What’s new in 7Frames

Studio mode

Studio mode

Record a clean tab with the cursor and webcam kept as separate layers, so you can restyle them afterwards. If you open another page, 7Frames pauses and offers a Resume pill on the next page.

• check_circleRecords just the page, with no browser frame, and draws a smooth live pointer while you record.
• check_circleYour webcam is saved as its own track, so you can move, resize or hide the bubble later.
• check_circleAnnotation tools work while you record, and the screen share stops the moment you press Stop.
• check_circleOff by default. Switch it on in the recording setup. It needs Chrome 132 or newer.

Resume after navigation

Open a link or reload in the middle of a recording and 7Frames parks the take instead of ending it. Press Resume on the next page and confirm Chrome’s share prompt to carry on.

• check_circlePick Resume recording, Finish and save, or Discard from the pill on the next page.
• check_circleChrome asks you to share the tab again each time you resume.
• check_circleEvery part is joined into one recording with a single timeline, cursor track and zoom track.
• check_circleIf the tab is closed, the take is saved for you, never lost.
• check_circleYour plan’s recording limit counts the time you already recorded.

Survives page reloads

Refreshing the page during a normal tab recording no longer loses the recording bar or the webcam bubble.

Zoom and motion

Auto zoom you can edit

The camera eases in on your clicks with smooth spring motion. Every zoom shows on the timeline, so you can move, resize or remove it.

• check_circleEach zoom can be Smart, Follow cursor or stay on a Fixed point.
• check_circleChoose a feel (Smooth or Snappy), a speed, and a default depth from Subtle to Strong.
• check_circleTurn any single zoom on or off, or regenerate suggestions from your clicks in one press.

Motion that feels physical

The camera and cursor move on spring physics, so zooms ease in and settle instead of snapping.

• check_circlePreview, scrubbing and export all use the same math, so what you see is what you export.
• check_circleOptional motion blur on fast moves when you export.

Cursor and clicks

Cursor styles

Choose from seven pointer styles, make it up to four times bigger, and tune how smoothly it glides.

• check_circleClassic, Bold, Midnight, Outline, Accent, Dot and Ring, shown as a gallery with live previews.
• check_circleSize from 0.5× to 4×, and a Smoothness slider from Off to floaty.
• check_circleSquash on click, a little sway on fast moves, and hide when idle are one switch each.

Click effects

Highlight every click with a Ring, Pulse or Spotlight, in your own colour and size.

• check_circleWorks on Studio recordings and on normal tab recordings.
• check_circlePick a swatch or any colour, and a Small, Medium or Large effect.

Webcam and frame

Webcam layer

Restyle the webcam bubble after you record: Clean, Glow or Soft, circle, rounded or square, any size, any corner.

• check_circleGlow and Soft start as the look you recorded with. Border, shadow and mirror are one switch each, and you can hide the bubble.
• check_circleThe bubble shrinks a little while the camera is zoomed in, so it never crowds the shot.

Studio frame

Place your recording on a wallpaper, gradient, solid colour or your own image, with rounded corners and a soft shadow.

• check_circleAspect presets reshape the frame for social and presentation formats.
• check_circleThe preview and the export are painted by the same renderer, so they always match.

Speed and export

Speed regions

Speed up the slow parts or slow down the important ones, right on the timeline.

• check_circleOne press on Speed up idle parts finds the quiet stretches for you.
• check_circleDrag a region’s edges to resize it. The rest of the timeline holds still until you let go.
• check_circleAudio follows the speed, or mute it for a region.

Faster exports

MP4 export uses your graphics hardware where it can, and shows its progress inside the button.

• check_circleThe video is written out as it is encoded, instead of being held in memory.
• check_circleFalls back to the classic exporter on machines without hardware encoding.

Export your way

Export the edited video or a GIF with the cursor, zoom and webcam included, or download a plain MP4.

• check_circleCloud uploads of a Studio recording render the same edited video.
• check_circleEditing is free. Exporting the edited video or a GIF is a Pro feature, with a free trial.

Review and editing

Edits autosave

Your edits are saved as you work and are waiting when you reopen the recording.

Full screen preview

Full screen in Review now keeps the webcam bubble, cursor and captions in the picture.

• check_circleFitted to the recording’s own shape, with black bars instead of cropping.

Sticky preview

The video stays in view while you scroll through the editing panel.

Arrows attach to text boxes

Drag an arrow onto a text box and it sticks, then follows the box when you move it or change its text, just like it does with shapes.

Fixes and speed

Plan limits match the plans

Bug report ZIP export is a Pro feature, and applying automatic redactions spends the redaction trial, as the plans describe. Three settings that did nothing were removed.

Lighter background worker

The extension’s background worker no longer loads editor code it never uses, so it wakes faster.

Exports that stopped after a second

Fixed long and Studio recordings that exported only their first second.

Zoom and webcam in Studio exports

Exports of Studio recordings now include the zooms and the webcam, matching the preview.

Captions

Fixed the “chrome is not defined” error that stopped transcription from starting.