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:

Display recording mode

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.

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.

Updated on: 22/08/2025