Release2026-10-30via Product HuntAI Video Generation

Screen Studio 4.0

Screen Studio 4.0 is a major update to the Mac screen recorder that adds a camera cutout that removes your background on-device, a Loupe zoom style, and editing by transcript, alongside its automatic zooms, cursor smoothing and on-device captions.

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PaidProprietaryNative macOS appby Screen Studio (Adam Pietrasiak)

Why it matters

For founders, course creators and marketers who make product demos and tutorials on a Mac, it cuts editing time by handling zooms, framing, captions and filler-word removal automatically, with most AI processing done locally.

What's new

Camera cutout removes the background behind you from your webcam, entirely on your Mac, with face tracking and hide-during-silence options.
Edit by transcript: delete a sentence to cut it, and remove filler words and long pauses in one pass.
A new Loupe zoom joins Classic zoom; automatic zoom follows where you clicked, and a built-in upscaler keeps zooms sharp.
On-device noise reduction and a Podcast voice mode (beta), plus captions generated on your Mac.
One recording reframes to 16:9, 1:1 or 9:16, with zooms, layouts and captions adjusting automatically.

Taken from the project's own release notes. Claims about speed or accuracy are the maker's unless stated otherwise.

Try it if: You record product demos or tutorials on a Mac and spend too long adding zooms and cutting out ums.

Worth knowing: The changelog page loads its content with scripts, so the full 4.0 change list wasn't read; highlights come from the current homepage and the Product Hunt launch tagline.

Quick facts

Pricing	Paid license (prices not checked; shown on the site's pricing section)not verified
Free or paid	Paid
License	Proprietary
Language	Native macOS app
Platform	macOS (13.1 or later recommended); records iPhone and iPad over USB; Windows not offered
GitHub stars	n/a (not a GitHub project)
Maker	Screen Studio (Adam Pietrasiak)

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Checked 2026-11-01 from the release notes's own pages. Prices and star counts change, so confirm on the official site. Listing here is not a ranking or an endorsement.