Tutorials and explainers, edited by describing them
octuedit edits tutorials, screen recordings and explainer videos on your Mac from plain requests. Ask it to tighten the recording and it removes pauses and repeated takes; ask for zooms and it pushes in on whatever changes on screen, read from the on-screen text; ask for b-roll and it uses your own footage first, then free archival stock. It adds motion titles, lower thirds and captions, lines a screen recording up with your voiceover, and builds everything on a real timeline you can still adjust. Footage stays on your Mac and octuedit costs $99 once.
Updated 27 October 2026 · By Shivank Goura, co-founder of octuedit
What can you ask for when editing a tutorial or explainer?
Type the edit you want in plain words and your own Claude Code or Codex carries it out on a real timeline, which you can still adjust by hand. These requests work well for tutorials and explainers; each one shows what octuedit does with it.
- “Zoom in on the parts of the screen I'm talking about”Adds automatic zooms on screen recordings, following what changes on screen.
- “Cut my mistakes and keep the best take of each step”Removes pauses and repeated lines and keeps the cleanest take.
- “Add a title card for each section and a lower third with my name”Adds motion titles and a lower third you can restyle.
- “Line the screen recording up with my voiceover”Syncs the screen recording to the narration by sound.
How do I edit a tutorial or screen recording quickly on a Mac?
Import the screen recording, camera footage and any voiceover, then describe the edit. In octuedit, an AI video editor for Mac, your own Claude Code or Codex removes long pauses, filler words and repeated takes, syncs a separate voiceover to the recording by sound, and adds zooms that push in on whatever changes on screen, found by reading the on-screen text. Zooms are keyframes you can adjust. It can add motion titles, lower thirds and captions, start from an explainer project template, and bring in b-roll from your own footage first, then free archival stock from the Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons. Speech is transcribed and the screen is indexed on your Mac, so you can ask for edits by what you said or showed. Everything lands on a real timeline you can change by hand, and footage stays on your Mac. octuedit costs $99 once and runs on macOS 13 or later.
How does tutorial editing work in octuedit?
Import the screen recording, camera footage and any voiceover. octuedit transcribes speech on your Mac and indexes what is on screen, so you can ask for edits by what you said or showed. Cleanup removes long pauses, filler words and repeated takes, and a separate voiceover can be synced to the recording by sound.
For screen recordings, automatic zoom reads the on-screen text to find what changes and pushes in on it, as keyframes you can adjust. Motion titles, lower thirds, caption styles and an explainer project template give structure without opening a design tool, and b-roll comes from your own footage first, then free stock from the Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons.
| Capability | In octuedit |
|---|---|
| Screen recordings | Automatic zoom on what changes, read from on-screen text, as editable keyframes |
| Cleanup | Removes pauses, filler words and repeated takes; trims false starts |
| Voiceover | Syncs a separate voiceover to the recording by sound; local narration voices if you need one |
| Titles | Title, subtitle, lower third, caption box and quote styles with 12 motion presets |
| B-roll | Your own footage first, then free archival stock from the Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons |
| Captions | 18 caption styles with word by word highlighting, transcribed on your Mac |
| Templates | Explainer and montage project templates |
| Chapters | Suggested from the transcript, exported as a YouTube chapter list, inside the video file, and as Final Cut and Premiere markers |
| Export | MP4 or ProRes in 1080p or 4K, plus vertical, square and 4:5 versions for social |
What should you know about tutorial editing in octuedit?
- Ask for chapters of the tutorial as separate clips and octuedit can cut each one.
- Everything stays editable on a normal timeline after the agent builds it.
- Works with screen recordings from any app that saves standard video files.
What are the limits for tutorials and explainers?
- 4K export keeps 4K screen recordings sharp; 1080p is the default.
- No AI generated footage; b-roll is your footage or archival stock.
How do Screen Studio and octuedit fit together?
| octuedit | Screen Studio | |
|---|---|---|
| Main job | Edits the finished video from a description | Records your screen and polishes the recording |
| Automatic zoom | Pushes in on what changes on screen, read from the on-screen text, as editable keyframes | Zooms in on where you clicked while recording, with manual zoom too |
| Cutting mistakes | Removes pauses, filler words and repeated takes | Not its focus |
| Captions, titles and b-roll | Word by word captions, motion titles, lower thirds, b-roll from your footage or archival stock | Not its focus |
| Export | MP4 or ProRes in 1080p or 4K, vertical, square and 4:5 versions, project files for Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve | MP4 in 720p, 1080p or 4K at up to 60 fps, GIFs up to 1080p, shareable links |
| Platform | Mac, macOS 13 or later | Mac only, macOS Ventura 13.1 or later recommended |
| Price | $99 once | $9 a month billed yearly or $29 month to month |
Screen Studio details are from screen.studio, checked 27 October 2026.
Questions
What is the best video editor for tutorials on Mac?
If you want the edit done from a description, with automatic zooms on screen recordings and footage kept on your Mac, octuedit. For hand editing, Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve are standard choices, and Descript suits editing a tutorial by its transcript.
Can octuedit zoom in on screen recordings automatically?
Yes. It reads the on-screen text to find what changes and adds zoom-ins as keyframes you can adjust.
Should I use Screen Studio or octuedit for tutorials?
They do different jobs, so many people use both. Screen Studio records your Mac screen and makes the recording look polished, with automatic zooms on where you clicked and a smoothed cursor. octuedit edits the whole video afterwards: it cuts mistakes and repeated takes, syncs a voiceover, adds titles, captions and b-roll, and makes vertical versions. Record in Screen Studio, export an MP4, and edit it in octuedit.
Do I need expensive software to edit tutorial videos professionally?
No. octuedit is $99 once and edits tutorials from plain requests, and DaVinci Resolve is free if you prefer to edit by hand.