Recordly is the free, open-source alternative to Screen Studio that adds auto-zoom, cursor animations, motion blur effects and more to your videos.

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Comparison:
Recordly is the only free, open-source screen recorder in this niche that has smooth cursor movement, or zoom animations that are faithful to Screen Studio's. Alternatives are mostly paid and offer choppy zoom animations and/or no smooth cursor movement, and/or lack other features.

Try it now: recordly.dev
Star on Github: https://github.com/webadderall/Recordly

Feature list:
• Add zooms automatically (based on mouse activity) or manually, anywhere on the screen.
• Cursor animations (smooth path, motion blur effect, as well as click animations and cursor size, all customisable)
• Annotate with text, images or arrows
• Record from menu bar HUD - capture app windows or full screen
• Add prebuilt backgrounds to your recordings or upload custom ones
• Timeline-based editor - drag tracks to change video speed, trim, add annotations or add zooms
• Save your projects as .recordly files and come back to them later
• Record system audio or from audio source
• Export as MP4 or GIF with adjustable resolution and aspect ratio
• Runs on all platforms (macOS, Windows & Linux)
• (coming very soon) Webcam overlay bubble

Disclaimer: Recordly substantially modifies OpenScreen to add native capture pipelines for macOS and Windows, a cursor animation system, zoom animations like Screen Studio, and more major tweaks.

I'll be happy to answer any questions!

Love that this is open source. The auto-zoom on cursor movement is one of those features that looks simple but makes a huge difference in demo videos. Are you planning to add any audio/voiceover sync features, or is the focus purely on the visual recording side? I make a lot of product demo content and clean video tooling like this is hard to find.