What gets recorded
One pass, one file. Gaze records the screen with everything it draws on top of it:
- The zoom, exactly as you moved it – into a cell, out to the whole window, across to the next screen.
- Drawings on a frozen frame, and the pinned lens if you use one.
- Keystrokes and the webcam bubble, if you have them on.
- Your microphone and the sound your Mac plays.
The result is a .mov file in the Gaze folder inside Movies on your Mac. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no project file to export from.
Recording needs macOS 15 or later. On macOS 14 everything else in Gaze works as before.
Live zoom or auto-zoom after
There are two honest ways to get zoom into a screen video, and they suit different people.
Auto-zoom after recording
Tools like Screen Studio record the plain screen, then add zoom moves for you based on where you clicked. You review them in an editor, adjust the ones it got wrong, and export. The output is polished and consistent, and you do not have to think about zoom while you talk.
The cost is the second pass – every video goes through the editor – and the price. As of October 2026, Screen Studio is $29 a month or $108 a year, and it no longer sells a lifetime licence to new buyers.
Live zoom while you record
Gaze does the opposite. You zoom while you talk, the way you would point at something on a call, and the recording keeps exactly that. There is no timeline and no export step. The same zoom also works live in a call, so one habit covers both.
The cost is that you steer it yourself. The zoom lands where you put it, which is the point – but there is no software to tidy up a clumsy move afterwards. A short rehearsal helps more than any setting.
Which one fits which video
| Your video | Better fit |
|---|---|
| Polished product launch video, editing time available | An auto-zoom editor such as Screen Studio |
| Weekly tutorials, lessons, bug reports, async updates | Live zoom – the file is ready when you stop |
| The same walkthrough live on a call and as a recording | Live zoom |
| You want to decide each zoom yourself, as you speak | Live zoom |
| You prefer not to subscribe | Gaze Lifetime, $49 once |
You may not need a recorder at all
Gaze's zoom is drawn into the screen, so any recorder captures it – including the free ones built into macOS. If all you need is a zoom in the file, the free Gaze core plus ⇧⌘5 or QuickTime Player already does it, on macOS 14 too. The step-by-step version is in the guide to recording your Mac screen with zoom.
Recording inside Gaze adds the convenience of one place for everything – zoom, ink, keys, camera and both audio sources in one file, started from the app you are already presenting with.
Price
Recording is part of Gaze Pro: $49 once, with every future update included, or $19 a year or $5 a month. No subscription is required. Every Pro feature is free for 14 days, with no card. If you bought Lifetime before Gaze 3, recording is already yours.