Put your recording on a better background.

Name: SmoothCapture
Price: 49 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.9 (38 reviews)
Author: SmoothCapture

Replace the desktop behind your recording with a wallpaper, a colour or an animated background, then pick the shape of the video: wide, square or vertical.

Download for Mac How it works

macOS 15.2+ • free to try • pay once from $49

Switching backgrounds on one take. Recorded in SmoothCapture.

Images and colours

Pick from the Apple, Nature, Zen and Gradient collections, use your own image, or choose a solid colour.

Animated backgrounds

Mesh Gradient, Grain Gradient, Simplex Noise, Neuro Noise, Warp and God Rays move behind your video.

Frame the video

Set the video’s zoom from 50% to 200%, the corner radius and edge padding.

Seven aspect ratios

Source, 16:9, 19.5:9, 4:3, 1:1, 9:16 and 9:19.5, set once for the whole project.

Brightness and blur

Dim a busy wallpaper or blur it so the recording stands out.

Apply to everything

Apply to All Clips and Cards copies the look to every take and slide.

How it works

01
Pick a background
Open Background in the inspector, choose a type, then a wallpaper, colour or shader. Adjust zoom, corners and padding under Video Frame.
This background was set with smoothcapture cli editor apply → setAppearance.
02
Change the aspect ratio
Use the aspect ratio menu under the preview to switch the whole project between wide, square and vertical.

From an AI agent

Or ask your agent to do it.

Set the look of a take from a script. The response lists exactly which takes changed.

Set up MCP and the CLI

smoothcapture cli editor apply --input - <<'JSON'
{"revision": "…", "operations": [
  {"action": "setAppearance", "clip": "…",
   "appearance": {"background": "Gradient/gradient_3",
                  "padding": 0.84, "cornerRadius": 0.05}}
]}
JSON

Common questions.

Can I export a vertical video for TikTok, Reels or Shorts?

Yes. Set the project to Portrait 9:16 and the recording is laid out on a vertical canvas. Use zoom and padding to fill it.

Can I use my own background image?

Yes. Choose Image and add your own picture next to the built-in collections.

Can I have a transparent background?

Yes, at export. Choose ProRes (MOV) with Transparent background to get ProRes 4444 with alpha.

Export formats

Can different clips have different backgrounds?

Yes. Background belongs to each take, so every recording can have its own. Apply to All Clips and Cards makes them match.

Works well with

3D device mockups

Film your recording on a real 3D iPhone, iPad, Mac or Apple Watch.

Export & sharing

MP4, ProRes with alpha and GIF up to 4K60, App Store sizes and share links.