Cursor Customization

Make your cursor stand out or blend in. Tailor size, style, smoothing, and animations directly in the editor.
User adjusting cursor size slider and selecting Mac cursor in Canvid editor while preview shows a large cursor over a map in the timeline.

A Cursor That Fits Your Content

Keep viewers focused with a cursor that suits your style, whether you need precision or branded flair, all live in your screen recording preview.
Alternate editor view with Windows cursor selected, smoothing toggled on, and map preview showing the customized cursor as part of the screen recording timeline.
What is it?

Cursor Customization lets you adjust your cursor’s size, choose Windows, Mac or touch styles, enable smoothing or animation styles such as Molasses or Gentle, and add click highlights.

Why Use It?

A clear cursor makes your instructions easier to follow in tutorials, demos and training videos. Customizing your cursor increases engagement, ensures clarity and improves the professionalism of your screen recordings.

Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers to the most common questions.

Explore More Features

Light‑mode Canvid UI showing cursor smoothing enabled and a dotted cursor trail moving over a data table in the preview window.
Cursor Movement Smoothing
Give your cursor silky movement in screen recordings for a clean and fluid viewer experience.
Manual zoom settings in the Canvid editor showing zoom level controls, preview thumbnail, and timeline with multiple zoom segments. A large cursor highlights part of the video.
Automatic & Manual Zooms
Seamlessly focus on what matters with smart and manual zoom controls
Canvid recording interface showing two capture options: Display and Window, with a cursor hovering over the Display option.
Screen & Window Recording
Record your entire screen or just one window with audio included.