Today, I switched to FocuSee as my main screen recording app for product demos after years of using Screen Studio. As a software developer and business owner, I want all the product demos I share to be high quality and professionally made.
I use these videos to introduce my apps and show updates to my websites. So, aside from recording the screen, I also care about how the camera moves, how clearly viewers can follow my clicks, and what I can change afterward.
What made me decide to switch? Three things: control, price, and AI.
In this guide, I’ll show you how I used FocuSee to record a demo for Zeniteq, what I liked about the result, and which settings you can adjust for your own videos.
What’s New in FocuSee?
Before we start recording, let me show you a few things the app can do now.
FocuSee has added more editing features beyond its automatic zoom and cursor effects. There are now 3D camera motion, callouts, AI captions, audio enhancement, and background music inside the editor.
The recent updates also include more cursor settings, subtitle editing, and volume controls for individual clips. You can make more adjustments after recording without exporting the video to another app first.
The one I was most excited to try was 3D Motion. Instead of only zooming straight into the screen, it adds tilt and perspective as the camera moves. You’ll see how that looks in my Zeniteq recording below.
To install FocuSee, head to the official website and download the installer for Windows or Mac. Open the file and follow the installation instructions.
Once installed, you should see a floating window with the recording options. You can capture the entire screen, a selected area, or one window.
You can also download the Mac version from the App Store.
Take note that you’ll need to grant the app the system permissions for recording. On Mac, follow the prompts for screen capture, microphone, and camera access, depending on which inputs you use.
Before recording a complete demo, try a short clip and play it back. Check the selected window and audio sources so you know the setup is correct.
How I use FocuSee for Product Demos
For this demo, I’m sharing three new features on Zeniteq, my AI news website. I wanted a nice showcase video to post on LinkedIn and X so my readers could see the updates in action.
Here’s what I wanted to show:
- Audio mode, which lets readers listen to articles.
- AI Tools, where developers and startups can list their apps or websites and become part of Zeniteq’s knowledge base.
- Happening Now, which shows recent AI news and updates on one page.
These features are already live, so I could record them directly on the website. For your own demo, prepare the pages or app screens you want to show before opening the recorder.
I opened FocuSee and selected Window mode to record the browser.
Before pressing Record, you can choose your camera, microphone, and system audio. These are separate controls, so you can record your voice without including a video of yourself.
The camera option is useful when you want to explain something while showing the screen. You can record both at once and adjust the camera layout in the editor.
For voiceover only, enable the microphone and turn the camera off. Enable system audio when you also want to capture sound from the app or website.
In my case, system audio is relevant because one of the features is article playback. Viewers should be able to hear what happens when the Play button is pressed.
FocuSee lets you adjust microphone and system audio separately after recording. That gives you control over the balance between your explanation and any sound coming from the product.
There’s also the 3D zoom option for a more dynamic camera movement. I wanted to try this because I’d mostly used the usual 2D zoom in other screen recorders.
Once everything was set, I started recording and walked through the three features. After I stopped, FocuSee opened the video editor with the recording.
Here’s the initial result, with FocuSee’s automatic effects applied and before further manual editing:
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I love how the 3D pan and zoom work here. The tilt gives the recording more movement than the 2D effect I’m used to, and I like how it looks when showing the different pages of my website.
I also like how FocuSee handles the timing of the zooms and pans. The recording already looked well made when I opened it in the editor. I didn’t have to create each camera movement manually.
The auto zoom feature follows recorded actions such as mouse clicks and generates the animations. You can then change the position and timing of those zooms in the editor.
For a product demo, this is useful because the viewer can follow what you’re clicking. A small button is easier to notice when the recording moves closer to it.
Of course, you still need to watch the result. A zoom that looks good during a quick feature announcement may be too close for a tutorial where the viewer needs to read the surrounding text.
For example, I’d want a close view of Zeniteq’s audio controls, but a wider view of Happening Now. Showing several news items together would explain that page better than zooming into one headline.
FocuSee also has typing recognition and speed-up tools. I’d use those for a long typing section, then return to normal speed when the result appears and needs explaining.
Making Your Own Adjustments
You can change the cuts and animations through the timeline and settings. The automatic result is something you can continue editing, so you don’t have to keep every zoom the app creates.
Use the zoom settings to change the position, zoom level, or duration. Give a page more time on screen when there’s something viewers need to read.
You can also change the cursor style, size, click effects, and sounds. For a website demo, I’d choose a cursor that’s easy to see without covering the button labels.
Click effects are useful for showing exactly when an action happens. I’d keep the click sounds low, especially in a video that also has narration or product audio.
For additional explanations, FocuSee has annotations, including text, arrows, shapes, callouts, spotlights, and blur effects. You can place them where they’re needed in the recording.
A short “Listen to this article” label could help explain Zeniteq’s audio control. A spotlight could draw attention to a small setting without zooming the entire frame.
I like the 3D movement for this feature showcase. For a longer tutorial, though, I’d use less movement and let viewers see each step clearly before continuing.
Trying the AI Editing Features
FocuSee also has AI features for recordings with narration. You choose these in the editor when you want to process the audio or generate captions.
One of them is Smart Cut, which detects silence and filler words such as “uh” and “um.” It can help clean up speech without making you find every pause manually.
To use it, open Smart Cut, select the spoken language or use automatic detection, and click Start Recognition. FocuSee highlights the detected sections so you can review what to remove.
I usually check those suggestions before deleting everything. A pause while you’re thinking can be removed, but a pause while the viewer reads something may need to stay.
There’s also AI audio enhancement. Noise reduction helps reduce background sound, while Vocal Enhancement can improve voice clarity and balance.
For a narrated demo, I’d play a short section with the processing on and off. That would let me hear whether the voice sounds better before processing the full recording.
Another useful feature is AI subtitles, which supports more than 55 languages. Open , choose the language spoken in the recording, and generate the text.
