# Turn a screen recording into a step-by-step guide

> Show how it is done once, on your screen. You get a written guide with a screenshot for every click, the click highlighted, ready to share as a link, a PDF or a Word file.

Record a task once. CutLuma finds every click, takes the screenshot, circles what you clicked and lays out the steps. Edit, export to PDF, Word or Markdown, or share a link. Free.

- Page: https://cutluma.com/tools/screen-recording-to-guide
- Open in the editor: https://cutluma.com/login?mode=register&next=%2Feditor%3Fguest%3D1%26tool%3Dguide
- Access: Free with a free account (no credit card)
- Maker: CutLuma (https://cutluma.com/)

## How it works

1. **Record the task** — Record your screen in the browser or with the Chrome extension, or drop in a recording you already have. Talk it through if you want the steps written for you.
2. **Generate the guide** — Clicks are found in the recording itself. Each one becomes a step with a screenshot taken just before the click and a ring around what was clicked.
3. **Edit and share** — Fix the wording, add arrows, boxes or a blur, then share the link or export PDF, Word, Markdown or HTML.

## Why CutLuma for this

- **Works on any app** — Clicks are detected from the picture, in your browser, so a recording of any program or website works, with or without the extension.
- **Screenshots you can still edit** — Rings, boxes, arrows, numbers, labels and crops stay editable. A blur is baked into the shared picture, so what it hides stays hidden.
- **Free without AI, faster with it** — The screenshots-only guide is free. On a paid plan AI writes the titles and instructions from what you said, as a how-to, an SOP, a training lesson and more.

## FAQ

**Is it free?**

Yes. A free account makes guides from the clicks in a recording, keeps 5 guides and exports every format. Having AI write the steps from your narration is part of the paid plans.

**Do I need to install an extension?**

No. Recording and click detection work in Chrome, Edge and other Chromium browsers on a computer. The extension is only a shortcut for starting a recording.

**Which formats can I export?**

PDF, Word (.docx), Markdown with the pictures, a single HTML file, and rich text to paste into Notion, Confluence or Google Docs.

**Can I hide private information?**

Draw a blur over it on the screenshot. The shared and exported pictures are redrawn with that area pixelated, so the original is never sent to readers.