Turn a raw screen recording into a captioned, branded video your team can ship.
Upload a Loom, QuickTime, OBS, or in-browser capture. ngram trims the dead air, smooths the cursor, burns in captions, and renders the cut in landscape, square, and vertical from one source.
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How it works
From raw capture to branded video in four steps.
No timeline, no manual zoom keyframes, no separate captioning pass. Drop the recording, accept the defaults, ship a video that looks intentional.
Drop the recording in
An MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, or AVI file, or a Loom / Drive / Dropbox link. We transcribe the narration with AssemblyAI as soon as the upload lands.
The agent reads the capture
Cursor paths, click moments, tab switches, dead air, and section boundaries are detected. The agent proposes a storyboard with zoom targets, scene breaks, and caption timing.
Steer the cut in plain language
Tell the agent to shorten the intro, swap a chapter title, or add a section card. Edit captions in the script panel. Brand kit colors, logo, and intro/outro apply on the fly.
Export every aspect ratio
Render 16:9 for docs and YouTube, 1:1 for LinkedIn, and 9:16 for mobile help — all from the same recording. Hosted page on /watch is ready to share.
Output controls
Real knobs for cleaning up a raw screen capture.
Dead-air auto-trim
Silences, loading spinners, and ‘where was that tab’ moments are detected and cut. Adjustable threshold per recording — keep the breaths, kill the limbo.
Smart zoom on click
Cursor and click moments become push-ins on the affected UI region. Each zoom is editable: pick a different target, change the hold time, or remove it.
Cursor smoothing and click emphasis
Jittery trackpad paths are eased; clicks get a subtle ripple so viewers see the action without you narrating ‘and now I click here’.
Burned-in captions from your narration
Caption track generated from the recording’s audio, styled by your brand kit, and burned into the export. Edit any line in the script panel.
Branded backgrounds and frames
Wrap the recording in a branded frame, drop in a background gradient, or add a logo bug — applied per workspace brand kit at /app/brand-kit.
Landscape, square, and vertical from one source
Smart reframing exports the same recording at 16:9, 1:1, and 9:16. Captions and zooms re-lay out for each aspect ratio without a second pass.
Section cards and chapter labels
The agent proposes section titles based on what the screen is showing. Edit the wording, change the duration, or skip them per chapter.
Source files gone in 24h
Recordings are processed in-region, encrypted at rest, and never used to train models. in-region processing.
The rest of ngram
The product stack that takes over after the cut.
Screencast Understanding
The capability behind this page — cursor smoothing, click emphasis, dead-air trim, step labels, and smart zoom applied to your raw recording automatically.
Learn moreCaptions
Auto-captioned from the recording’s narration, styled by brand kit, burned-in by default. Edit any line in the script panel before export.
Learn moreBrand Kit
Logo, colors, fonts, intros, and outros wrap every polished recording — so a Loom export still looks like it came from your team.
Learn moreMotion Graphics
Section cards, lower-thirds, and animated callouts pointing at the UI being demoed — added by the agent, editable per scene.
Learn moreMulti-format Export
One recording, three aspect ratios. 16:9 for the knowledge base, 1:1 for LinkedIn, 9:16 for in-app help — captions reflow automatically.
Learn moreAI Voiceover
Replace a noisy narration with a clean voiceover from the existing script. Useful when the source audio is rough but the visuals are solid.
Learn moreUse cases
Where a polished screen recording earns its keep.
Demo videos that don’t look like raw Looms
Walkthroughs for prospects and pricing pages, cleaned of dead air, captioned, and on-brand — no Camtasia weekend.
See use caseOnboarding walkthroughs new users actually finish
Smooth cursor, callouts on the click, captions burned in. The same recording becomes a 9:16 in-app help clip without a second take.
See use caseHelp articles built around a polished clip
Replace the wall of screenshots with one captioned, zoomed walkthrough. Embedded on the article, mirrored to the in-app widget.
See use caseRelease videos from the same recording you already made
Turn the engineering Loom into a launch clip with section cards, branded outro, and a 1:1 cut for LinkedIn — without re-recording.
See use caseTutorial videos for SDK and API docs
Terminal and editor captures with cursor smoothing, click ripples, and section labels. The full clip lives on /watch, a GIF lands in the README.
See use caseTraining videos from a single SME recording
A subject-matter expert records once; the agent breaks it into chapters, adds captions, and renders a versioned training video.
See use caseStep-by-step tutorial videos
Each click in the recording becomes a labeled step. Captions and zooms make the walkthrough watchable at 1.5x without losing detail.
See use caseDemo follow-ups that aren’t just a raw Loom
After the sales call, send a captioned recap that highlights the exact features the prospect asked about — branded, not bare.
See use caseOther converters
Coming from a different source? There’s a converter for that.
Same screen-recording pipeline, different starting material. Screen recording to video is one of 16+ converters that share captions, brand kit, and multi-format export.
If you only have stills of the UI, stitch them into a walkthrough with the same captions and brand wrapper.
Open converterPull the hero moment out of the polished recording and ship it as a looping GIF for Slack, READMEs, and email.
Open converterA long recorded session becomes 20+ short clips, cut on the highest-attention moments — useful for the after-meeting recap.
Open converterTools that pair with this converter
Capture cleaner. Edit faster. Polish the raw take.
Editing the recording further
After the capture, before the export
Video Editor
Frame-level edits to the polished screen recording — trim sections, swap a chapter, restyle the captions.
