viewio

Cinematic screen recording for macOS. Capture your display or a single window, then polish the take with auto zoom, a redesigned cursor, motion blur, camera PiP, and backgrounds - all in one app.

Features

Capture

• Full screen or window - pick a display or app window via ScreenCaptureKit
• Resolution - Native, 4K, 1440p, 1080p, or 720p (never upscales past the display)
• Frame rate - choose what fits the demo
• System audio and microphone - optional, independently
• Camera picture-in-picture - live overlay while recording; corner snaps for a clean frame
• Menu bar control - stop or discard without hunting for the main window

Edit

• Cinematic auto zoom - clusters clicks and dwells into smooth focus scenes (inspired by tools like Screen Studio)
• Manual zoom ranges - amount, entry/exit easing, follow-cursor or fixed focus
• Cursor redesign - native macOS styles plus custom looks, size, motion, click effects
• Hide cursor while typing - keystroke timing only; requires Input Monitoring, which App Review forbids on the Mac App Store (guideline 2.4.5(v)), so this is only in the direct build
• Motion blur - trails on cursor and zoom camera moves
• Backgrounds / wallpapers - bundled abstract backgrounds or a session custom image
• Clips & speed - trim and retime segments before export
• Export - File → Export… (⌘E)

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Screenshots

From viewio.sh.ommore.xyz.

New recording

Pick a display, resolution, and audio sources - then start recording.

Editor

Cut, zoom, restyle the cursor, and drop in a background - without leaving the app.

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Requirements

Platform	macOS (deployment target currently 26.0 - see Xcode project)
Architecture	Apple Silicon recommended; release DMG is arm64-only by default
Xcode	Recent Xcode with SwiftUI + ScreenCaptureKit
Permissions	Screen Recording (required); Microphone / Camera if enabled; Input Monitoring (direct build only, hide-cursor-while-typing)

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Getting started

Run from source

1. Open viewio.xcodeproj in Xcode.
2. Select the viewio scheme.
3. Build & run (⌘R).
4. Grant Screen Recording (and mic/camera if you use them) when prompted.

Shortcuts

Action	Shortcut
New recording (from editor)	⌘N
Export	⌘E
Start recording	Return (default button on start screen)

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Release DMG

Signed, notarized arm64 DMG packaging is documented in BUILD.md.

High level:

# Archive → export Developer ID → notarize app → build DMG → notarize DMG
# See BUILD.md for full commands and notary profile setup.

Output path: build/dist/viewio-macos-arm64.dmg.

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Project layout

viewio/
├── viewio/                 # App sources (SwiftUI + capture/edit pipeline)
│   ├── ContentView.swift
│   ├── RecordingController.swift
│   ├── EditorModel.swift
│   ├── AutoZoomEngine.swift
│   ├── CursorSettings.swift / CursorOverlayBuilder.swift
│   ├── ViewioVideoCompositor.swift
│   ├── Camera*.swift
│   └── WallpaperManager.swift
├── viewioTests/
├── viewioUITests/
├── docs/
│   ├── screenshots/        # new-recording.png, editor.png
│   └── demo/
│       ├── demo.gif   # Autoplays in README
│       └── demo.mp4   # Full quality download
├── BUILD.md                # Release / notarization pipeline
└── viewio.xcodeproj

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Privacy notes

• Screen Recording is required to capture the display or window.
• Input Monitoring (direct build only) is only used for keystroke timing so the cursor can hide while typing - which keys you press are not stored. The App Store build has no typing detection.
• Camera and microphone are only used when you enable them for a recording.

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