Guides
Demo videos, done by the person who built the product.
Practical pages on recording, editing and shipping tutorials and product demos on Windows. Written by the Ciakko team, updated when the tools change.
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Can Claude edit videos? Yes, real recordings, on your PC
Claude for Windows and Claude Code edit your takes through a local MCP server: they watch, cut, zoom, caption and film web demos from a script.
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Camtasia alternative for Windows, without the subscription
Camtasia 2025 moved to a yearly subscription. What a pay once recorder that edits for you matches, and where Camtasia is still better.
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Descript alternative for screen recordings on Windows
Edit by the transcript, cut filler words, captions on your PC, bought once. Where Descript stays the right tool.
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Remove filler words and silences from a screen recording
Pauses shortened, ehm and uhm found in the transcript, retakes marked with a key: proposed as cuts, accepted by you.
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Auto captions offline on Windows, with Whisper on your PC
No upload, six styles, an .srt file for YouTube. What it needs and how fast it runs with and without an NVIDIA card.
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What an AI screen recorder does, and why it is not an AI video generator
The category page. Automatic zoom, smart focus, cursor, captions, and the honest table against OBS and Screen Studio.
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Your product is done. The demo video is the only thing between you and launch.
The founder's guide to recording the demo yourself in ten minutes, without an agency.
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Sora and Runway invent fake screens. How to get an AI-polished demo of your real app.
Where generators fail on software, and the workflow that keeps every pixel real.
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You vibe-coded the app. Now the demo video, without learning After Effects.
A script, a recording plan and an export for the landing page, the launch post and the README.
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What a 60-second product demo video costs in 2026
Agency, freelancer, AI tool, or yourself: the real numbers and what you get for each.
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Screen Studio for Windows: the automatic zooms on the PC, bought once
For the people in the 'I don't have a Mac' threads. What matches, what does not, what is missing.
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Loom alternatives for Windows: local, cinematic, no subscription
Loom is for messages. For a landing page you need a demo. The options, Loom's strengths included.
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Screen Studio alternatives: on Windows, bought once, and the open-source clones
Cap, FocuSee, Cursorful, OBS and the Mac clones, compared on platform, price model and auto zoom.
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FocuSee alternative on Windows: automatic zoom, bought once, captions on your PC
What matches, what differs, and when FocuSee is still the right pick.
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Demo video for your Lovable app: record it in ten minutes, no editing
Record the published app, type the voice over, export for the landing page, the launch post and the README.
Record your first demo today.
Download Ciakko, record a minute of your product, and see the editor open with the zooms already in place.