Open toolVideo Cutter
Cut the recording by transcript instead of timeline. Delete the words you don’t need, the visuals follow.
Open toolAdd Subtitles to Video
Burn captions into the recording or export a separate.srt for the LMS. Word-level timing from the narration.
Open toolVideo to GIF
Slice a tiny looping GIF out of the polished recording — perfect for the changelog or README.
Open toolCapturing the source cleaner
Get a better raw take into ngram
Screen Recorder
In-browser screen capture with cursor smoothing applied during recording — the cleanest possible input for this conversion.
Open toolBackground Noise Remover
Strip fan hum, keyboard clatter, and HVAC out of the screen recording’s audio before the agent captions it.
Open toolVideo Background Remover
If your recording layered a webcam feed on top, drop the webcam’s background for a clean picture-in-picture.
Open toolEye Contact AI
For the talking-head insert in your screen recording — pull the eyes back to camera even when you read from a script.
Open toolReformatting after export
Send the polished video where it needs to live
Video Compressor
Shrink the polished walkthrough for the help center, the LMS, or the Slack channel without re-rendering from scratch.
Open toolVideo Translator
Localize the screen-recording walkthrough — captions, on-screen text, and optional voiceover dub in the target language.
Open toolVideo Converter
MP4, WebM, MOV for any destination — the embedded player, the LMS, the social upload all want different containers.
Open toolVideo Caption Generator
Standalone caption pass over a screen recording when you don’t need a full polished rebuild.
Open toolBuilt for teams
Who turns to ngram with a raw screen recording?
Product Managers
Engineering or PM Looms become release videos, customer-facing walkthroughs, and shareable changelog clips — without a video team.
See workflowsCustomer Success
Turn the troubleshooting recording into a captioned help video that closes the ticket and lives in the knowledge base.
See workflowsSupport Teams
Replace the wall of screenshots with a polished walkthrough. Same recording covers the article and the in-app widget.
See workflowsDeveloper Relations
Terminal and editor captures get cursor smoothing, captions, and section cards — usable on docs, YouTube, and conference recap.
See workflowsProduct Marketing
Walkthroughs that anchor pricing pages and launch posts, branded automatically and rendered for every channel ratio.
See workflowsSales Enablement
Recorded demo loops with captions and branded outros, ready to send as follow-up — no editor required between calls.
See workflowsHR & Internal Comms
SME recordings for policy walkthroughs and onboarding modules — captioned, chaptered, and reusable across teams.
See workflowsEducators
Lecture and tutorial captures with captions, chapter labels, and an aspect ratio that fits both the LMS and the social clip.
See workflowsIntegrations
Triggers, not screenshots. Wire screen recording to video into the tools you already use.
Every integration ships with a working recipe tuned for the screen-recording workflow. Start from one, or wire your own with the REST API and webhooks.
whenA new Loom recording lands in your workspace
thenPolish it through ngram and post the captioned video in #released
whenClaude or ChatGPT is handed a raw screen recording
thenTrim, caption, and return a hosted /watch link plus a 9:16 cut
whenYou finish a screen capture in the ngram extension or hit ‘polish this Loom’ on a Loom tab
thenThe agent picks it up, runs the pipeline, and opens the polished cut in /app
whenYour self-hosted workflow drops a screen recording on S3
thenngram polishes it in-region — captioned, branded, no data leaves your VPC
whenA support ticket includes a customer’s screen recording
thenAuto-polish it, attach the hosted link to the ticket, and notify the agent
whenA 1:1 cut of the polished screen recording finishes rendering
thenPost it straight to your company page with the generated caption
whenThe 16:9 walkthrough is ready
thenUpload to the connected channel with title, description, and chapters from the storyboard
How it compares
If you’ve been polishing recordings somewhere else.
Loom handles the capture, Descript and Camtasia handle the timeline. ngram reads the recording, builds the plan, and renders multi-format from one source — so the polish step stops being a project.
| Feature | ngram | Loom | Descript | Camtasia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editing model | Agentic — plain-language edits, agent applies them | Capture-first, light trims | Transcript timeline editor | Manual multi-track timeline |
| Dead-air auto-trim | Detected and cut by the agent | — | Manual word/silence removal | Manual |
| Smart zoom on click | Auto-placed on click moments, editable | — | Manual keyframes | Manual SmartFocus keyframes |
| Cursor smoothing + click emphasis | Applied automatically | Basic click highlight | — | Manual cursor effects |
| Captions | Auto-generated, brand-styled, burned-in | Auto on paid | Auto transcript, manual styling | Manual or paid add-on |
| Brand kit applied to every export | Logo, colors, intro/outro automatic | Limited | Limited template | Manual templates |
| Multi-format export (16:9, 1:1, 9:16) | One render, three ratios | 16:9 only | Manual reframe per ratio | Manual reframe per ratio |
| Hosted /watch share page | Built-in, branded | Built-in | Limited | External hosting |
| API + webhooks for the workflow | REST, MCP, n8n, Zapier | Zapier only | Limited | — |
| Files auto-deleted after processing | 24h, encrypted at rest | Stored in account | Stored in account | Local files |
FAQ
Common questions about screen recording to video
Still curious?
Screen Recording → Video
Stop shipping raw Looms. Ship the polished cut.
Drop the recording, accept the agent’s plan, and export the captioned, branded video — plus a 1:1 and 9:16 — in a single render.