Cursor & keystrokes

Cursor position, mouse clicks, and keyboard events are recorded separately from the video so you can style them after the fact — click ripples, keystroke overlays, smoothing, and resizing all happen in the editor.

What gets captured

Cursor position — the pointer’s screen coordinates, sampled at 60 Hz.
Cursor images — the actual cursor bitmap (i-beam, hand, beach ball, etc.) so it stays correct even if you change cursor styling later.
Mouse clicks — left/right/middle click events with timestamps.
Keystrokes — physical key presses with timestamps.

All of this rides alongside the video file in the .screencut project bundle. Editing these effects later doesn’t require re-recording.

Why these are separate

Most screen recorders bake the cursor and click effects into the video pixels. Screen Cut Pro keeps them as data, which means:

Cursor smoothing happens in the editor — jitter from your hand goes away.
Click effects (highlight or ripple) can be added, removed, or restyled later.
You can hide the cursor entirely in specific sections without re-recording.
Keystroke overlays appear where and when you want, with adjustable duration.

Cursor with click ripple effect — Click effects render at export time, not at record time, so styling is non-destructive.

What you need to grant

Cursor position, click events, and keystrokes all require the Accessibility permission. If the editor shows the cursor in the wrong place or no clicks are visible, this is the most common culprit. See Permissions.