Limelight

Make your recorded lectures easy to follow

Students rewatch recorded lectures on laptops and phones, where a tiny cursor and invisible shortcuts lose them fast. Limelight adds a cursor spotlight, on-screen keystrokes, and live drawing to any recording.

A recording removes every live cue: students cannot ask "where are you?", cannot see your hands, and cannot tell which shortcut produced a result. The default cursor and silent keystrokes make dense material — code, spreadsheets, design tools — hard to follow on replay.

Limelight gives a recording the cues a live class would have. Spotlight your cursor with ⌃⌥1 so eyes track you, show the keys you press with ⌃⌥2 so every shortcut is teachable, and circle the important part with ⌃⌥3.

It is a live overlay, so it captures inside whatever you already record with — QuickTime, Panopto, Loom, OBS, Screen Studio — with no extra editing step.

Why Limelight

  • ▸Cursor spotlight, on-screen keystrokes, and live drawing
  • ▸Captured by QuickTime, Panopto, Loom, OBS, Screen Studio
  • ▸No post-editing — the cues are baked into the recording
  • ▸One-time $15, 7-day free trial, native and notarized
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7-day free trial · no card required · macOS 14+

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One-time payment, no subscription. 7-day free trial, then $15 once. macOS 14+, notarized by Apple.

FAQ

Will my screen recorder capture the spotlight and keystrokes?
Yes. Limelight is a screen overlay, so any recorder — QuickTime, Panopto, Loom, OBS — captures it automatically.
Do I have to edit the cues in afterward?
No. Everything happens live as you record, so there is no post-production step.
Is it a subscription?
No — a one-time $15 with a 7-day free trial.

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