Every way out of ScreenSolo goes through one place: the Export sheet. Open a recording and click Export ▾ at the top right, or press ⌘E (Ctrl+E on Windows). Its tabs are Video, GIF, Guide, Text and Share — every one saves to your device.

Video

Pick a shape (Original, Widescreen, Vertical or Square) and a quality (720p, 1080p or 4K), then Export video. The footer shows the output size, length and an estimated file size. See Export shapes and quality.

A clip (trim first)

  1. Move the playhead to where the clip should start and press I (or click ⊢ In).
  2. Move to where it should end and press O (or Out ⊣).
  3. Press ⌘E, then Export video — you get an MP4 of just that stretch.

Trimming comes with Pro. A trimmed, reframed or edited export is re-encoded, so it takes a little longer; an unedited recording at its Original shape is copied as it is. Reset edits in the sheet puts the full length back.

GIF

A looping, silent GIF of the whole clip or the selected chip's span — 480, 720 or 1080 wide, at 10, 15 or 20 fps.

Guide

Turns your snapshots and their write-ups into a document. If you've made a Session Summary, it becomes the cover.

  • PDF — each snapshot alongside its write-up
  • PowerPoint — on a Mac, Keynote opens briefly to build the deck
  • Keynote — Mac only
  • Animated video — a short, silent video of your snapshots with slow pans and crossfades

Text

Reads the text in every snapshot (or just the one you're on) on your device, saves it as a .txt file, and copies it to the clipboard. Free — no tokens.

Share, Reveal and Delete

  • Copy video to clipboard — paste straight into Slack, Mail or Notes
  • Copy recap text — your Session Summary
  • Reveal in Finder — shows the recording file
  • Delete session… — moves the recording and its snapshots to the Trash

Once a video or GIF has rendered, Finder opens with the new file selected; PDF and slide-deck exports offer a Reveal in Finder button. On Windows, File Explorer opens the folder instead.

Everything exports locally

There's no "publish to a platform" step — ScreenSolo writes the file to your device and stops there. To get a recording into Slack, Notion, a blog, or anywhere else, export the file you want and upload it there yourself. The 4K / shape presets and the Guide exports come with Pro.