How To Record Your Computer Screen - for Free

 

 

Hi guys!

We'll look at how to record your computer screen for free today.

Let's pretend you wish to record your computer's screen and share it with others.

What method do you use to record your screen?

You will be able to record your screen after watching this video.

And create a video file similar to this that you can share with everyone.

So, I'm Bryan from Website Learners, and let's start recording our computer screen.

There are two ways to record our computer screen now.

The first option is to use the built-in screen recording tool that comes with Windows.

 

 

If you simply want to record one app, this is the approach to utilise.

for instance, your web browser

If you wish to record numerous apps at the same time, you can do it now.

Switching between different apps, for example.

Then you can jump to a specific section of this video.

where we demonstrate how to simultaneously record numerous apps

Let's start with the first way.

It is utilised in Windows' built-in screen capturing tool

Using this method, you can record your screen.

To begin, open the application you wish to record.

I'd like to capture my web browser.

So, let's get started.

 

Press the 'Windows key + G' to launch the Windows recorder.

on your computer keyboard

You will also have this choice.

It may be used to capture your screen

If you wish to record your voice along with the video, now is the time.

To activate your microphone, click here.

To begin your recording, simply click here.

Our screen is now being recorded.

As a result, everything you do on this screen will be recorded.

Now it's time to hide these options.

Simply click anywhere on the screen to hide them.

Now let's do some screen action for the recording.

Now that you've captured your screen,

Simply click here to end the recording.

Your recording will be saved on your computer.

To see the recording, click here.

Simply open 'File Explorer'.

Then select 'Videos'.

Now, navigate to the 'Captures' folder.

When we access this folder, we can see the screen recording video file.

If you play this video now,

 

You can now see the action we did on the screen

 

So this is how you can record your screen using the built-in Windows tool.

 

Now this method will work, only if you are using Windows

 

And it cannot be used for recording the file explorer screen

 

So next, let’s see another method which can be used to record multiple applications at the same time

 

And which will work for both windows and mac.

 

So, let’s go to the second method which is to record the screen using an external application.

 

Now to record using The external app, we are going to do  steps.

 

The first step is to download the Active Presenter software

 

This is the software we are going to use to record our screen

 

So to download this software

 

Just click the link below this video

 

And it will take you to this page,

 

Now just scroll down

 

And here you can see that the software is available for both Windows and Mac.

 

Since I’m using windows,

 

I’m going to download this

 

So let’s click here

 

And the software will be downloaded to your computer.

 

Once you have downloaded the software

 

We can go to step ,

 

which is to Install the Software on your computer.

 

So to install the software

 

Just click here,

 

And click ‘Next’

 

Then again click ‘Next’

 

And finally click ‘Install’

 

Now your software will be installed on our computer.

 

Once It’s done, click ‘Finish’

 

So now we have successfully installed the software on our computer.

 

Next, Let's go to the third step,

 

which is to record your screen using this software

 

So to record your screen,

 

Click ‘Record Video’

 

And you will get this toolbar.

 

Now before you start recording,

 

First, you need to choose the area you want to record.

 

Now if you want to record the full screen of the computer you can click here,.

 

And it will record the whole screen...

 

Now if you want to record only a particular area on the screen,

 

Click here [custom],.

 

And you will get this box

 

Now just click and drag the frame to choose the area you want to record.

 

Now once you have selected the area which you want to record

 

If you want to record your audio, Along with your screen

 

Just enable this.

 

And if you want to show yourself on your screen recording like this

 

Just enable this to record yourself using your computer’s webcam.

 

So now once you have set this up,

 

To start recording your screen,

 

just click here,

 

And now your screen will be recorded

 

Now once you have completed recording your screen,

 

To stop the recording,

 

Just click here, to get the toolbar again.

 

And then click here, to stop the recording.

 

Once you stop the recording,

 

It will automatically open the video you recorded, in this window.

 

Now if you click play,

 

you can see the preview of your recorded video.

 

So now we have recorded our computer screen.

 

Once you have recorded the screen

 

Next, let's go to the final step, which is to save this video to your computer

 

So to save this video,

 

Just click “export”,

 

And then click video,

 

Now in this box.

 

You can choose where you want to save the video file.

 

So to choose the location, just click browse.

 

And select the place, where you want to save the video.

 

So, I’m going to save it here.

 

And then click ‘save’

 

Now to create the video just click ‘ok’.

 

And as you can see our video is being created.

 

Once it is done,

 

Click ‘yes’

 

And You can now see the video file of your recording.

 

And if we open the video...

 

we can now see our screen recording.

 

So this is how you can record your computer screen, using an external app...

 

Okay!

