The Fouvia guide
Two manuals on one page: the app that records your screen, and the system that turns a live walkthrough into an interactive demo.
The Fouvia Studio guide
The screen recorder you install on Mac and Windows. From install to export, with a close-up of the real interface at every step.
Getting started
- Installing on macOSDownload the .dmg, drag it into Applications, and open the app the first time.
- Installing on WindowsThe regular installer or the portable build, and how to get past the SmartScreen warning.
- Granting the macOS permissionsScreen Recording, Accessibility, Camera and Microphone: what each one does and how to switch it on.
- Account, free plan and ProCreating your account, what each plan unlocks, and subscribing without leaving the app.
- Keeping the app updatedHow the automatic update works and what happens to your permissions.
Recording
- The recording barThe floating panel at the bottom of the screen that decides everything before you hit record.
- Screen, window, area and deviceThe four capture modes, including iPhone and iPad on the cable, and when each one is the right call.
- Camera and microphoneThe live webcam bubble, your voice track, and what can still change later.
- While you recordCountdown, pause, stop, and what shows up on screen mid-take.
- Drawing and writing on screenPen, pencil, highlighter, arrows, shapes and the sticky note, live while you record.
- TeleprompterYour script scrolling at the top of the screen, visible only to you.
- Recording your computer audioWhatever is playing on the machine, captured alongside the screen.
Editor
- Getting around the editorThe module rail, the tools panel, the stage and the timeline.
- Stage: background, ratio and layoutsWhat sits behind the recording and how screen and camera arrange themselves in the frame.
- Video: cuts, framing and speedSplit, delete, reorder pieces, and place the recorded window inside the stage.
- Camera in the editorPosition, shape and motion for your face, all decided after the take.
- Automatic and manual zoomHow zoom grows out of your clicks and how to tune each block on the timeline.
- Text, shapes, blur and highlightEverything you add on top of the video, with animated entrances and exits.
- Captions and transcriptAI captions, block-by-block editing, and cutting filler words.
- Audio: voice, music and cleanupIndependent volumes, a royalty-free sound library, and how the narration gets treated.
Wrapping up
Troubleshooting
The fouvia.studio guide
The demo system that runs in your browser. From the Chrome extension to the public link, through the editor of steps and hotspots.
Getting started
- How an interactive demo worksWhat Fouvia records, why it is neither video nor screenshot, and the path from capture to link.
- Create your account and sign inOne account covers the desktop app, the extension and fouvia.studio. And you can try it before signing up.
- Install the Chrome extensionWhere to install it, how to pin it, and what it needs in order to work.
- The library and workspacesThe dashboard sidebar, what each item holds, and what workspaces are for.
Record
- Record your first demoPick the size, start, browse normally, finish. What becomes a step and what becomes movement.
- Demo content and more settingsTitle, cover, watermark, autoplay, frame and use case: what to decide before you hit the button.
- One-off captures: screenshot and tab videoTwo quick captures that do not become a demo: they land straight in your media library.
Editor
- Getting to know the editorThe three tabs, the three columns and the panel rail on the right edge.
- Steps: reorder, duplicate and skipThe left column, the four step types, and what to do with what the recording brought in excess.
- Hotspots: point, callout and areaThe highlight that moves the demo forward, the three shapes, and where each one can lead.
- Cover, form and navigation menuThe first screen, the email ask, and the index that lets visitors pick where to start.
- Design: background, cursor and controlsThe panel that decides how the demo looks from the outside, and blur for what must not show.
- Narration, webcam and translationsThe voice-over of each step, your face over the screen, and the whole demo in another language.
- Brand Kit: demos that look like your productRead the site once and Fouvia builds logo, colors and fonts for every demo in the workspace.
Publish
- Publish and shareThe public link, who can see it, the custom address and the snippet to embed on your site.
- Public portal, videos and mediaOne page with everything you want to show, at your address, with your branding.
- Insights: who watched, and how farThe numbers per demo and per workspace, including the step where people drop off.
- Plans: what is free and what is paidWhere the free limits sit, what each tier opens, and how to subscribe or cancel.