For sessions over a minute or two, scrubbing the raw video timeline is fiddly. ScreenSolo's snapshot storyboard turns each session into a clickable index.
What's a snapshot
A snapshot is a moment when the screen changed *meaningfully*. The scene-detection algorithm watches for:
- A new app launching
- A new screen / view inside the same app
- A dialog or sheet appearing
- A click or tap landing on a new target (when click-tracking is enabled)
Each detected moment becomes a thumbnail in the right-hand sidebar when you open a recorded session.
How to use it
- Open a session from the Sessions list in the left sidebar.
- The right-hand storyboard panel shows every snapshot in order with timestamps.
- Click a thumbnail — the video player jumps to that timestamp instantly.
- Annotate any snapshot — right-click → Annotate. Annotations are saved per-snapshot and travel with the session.
Keyboard shortcuts
- Space — play / pause
- J / K / L — rewind / pause / fast-forward (FCP-style)
- ← / → — jump to previous / next snapshot
- ⌘E (Ctrl+E on Windows) — export current selection
- ⌘⇧E (Ctrl+Shift+E on Windows) — export entire session
When snapshots aren't enough
If your session is a screen recording where nothing visibly changes for long periods (e.g. reading an article), snapshot detection has nothing to anchor on. In that case, use the regular timeline scrubber — the snapshot column will just have one or two entries.