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What is an Interactive Demo?
An interactive demo is a hands-on product experience where the user clicks and explores on their own, instead of passively watching a recording.
An interactive demo invites the viewer to participate by clicking, navigating, and trying steps themselves, often in a guided sandbox or simulated version of the product. The goal is engagement and understanding through doing, which tends to stick better than watching alone.
An interactive demo differs from a demo video, which the viewer watches passively, and from a live product walkthrough, which a presenter controls. It is closely related to a click-through demo, though interactive demos can include more branching, input, and feedback.
When you present or record an interactive demo, viewers still benefit from clear visual cues. Limelight helps on macOS by drawing a cursor spotlight (⌃⌥1) where attention should go, a keystroke display (⌃⌥2) of the shortcuts you use, and freehand drawing (⌃⌥3) to point things out. Limelight does not build the clickable, branching simulation itself, but it does record your screen and export a finished, cinematic video — so you can capture a guided run-through of any demo software with auto-zoom and your keystrokes shown on screen.
Why Limelight
- ▸A hands-on, self-guided product experience the user explores
- ▸Emphasizes doing over passive watching
- ▸Related to click-through demos; differs from passive demo videos
- ▸Limelight adds spotlight, keystrokes, and drawing, and records a cinematic video of your run-through, though it does not build the clickable simulation
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FAQ
- What makes a demo interactive?
- Interactivity means the viewer takes actions such as clicking and navigating, rather than only watching. The experience responds to their input, which increases engagement and retention.
- Can Limelight create an interactive demo?
- Limelight does not build the clickable, branching simulation itself. But it is a full macOS screen recorder, so it can record and export a cinematic video of you walking through any interactive demo, with a cursor spotlight, keystrokes, and drawing shown on screen.