How to use 120 Showcase

Start with a video or audio file

1. Open 120 Showcase and select Start a new project. You can also drag a file onto that card.
2. Choose your video or audio file. Showcase creates a project and opens the editor.
3. To bring another file into the same project, select + above the media list, then Import files.

See supported formats for the files you can import.

Record your screen or camera

1. On the home screen, select Record screen.
2. Use the source menu to choose a display, app window, selected area, or camera.
3. Turn the camera, microphone, and system audio on or off as needed. Enable Record mouse movement for editable cursor movement and automatic zoom targets, and Record keyboard input for shortcut overlays. Grant any permissions requested by your operating system.
4. Select the red record button. You can pause and continue while recording. When finished, save the recording and open it in your project.

Camera video, microphone audio, and system audio can be recorded as separate synchronised tracks for editing.

Generate and check the transcript

1. Select a video or recording in the media list on the left.
2. In the transcript pane on the right, select Generate Caption and wait for the on-device speech model to finish.
3. Play the video and read along with the transcript. Click in the text to correct any transcription mistakes before making cuts.

Cut words and silence

1. Highlight the words you want to cut in the transcript.
2. Right-click the selection and choose Remove selected sections. Showcase excludes the corresponding media from playback and export.
3. To remove a single pause, right-click its silence segment and choose Remove silence. To cut every detected pause, use Remove all silence in the transcript toolbar.
4. Preview each cut. If needed, right-click an excluded section to restore it, or use Restore all silence.

To change how captions are grouped, right-click the text and choose Split caption or Merge captions.

Build a multicamera sequence

1. Select + above the media list and choose Import files to add the camera recordings.
2. Select + again and choose New sequence.
3. Add each camera recording to a separate timeline track. Right-click a clip on a track containing only that clip and choose Sync multi-cam to align it with the sequence audio.
4. Play the sequence, choose the angle you want at each point, and fine-tune clip boundaries on the timeline.

Style captions and video

1. Open the caption style controls from the transcript pane. Choose a font, colour, background, or animation, then check the result in the preview.
2. Select a video clip and open its effects controls. Adjust exposure, contrast, white balance, vibrance, or saturation in small steps.
3. To apply a colour grade, choose a lookup table (LUT) file in the effects panel. Preview the affected section again before exporting.

Zoom

1. Open a screen recording and select Zoom in the right-hand toolbar.
2. Select a zoom range on the timeline to edit it. To add one, right-click an empty part of the Zoom track and choose Add zoom range.
3. Set the Zoom level. Choose Auto under Zoom target to follow the recorded cursor, or Manual to choose a fixed point in the source preview.
4. Drag the zoom range or its edges on the timeline to change when the zoom starts and ends. Under Animation, set Speed (the transition duration in milliseconds) and Motion style. These animation settings apply across the recording.

Mask parts of the screen

1. Open a screen recording and select Mask in the right-hand toolbar.
2. Move to the moment you want to affect and select Add mask. Draw an area in the sidebar's source preview.
3. Choose Blur, Pixelate, or Cover, and a Rectangle or Oval shape. Strength applies to Blur and Pixelate; Cover uses a solid fill. Turn on Focus to affect everything outside the areas instead, keeping the inside clear.
4. Drag the mask or its edges on the timeline to set its timing. Preview the whole affected section before exporting.

Style the cursor

1. Open a recording made with mouse input enabled and select Cursor in the right-hand toolbar.
2. Choose the Cursor style and Cursor size. Styles include the original cursor, an arrow, a dot, and a touch indicator.
3. Adjust Smoothing and Remove cursor shakes to make movement easier to follow. Enable Hide cursor when idle if you want it to disappear during pauses.
4. Preview the movement. Optional controls include rotation, sway, looping the cursor position, and freezing movement before the end.

Show keyboard shortcuts

1. Before recording, enable Record keyboard input in the recorder. Open the saved recording and select Keyboard in the right-hand toolbar.
2. Turn on Show shortcuts. Enable Show single-key shortcuts if you also want to display individual key presses.
3. Choose a Solid or Raised style, a light or dark palette, and text or symbol key names. Adjust colours, roundness, shadows, and modifier highlighting as needed.
4. Set the overlay's position and size. Adjust Linger after release and Fade out, then use Replay to check the preview.

Add background

1. Open a screen recording and select Background & Screen in the right-hand toolbar.

2. Choose a background preset, gradient, solid colour, or image. Adjust background blur, screen padding, rounded corners, border, and shadow.

3. If you recorded a camera track, select Camera. Choose its position, frame shape, size, padding, roundness, border, and shadow. Use Mirror if needed.

Export your video or timeline

Video and timeline exports require 120 Showcase Pro. See plans and billing for plan details.

1. Select Export in the project toolbar.
2. Choose a video preset, such as H264 Master, or a timeline option for Premiere, Final Cut, or Resolve.
3. Review the resolution, frame rate, codec, and audio details shown on the right.
4. Select Export, choose where to save the result, and wait for it to finish.