PricingKeep the click that explains the result
The cursor moves, a menu opens, and suddenly the finished design appears. You know what happened because you recorded it. A new viewer may have missed the only click that mattered.
Choose one task for the social version. Open with its result, then show the few actions needed to reach it. Remove waiting and irrelevant detours, but keep the state changes. If the viewer cannot tell which menu you used, the edit has removed too much.
Decide whether words or pictures lead
Descript offers text-based video editing, which is worth considering when the spoken explanation drives the changes. Shorty can assemble supplied footage from a brief, including a selected screen demonstration with supporting shots. For precise cursor emphasis or frame-level control, a manual finishing workflow may be useful.
This is Shorty’s editorial guidance, not a hands-on ranking. Use the same short tutorial to try your shortlist. Ask each tool to retain the crucial steps, then watch the result at the size your audience will actually see.
Sources: Descript: video editing features. Feature descriptions checked 24 September 2026.
Do not squeeze a desktop into a phone
A full-width application window may become unreadable inside a vertical video. Show the relevant area large enough to follow, and make sure the crop does not cut away the menu you need next. If the whole interface is essential, a landscape version may be the clearer choice.
Check the instructions after editing. Can you perform the task using only the final video? Are button labels and numbers readable? A ten-second reduction is not a win if the audience has to pause, guess, and search for a missing step.
A brief to adapt to your footage
Example direction. Replace the subject, shots, and wording with your own.
Make a short tutorial from this selected screen recording. Show the finished result first, then keep the steps that create it. Preserve readable menu labels. Remove waiting, not necessary actions. Finish on the completed screen.