Limelight
A screen recorder with auto zoom on Mac
Manually adding zoom keyframes after a recording is tedious. Limelight is a Mac screen recorder with automatic zoom — it zooms into every click for you as you record, smooths the cursor, and bakes your keystrokes in too.
Zoomed-in recordings are far easier to follow: the viewer always sees the button, field, or line of code you are working on. But adding that zoom by hand in an editor — keyframe in, hold, keyframe out, for every click — eats hours. Limelight does it automatically.
Hit record and Limelight watches where you click and smoothly zooms toward it, then eases back out, with a smoothed cursor path so the motion looks produced rather than jumpy. You do nothing — the zoom follows your clicks live. On top of that you can bake in a cursor spotlight (⌃⌥1), the keys you press (⌃⌥2), drawing (⌃⌥3), and on-screen text (⌃⌥5), all captured into the video as you go.
When you stop, fine-tune in the built-in editor — trim, change speed — and export to mp4 or a 9:16 vertical. It all runs fully offline on your Mac. So instead of building zoom keyframes after the fact, you get auto-zoom plus keystrokes baked in during the recording, for a one-time $34.
Why Limelight
- ▸Automatic zoom into every click — no manual keyframes after recording
- ▸Smoothed cursor path so the zoom motion looks produced, not jumpy
- ▸Bakes in keystrokes, cursor spotlight, drawing, and text as you record
- ▸Trim, speed, export mp4 or 9:16, fully offline; one-time $34
Cursor spotlight free · from $2.99/mo or $34 lifetime · macOS 14+
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free to start, then go Pro from $2.99/mo or a $34 one-time lifetime license. macOS 14+, notarized by Apple.
FAQ
- Is there a Mac screen recorder that auto-zooms into clicks?
- Yes. Limelight automatically zooms toward every click as you record and eases back out, with a smoothed cursor, so you never add zoom keyframes by hand.
- Do I have to set the zoom up myself?
- No. The zoom follows your clicks automatically while you record. You can still trim and adjust speed afterward in the built-in editor.
- Does it also show my keystrokes?
- Yes. Press ⌃⌥2 and the keys you press are shown on screen and baked into the video, alongside the auto-zoom — no separate KeyCastr.
- Is it offline and a one-time price?
- Yes. Everything runs fully offline, and the recorder is Pro — a one-time $34 lifetime purchase (or $2.99/mo). The cursor spotlight is free forever.