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Hippo Video is packed with features to help you record videos with high quality that look very professional. 

Make your video viewer-friendly with these markup tools:

Markup tools allow annotation on screen. It helps viewers digest the content of a video faster. It will be available at the bottom right corner of your screen. 

NoteBy hovering the mouse over each tool, you’ll also be able to shortcut keys for the same. 

The below table illustrates the purpose of each option,

Buttons

Tools

Shortcut Keys (Mac)

Shortcut Keys (Windows)

Purpose

Stop

Option+S

Alt+S

End the recording.

Pause/Play

Option+P

Alt+P

Holds up and resumes the recording video. 

Delete

Option+D

-

Cancel the recording. 

Click Animation

Option+A

Alt+A

Show your audience everything you click in your video. When you choose this tool, it creates a ring animation on the area that was clicked with your mouse.  It helps draw the prospect’s attention to a specific aspect and is usually helpful in how-to-video and demo videos.

Highlighter

Option+H

Alt+H

Draw and write text on your video while recording. 

Hit the Up/Down arrow

Hit the Up/Down arrow

To change the highlighter size.

Hit the Left/Right arrow

Hit the Left/Right arrow

To change the highlighter color. 

Focus

Option+F

Alt+F

Focuses on a particular portion of the video. It is particularly useful when you want to highlight important data points in a graph. You have access to this tool in any tab during recording.

Eraser

Option+E

Alt+E

Delete the marked ones (text/highlights) in the video.

Hit the Up/Down arrow

Hit the Up/Down arrow

To change eraser size.

Clear Screen

Option+Z

Alt+Z

Erases everything at once.

Minimize/Maximize

Option+C

Alt+C

Minimize/Maximize the tools.




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