SoftGlaze Screen Recorder – Screen & Webcam Capture

Free screen recorder for Chrome. Record your screen, webcam and mic, draw on the page, trim, and save MP4 or GIF. No watermark.

Record your screen, webcam and voice in one click. Free, with no watermark and no account. SoftGlaze Screen Recorder is a fast, private screen recorder for Chrome: draw on the page while you explain, trim the video, and save it as MP4, WebM or GIF. Your recordings stay on your computer. Show it instead of typing it. Make a quick tutorial, explain a bug, walk a client through a design, give feedback, or record a lesson, in less time than it takes to write the email. ⭐ KEY FEATURES 🎥 Screen recorder: record your full screen, one window, one browser tab, or a region you drag out 📷 Webcam recorder: screen + camera, screen only, or camera only 🎙️ Microphone and computer sound, with background-noise reduction ✏️ Draw on the page: pen, highlighter, arrows, shapes, text and a laser pointer ✂️ Built-in video editor: trim, cut, remove silences, zoom, add text or your logo 💾 Save as MP4, WebM or GIF: real MP4 files (H.264 + AAC) that play everywhere 🔒 Private: no uploads, no tracking, no account, no watermark 🆓 Free: no time limit set by the extension, no "Pro" upsell 🎥 SCREEN RECORDING - One-click recording from the toolbar, or press Alt+Shift+S - Pause, resume, start over or delete from a small control bar on the page - Optional 3, 5 or 10 second countdown (press Esc to cancel) - Crash-safe: the video is saved piece by piece while you record, so you can recover it if Chrome closes - Sharp video up to 1080p by default (turn the limit off for bigger screens) 📷 WEBCAM & CAMERA BUBBLE - A round camera bubble you can drag around on Chrome tabs - Change its shape, mirror it, blur your background or use a background image - Or put your camera inside the video, in the corner you choose, so it stays in the recording in every app - Camera-only mode for talking-head videos ✏️ DRAW & ANNOTATE WHILE YOU RECORD - Pen, highlighter, arrow, rectangle, circle, text and a laser pointer that fades away - Four colours, eraser, undo (Ctrl+Z) and clear - Smart scroll: drawings stay on what you marked when you scroll the page or a scrolling panel, like an inbox or a chat - Take a screenshot of the page with your drawings on it - Optional click sounds so viewers hear where you click ✂️ EDIT AND EXPORT - Trim the start and end, cut out mistakes in the middle - Find silences automatically and remove them in one click - Zoom in on a spot, add text or an image, change the speed (0.5× to 2×) - Pick a thumbnail, choose low, medium or high quality - Save as MP4, WebM or GIF. Your edits are saved, so you can come back later 📐 EVERY SHAPE, EVERY PLATFORM - 16:9 widescreen, 9:16 vertical (Shorts, Reels, TikTok), 1:1 square, 4:5 portrait or any custom size - Live preview of the framing before you record - Brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth and vignette adjustments 📁 MY RECORDINGS - Your recent recordings in one place, with thumbnails and length - Open in the editor, download or delete in one click - Every recording is also saved to your Downloads folder 💡 GREAT FOR - Tutorials, how-to videos and online lessons - Bug reports and QA walkthroughs - Product demos and sales videos - Design and code reviews, feedback and approvals - Team updates, onboarding and training - Vertical videos for social media ⌨️ KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS - Alt+Shift+S: start / stop recording - Alt+Shift+Space: pause / resume - Alt+Shift+D: drawing tools - Alt+Shift+V: show / hide the camera Change them any time at chrome://extensions/shortcuts ❓ FAQ Is it free? Yes. No watermark, no account, and no time limit set by the extension. Where are my videos saved? In your Downloads folder, and the newest 10 (up to about 3 GB) stay in My recordings so you can edit them again. Does SoftGlaze upload my recordings? No. Nothing is sent anywhere. There are no servers and no analytics. Can I record computer sound? Yes: tab sound when you record a tab, and full system sound when you share your entire screen on Windows or ChromeOS. Why isn't my camera bubble in the video when I use other apps? The bubble lives on Chrome tabs. Choose "Camera: In the video" in the settings and your camera stays in the recording everywhere. Does it work on every page? The control bar and drawing tools work on normal websites. Chrome doesn't allow extensions on chrome:// pages or the Chrome Web Store, so use the popup there. A few websites block camera bubbles; SoftGlaze tells you when that happens. 🔒 PRIVATE BY DESIGN Camera and microphone are used only while you record, and for the previews you open yourself (the mic level in the popup, the camera preview in Recording settings). Everything on the screen you record, including the control bar, the camera bubble and your drawings, is part of the video, just as you see it. Made by SoftGlaze: https://softglaze.com Questions, ideas or a bug? Email azhar@softglaze.com