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# Recording your screen



### Why record with Kite?
The best way to get footage of your app into Kite is to use our built in screen recorder. 

Recording with Kite gives you a number of benefits over importing footage manually:
* Kite will capture your mouse moves during the recording so you can apply zoom animations that auto-magically follow your mouse around the screen
* Kite will capture your keyboard interactions, so you can apply automatic keyboard and mouse click sound effects
* You can enlarge, shrink, hide or totally swap out your mouse cursor after the recording
* It also ensures your recordings is the correct resolution and max possible quality


### Recording modes
There are four possible recording modes:
* Desktop - record you entire screen
* Window - record just one application
* Area - draw the area of your screen you'd like to record (or choose from preset aspect ratios)
* iPhone - record your iPhone wirelessly from your Mac

You can select between these 4 modes using the floating recording toolbar:
![Recording toolbar](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/2/f/e/0/2fe01685fea56a00/cleanshot-2025-08-22-at-103514_adbqsl.png =600x134)


### Display recording mode
![Recording overlay](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/2/f/e/0/2fe01685fea56a00/image_ztb5m2.png =500x447)
In display recording mode, you can record your entire display. You can choose between all the monitors you have connected to your computer, including built-in laptop screens.


### Window recording
In window recording mode, you'll see an overlay appear over each app window as you hover your mouse over it. Click the record button to start the recording.

![Window recording mode](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/2/f/e/0/2fe01685fea56a00/cleanshot-2025-08-22-at-103242_1avow6p.png =700x452)

### Area recording mode

In area recording mode, you get to draw the area of your screen you'd like to capture. You can also chose between preset aspect ratios.

![Area recording mode](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/2/f/e/0/2fe01685fea56a00/cleanshot-2025-08-22-at-105000_vu6bco.png =700x448)