How to Make Your Screen Recording Better?

Mon. 25 Apr. 2022 1081 3 mins

Screen recording is a powerful and popular way to share information or explain something from the computer screen with your viewers. It is widely-used for making presentations, online courses, demo videos, tutorials, etc. 

But how to make your screen recording quality better? In this article, we will share some essential tips that will help you create a high-quality and engaging screen recording video. Using Filmage Screen, from planning to actual recording!    


1. Making a Plan Before Recording

2. Write a Script

3. Organize the Desktop

4. Record HD Video to Enhance Visuality

5. Add Audio to Make the Video Specific and Engaging

6. Edit Video for a Better Viewing Experience 

1. Making a Plan Before Recording

Making a plan before recording will help you a lot to record a great video. In your plan, please consider these three questions: Who is your audience? What specific problem is the video going to solve? What do you want the audience to get after watching?


Who is your audience?

Creating videos that your audience is really interested in will help your videos be more engaging. So knowing who your audience is will help you to determine the content of your videos. 


What specific problem the video is going to solve?

Also you need to focus on what specific problem the video is going to solve. How to let your video achieve its value is the most important thing. 


What do you want the audience to get after watching?

What will your audience get from your videos, will the video be helpful? This is the real value of your videos.

2. Write a Script

Scripts are especially useful for a screen recording, it will help guide you through your recording and ensure you don’t forget anything important. For a better video, write down as much as you need to stay focused and make your mind clear while recording.    

3. Organize the Desktop

The disadvantage of capturing your screen is that you may accidentally record unwanted notifications and pop ups, or sometimes even your cluttered desktop. So before making a recording, make sure you have do the following things: 

  • Turn off notifications and disable popups

  • Use a clear desktop background

  • Clean up the icons on your desktop

4. Record HD Video to Enhance Visuality

Record a HD video can enhance visuality and gain a better viewing experience. It is not difficult to achieve if you use a powerful screen recorder like Filmage Screen. It enables you to record HD videos in 4K/1080P/720P, and set frame rate from 15fps to 60 fps, which is enough to make all kinds of videos.


screen recording


5. Add Audio to Make the Video Specific and Engaging

Audio can make a big difference in the overall quality of your screen recording. Adding audio can help offer explanation for the video, and make the video content clearer and more specific. 

Filmage Screen enables you to record system audio, microphone or both together. What’s more, you can also add a voiceover after recording! If you are not satisfied with the audio as there are some unwanted audio clips that may be recorded in your video, you can record a voiceover and replace the original sound.

6. Edit Video for a Better Viewing Experience

After recording, you can edit your videos for a better viewing experience. Such as trimming your video duration and unwanted clips, adding annotations like text box, shapes and freehand drawing to highlight the important content of your video, adding background music, etc.    


editing video

 

Conclusion

All in all, it isn’t that difficult to record better quality screen recording videos. Now you’ve got the most useful tips! Try these tips while you plan to make your next screen recording video, and you should be able to see the difference in the video quality immediately.  

If you need a screen recorder, Filmage Screen is your best choice. It is packed with all the functions that you may need. Download it and have a try now!  


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