CutLuma vs Airtime
Airtime bundles four apps — Camera, Recorder, Creator and Stacks — for one subscription. CutLuma covers the recording side (you with your slides, camera looks, screen recording) and then keeps going: a multi-track editor, AI captions, a transcript editor, 660+ templates and export in 4K.
CutLuma and Airtime in two paragraphs
Airtime's Creator is the presenter-with-slides recorder, its Camera is a virtual webcam with "looks" for Zoom, Teams and Meet, and its Recorder is a quick web screen recorder. Editing is deliberately light: trim, rearrange sections, add overlays.
CutLuma's Present tool does the same job as Creator — import a PDF deck, pick one of five layouts, record chapter by chapter — and the Camera looks (lighting, background blur, frames, name tag, away screen) apply to any recording. The difference is what happens afterwards: every slide change and chapter is an editable clip on a real timeline, with captions, text effects, transitions, music, templates and a 4K export.
Feature by feature
| Feature | CutLuma | Airtime |
|---|---|---|
| You + your slides in one frame | ✓ Present: PDF or image decks, five layouts, four camera shapes, re-layout later | ✓ Creator: slides behind or around you; imports .ppt, .key, .pdf |
| Record chapter by chapter | ✓ C marks a chapter; each becomes its own clip | ✓ Record in sections |
| Camera looks (lighting, background, frames) | ✓ Auto lighting, warmth, smoothing, blur / virtual background, frame shapes, border, logo, name tag, away screen; eight presets, share codes | ✓ Looks catalog: lighting, colour, smoothing, backgrounds, patterns, logo, border, lower thirds, away screens |
| Use the look in Zoom / Teams / Meet | — Looks apply to recordings in CutLuma, not to live calls | ✓ Virtual camera works in any video app |
| Web screen recorder | ✓ Studio recorder with auto-zoom and silence removal; Chrome extension records any tab | ✓ Browser recorder, HD up to one hour |
| Editing after recording | ✓ Multi-track timeline, transitions, keyframes, text effects, filters, design canvas | ◐ Trim, rearrange sections, overlays |
| Edit by editing the transcript | ✓ Transcript tab with filler, pause and retake removal | — Not listed |
| AI captions | ✓ 17 languages, word-by-word styles, right-to-left Arabic | — Not listed |
| AI help with titles and documents | ✓ Publish kit: titles, description, chapters, show notes, posts, a readable document | ✓ "Generate a document" from a recording; title and clip suggestions |
| Templates | ✓ 660+ animated templates in English, Arabic and Spanish | — Not listed |
| Share links with views and comments | ✓ Watch page with views, timestamped comments, reactions, chapters, embed | ✓ Share with view control, views and comments |
| Interactive meeting space | — Not offered | ✓ Stacks: shared materials with live cursors |
| Export | ✓ MP4 up to 4K, GIF, frame PNG; FCPXML / Premiere XML / EDL on paid plans | ✓ MP4 download |
| Where it runs | Any browser, nothing to install | Mac and Windows apps; web recorder |
| Free plan | Free forever: editor, design tools, recorder, Present, camera looks, templates, 1080p export with a small watermark | 14-day trial (Recorder limited to 5 recordings of 5 minutes); no free plan after the trial |
| Paid plans | See pricing — monthly or yearly, AI time included | Individual $10/mo (annual) or $12 monthly; Team same per seat; Enterprise on request |
✓ included · ◐ partly or on a higher plan · — not offered or not listed on airtime.com on October 9, 2026. Airtime is a trademark of its owner; prices and limits change — check their site.
What CutLuma adds
Present, then actually edit
Airtime hands you a recording; CutLuma hands you a timeline where every slide and chapter is a clip you can cut, re-order, caption and restyle.
Free to keep using
Airtime ends in a paid plan after 14 days. CutLuma's editor, recorder, Present and camera looks stay free.
Three languages, right to left
Arabic interface, fonts and templates; Spanish templates and voices.
Where Airtime is still ahead. Airtime is still the one to pick if you want your look on live Zoom, Teams or Meet calls (a virtual camera) or Stacks for sharing materials during a meeting. CutLuma does not install a virtual camera.
Questions? Answers.
Can CutLuma replace Airtime Creator?
For recording yourself with slides, yes: import the PDF, choose a layout, record by chapter, then edit the result on the timeline.
Does CutLuma work as a webcam in Zoom?
No. Camera looks are applied to recordings made in CutLuma. For live calls you need a virtual-camera app like Airtime Camera.
Do I need to install anything?
No. CutLuma runs in the browser on Windows, macOS, ChromeOS and Linux.