 

Now, Once you have recorded your screen

 

How can we make it look better?

 

So next, let’s go to the final part of the tutorial,

 

where we see

 

how you can edit your screen recording video.

 

So to make your video better, we're going to do  things

 

st we're going to see how you can remove unwanted portions of the video,

 

to save time and make the video interesting.

 

Now let’s say you want to remove a portion of the video, from your recording

 

How can you do that?

 

So to remove an unwanted portion of your video

 

Just go back to the software,

 

And here, you will see this marker Called the ‘play-head’

 

Now just move this marker, to the place where you want to edit the video.

 

Let’s say you want to delete this part of the video

 

Just move your ‘play-head ’ to the start of that portion.

 

And then, drag the yellow marker...

 

to select the portion which you want to delete.

 

Once you have selected the part you want to remove

 

Just click here...

 

and that portion will be removed from your video.

 

And now if we play this video back,

 

you can see that, portion has been deleted.

 

So you can repeat the same for all the areas you want to remove.

 

So this is how you can remove the unwanted portions, of your video.

 

okay

 

Next, let’s look at the nd way to make your video look better

 

which is to add callouts

 

Callouts are shapes & arrows like this,

 

which can help you communicate with your viewer

 

So lets see how you can add callout to your video

 

so to add callout to your video

 

Just go to the place where you want to add your callout,

 

by dragging this.

 

Then click “insert”.

 

Now if you click “shapes”,

 

You will get a list of shapes like this to choose from.

 

Now just select the one you want.

 

I’m going to choose this one.

 

And to add the callout to your video

 

Just click on the place you want to add

 

And as you can see, the callout has been added

 

Now you can change the shape of this callout

 

by dragging here

 

Now if you want to add text, inside this callout,

 

Just click here…

 

And then enter your text.

 

Okay!

 

So this is how you can add a callout to your video.

 

Now if we click here,

 

and then play the video,

 

You can see that our callout appears at this time.

 

Now to increase the duration of the callout…

 

Just click here

 

And then drag

 

So now we’ve successfully added our callout.

 

Next, let’s look at another way to enhance your video,

 

which is by adding a zoom effect...

 

Like this.

 

So to add a zoom effect like this,

 

Just go to the place, where you want to add the zoom effect.

 

And then click “Insert”.

 

And here, you can see an option called “Zoom-n-Pan”.

 

Just click that,

 

And you will get a frame like this.

 

Now select the area that you want to zoom in,

 

By dragging this frame,

 

And place it where you want.

 

And as you can see, the zoom effect has been added here.

 

So now if we play this video,

 

You can see that our video now zooms in.

 

Now once you’ve zoomed-in, in order to zoom out...

 

All you have to do is just click “insert”.

 

And then again click zoom & pan.

 

And you will get this frame again,

 

To zoom out, Just click here

 

And then drag it like this.

 

And as you can see, another ‘zoom-effect’ has been added here.

 

So now let’s play it back.

 

You can see that…

 

our video first, Zooms-in…

 

And then zooms-out.

 

So this is how you can add the ‘Zoom-effect to your video.

 

So now we have successfully edited our video.

 

Now to get the video file of the edited video,

 

We need to export this video.

 

So To export the video,

 

Just click “export”,

 

And then click ‘video’,

 

Now if you click ‘okay’,

 

the video will be exported.

 

Now if you click ‘’yes’,

 

You can now see the edited video.

 

Okay

 

So this is how you can export your video, after editing it.

 

Now if you want to come back to this edit & make changes to it later.

 

You need to save the project file

 

So to save the project file,

 

Just click here,

 

And then click “save as”.

 

Now here, enter a name for your project,

 

And click save.

 

So we have successfully saved our project,

 

Now if you go to the folder

 

you can see that, we’ve got our file here.

 

So now if we close “active presenter”.

 

And then open our project file.

 

You can see that, we’ve got the same project again.

 

So now you can go ahead & continue editing this project.

 

So now you know how you can save an edited project.

 

That’s it, guys

 

So this is how you can record your screen & then edit it for free.

 

Now if you're looking for more editing features like Blurring things on the screen

 

audio fade-in & out, & a simpler editing experience,

 

You can use a software called Camtasia...

 

which is available in the link below this video

 

This is the software which we use to make this video

 

You can get a free try by going to websitelearners.com/videoeditor

 

And also, if you don’t have the time to edit your videos,

 

you can also hire a professional video editor from Fiverr, to edit your videos.

 

click here to checkout video editors available on fiverr

 

At website learners, we show you how you can build awesome websites like these,

 

so check out our channel for more simple videos on web design.

 

Thanks for watching.

 

I will see you guys in the next video,

 

Take care Bye-bye!