Get Started with Gemoo Videos

Want to share your computer screen with others? Save an important presentation easily? Gemoo Recorder can help you create, save, edit and review videos with simple clicks. Please refer to the detailed instruction below.

How to Create a Video?

Here, we will demonstrate how to use Gemoo Recorder to create a video.

 

We provide three ways to create videos:

Three Ways to Create Videos

Three Ways to Create Videos

Method 1. Record a Video

After clicking From Desktop button in Record a Video option, it will open Gemoo Recorder on your computer to let you use its functions to record videos. If you click Record Now button, it will help you record videos with Gemoo website.

Record a Video

Record a Video

With Record a Video function, it can help you record anything on the screen, including presentation, video, etc. on your computer. And you can choose to record only screen, only camera, only audio, or both screen and camera.

Record a New Video

Record a New Video

If you need to record camera or audio, please make sure you give permission for using your camera & microphone.

Let’s start creating your first video – Record Screen

Select “Screen Only” recording mode. Before starting recording, you can change video resolution, set your recording title, add video description, upload a custom thumbnail, etc. by clicking More Settings button.

Start Recording Your Screen

Start Recording Your Screen

Hit “Start Recording” button to initiate recording. You can choose to share the contents you like: entire screen, a window you opened on the computer, a Chrome tab. Please also remember to select the screen you want to share.

Choose the Screen You Want to Record

Choose the Screen You Want to Record

After a 3 second countdown, the recording will begin. You can minimize the recording page, and just return to this page when you need to pause or end recording.

Recording Page

Recording Page

 

Currently, you can create videos in MP4 and WEBM formats. For audios, Gemoo supports .M4A, OGG, MP3 formats. And we will add more formats soon.

Once the recording is done, you can hit the red stop button to finish it, then the recording will be saved to Gemoo Library.

To record screen from desktop, please download the standalone tool, Gemoo Recorder on your computer first. More info about Gemoo Recorder, please refer to this guide.

Method 2. Upload a Video

This method help you upload your local videos to Gemoo Library directly. And Gemoo supports uploading videos in MP4, WEBM, and audio files in MP3, M4A, OGG. The loaded video will be saved to Gemoo Library.
Upload a Video

Upload a Video

Method 3. Embed a Video

To add videos by pasting YouTube video link and embed code from other platforms, please follow the instructions below:

Ⅰ. Copy and paste URL from YouTube directly.

Copy and Paste URL

Copy and Paste URL

Currently, Embed a Video feature only supports links from YouTube. And we will support more websites soon.

Ⅱ. Enter Embed Code from other platforms.

Choose the original video > Share > Embed Code > Copy > Paste it to Gemoo

Paste Embed Code

Paste Embed Code

The loaded video will be saved to Gemoo Library.

The embed videos cannot be edited, or be commented at a certain time. But you can view, rename them and comment the videos down below.

How to Save and Manage Videos?

Once you created the video completely, the videos will be saved in the library, and you can view all the videos in it. Please refer to the detailed instruction below. 4 min

Save Videos in the Library

After you created the video, it will be saved in the library, and you will see the interface below. In the interface, you can see there is a play button on the video cover. And you can also check the number of views, number of comments, and video duration of the video on the cover.

The Interface of the Library

The Interface of the Library

And you can also modify the orders of the videos.

Modify Display Methods

Modify Display Methods

In the upper left corner of the Library, you can:

1

Sorted videos with create time/title/edit time

2

Present videos with grid.

3

Present videos with list.

Manage Video in the Library

Meanwhile, you can click the video directly to edit or view it. When you click the right mouse button, you can manage the videos. Such as Rename, Share, Duplicate, Add to card or Delete. Please see the interface below.

Manage Video

Manage Video

If you want to starred the video, please click the star icon.

Starred Video

Starred Video

When you select the checkbox in the top left corner of the video, you can add the message to cards or delete videos.

Import or Delete Videos

Import or Delete Videos

How to Edit and Review Videos?

Edit and Review can help you change the video cover, edit the information of the video, etc. Besides, you can also read the reviews or comment on others’ reviews. To help you know how to edit and review videos, please refer to the detailed instructions. 4 min

Edit Videos

Go to the Library and click the video you want to edit.

Open the Video

Open the Video

Then, you will see the interface below, and you can:

The Interface of the Video

The Interface of the Video

1

Trimming Video.

2

Modify the description of the video.

3

Click Thumbnail to change the cover of the video.

4

Add text to the video.

5

Add call-to-action.

1. When you trim a video, you can only choose to cut the video of the beginning or the end, you cannot cut the middle part of the video.

2. When you modify the video description, you can modify the title and other descriptions of the video.

3. Here are two methods that can help you change the cover. You can upload the image from the local or a clip from the video.

4. Adding a call-to-action can help you add brand settings. And you can choose to create a button or create a logo.

Review the Video

When you open the video, you can also comment on the video.

Review the Video

Review the Video

If you want others to comment on the video, you need to share the video with your friends. And please also choose the “commenter” option when you share the video.

Share Video

Share Video

There are many ways to share videos, to help you know more detailed information about how to share videos, please refer to this guide.

After that, you can also view others’ comments in this video, meanwhile, you can reply the review.

View Comment

View Comment

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Happy Gemooing!