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Turn clicks into step-by-step guides

Do the task once. Temposhot saves the screen just before each click, marks where you clicked, and hands you an ordered guide to edit and export.
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Action Capture recording clicks in another app as ordered steps
A five-step session open in the editor. Each page is one click, with its title on the left.

Capture the actions first. Shape the guide afterward.

Capturing and editing are separate passes. While you work, nothing interrupts you. Afterwards, the editor is where the guide takes shape.
  1. Step 1

    Capture the task

    Start Action Capture, pick the target, and do the work. Every accepted click saves the state right before it.

  2. Step 2

    Review the steps

    Open the sequence, delete the clicks a reader does not need, and fix the order.

  3. Step 3

    Edit and export

    Add titles and short instructions, hide private details, and export to the format your readers use.

Configure Action Capture sheet
Set automatic page titles, the cursor overlay and the click marker shape before the session starts.
Choose Capture Target for Action Capture
Each click can save the active window, a full screen, one specific window or a fixed area.

Keep every step focused on the next action

One page, one action

Go through the pages in order and remove anything the reader does not have to do. Action Focus and Framing crop the view to the part of the screen around the click.

Text, rectangles, ellipses, lines and arrows are in Free. Pro adds Blur, extra Click Marker styles and Step Numbers. Both export to PDF, PNG, JPG, WebP and ZIP.

Document editor with a rectangle annotation on a page

Start with a complete five-step guide on Free

Free has the full editor and every Document export format, for guides of up to five captured steps per session.

Free

Short guides, complete editor

  • 5 saved steps per Action Capture session
  • Unlimited saved guides and Documents
  • Page titles and descriptions
  • Reorder, delete and duplicate pages
  • Text, shapes, lines, arrows, framing, Action Focus
  • PDF, PNG, JPG, WebP and ZIP export

Pro

Long guides and redaction

  • No step limit per session
  • Blur for private details
  • More Click Marker styles
  • Step Numbers
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On Free, the session pauses after the fifth step is saved. Open the Document in the editor, or activate Pro and continue the same session.

Export PDF dialog with page layout and image quality options
Export PDF: paper size, orientation, cover page, step numbers and image quality, with a page preview.

Use it when the order of actions matters

Tutorials and help articles

One action per page, so a reader can follow a software task at their own speed.

Support and bug reports

Show the exact path to a setting or an error without asking anyone to scrub through a recording.

SOPs and onboarding

Turn a repeatable process into steps that can be reviewed, printed and handed out as files.

Action Capture FAQ

What does Action Capture record?

For every accepted click, Action Capture saves the target as it looked just before the click, marks the click position, and adds the result as the next page of an editable Document.

How many steps fit in one session on Free?

Five. The fifth step is saved, then the session pauses. Open the Document to finish it, or activate Pro and keep going in the same session. The number of saved guides is not limited.

Which editing tools come with Free?

Page reordering, titles, descriptions, text, rectangles, ellipses, lines, arrows, framing, Action Focus, undo and redo. Pro adds Blur, Click Markers and Step Numbers.

Which formats can a guide be exported to?

PDF, PNG, JPG, WebP and ZIP, on both Free and Pro.

Should I record a video instead?

Record a video when motion, timing or sound matters. Use Action Capture when the reader needs a list of steps to follow at their own pace and scan back through.

Capture your next guide as you complete the task

Download Temposhot and record your next tutorial, procedure or support answer while you do the work.

Download for MacAbout Documents

Free download. Apple Silicon, macOS 14 or later.