for recordings. They show viewers when and where you click.
  • Use different colors for left-click and right-click.
  • A duration of 250 to 400 ms works well for most recording frame rates.

Screen Dimming

Section titled “Screen Dimming”
  • Use it sparingly. Dimming can feel heavy in long recordings.
  • Use it to highlight a specific part of the UI in short clips.

Magnifier

Section titled “Magnifier”

The Magnifier lens is hidden from screen recordings by default, because Hide Lens from Screen Recording is on. Viewers see the unmagnified screen while you see the lens.

To show the lens in your recording, turn off Hide Lens from Screen Recording in the Magnifier settings. The setting is available when Capture Method is GDI+ Capture.

Set up your recording app

Section titled “Set up your recording app”

FriskyMouse draws its effects in transparent windows on top of the screen. Your recording app captures them when it records the whole display.

  1. In your recording app, choose display capture (also called screen capture) instead of window capture. Window capture records a single application and leaves out the FriskyMouse effects.
  2. Record a short test clip that uses every effect you plan to show.
  3. Watch the clip on your phone to check that the cursor and clicks are easy to see.

The test clip shows the spotlight, click effects, and any other effects you turned on. If an effect is missing, see Effects not showing in screen recordings.