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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quickstart

> Create your first polished video tutorial in under 5 minutes.

Section: Docs › Getting started

This guide walks you through creating your first video tutorial with Tutorial AI — from recording to published video.

[Video: Tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/embed/Zc7GnysX9JA)

## Step 1: Install the recorder

Download the Desktop App for [macOS](https://download.tutorial.ai/mac/VideoScripter.dmg) or [Windows](https://download.tutorial.ai/win/VideoScripter-win-Setup.exe). Alternatively, install the [Chrome Extension](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/recording/chrome-extension) for browser-based recording.

Already have a recording you want to use? Skip to [Uploading Videos](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/recording/uploading-videos) — Tutorial AI can analyze an existing file and build the project for you.

![](https://www.tutorial.ai/images/help/help-9939384-AD_4nXeT8RaC2SKasRmCrtLryRmsqSSqUy5TPuSO2FstuN95X0fy5_M2n5Q5.b2b1fc78.png)

The Desktop App is recommended — it captures metadata and cursor positions that enable [advanced cursor effects](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/visual-effects/cursor-effects) the Chrome Extension can't provide.

## Step 2: Record your screen

Open the recorder and capture your workflow. You can:

- **Stay silent** — AI will generate a narration script from your screen actions
- **Speak while recording** — AI transcribes your words and refines them into a polished script

> **Tip:** Speaking while recording gives AI a better starting point and produces more accurate scripts. Your voice is not used in the final video — AI regenerates it as a professional voiceover.

**Quick tips:**
- Keep recordings under 10 minutes for best results
- Close unnecessary tabs and mute notifications
- Click deliberately on elements — the recorder tracks clicks to generate [Sync Markers](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/voiceover/script-editing#sync-markers)

## Step 3: Let AI do the editing

Once your recording uploads, the **AI Script Writer** shows what it will do before it generates anything:

![The AI Script Writer listing its plan: enhance your voice narration to remove filler words, Smart Auto-Cut to remove long pauses, auto-zoom on key moments, and write the narration in English (USA), with a Generate script button](https://www.tutorial.ai/images/help/help-quickstart-ai-script-writer.9d762c1e.webp)

- **Enhance your voice narration** — removes filler words (when you recorded with your voice)
- **Smart Auto-Cut** — removes long pauses from the video
- **Auto-zoom** — zooms in on key moments
- **Narration language** — the language the script is written in, such as English (USA)

Click **Generate script** and AI writes the narration and adds a professional AI voiceover. Prefer to write it yourself? Click **Skip, I'll enter my script**.

## Step 4: Review and refine

Open the editor to fine-tune your video. The editor uses a script-based approach — you edit text, not a timeline.

![The Tutorial AI editor with eight numbered callouts: 1 edit the script like a doc, 2 rewrite with AI, 3 add zooms and slides, 4 Clips and video styling, 5 live preview, 6 Brand Kit, 7 switch between video and article, 8 the Sync Marker Rail on the left edge](https://www.tutorial.ai/images/help/help-quickstart-editor-callouts.c787a446.webp)

1. **Edit the script like a doc** — change the words, and the voiceover and video timing update to match.

2. **Rewrite with AI** — [Ask AI](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/voiceover/ask-ai), **Optimize**, **Enhance**, and **Tone** polish the narration for you.

3. **Add zooms and slides** — [zoom in](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/visual-effects/zooming) on key moments, or insert intro, agenda, and outro [slides](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/editing/slides).

4. **Clips and video styling** — open **Clips** to [cut and trim](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/editing/cut-and-trim) your recording, or change the background, cursor, music, highlights, and captions.

5. **Live preview** — play your latest edits right in the editor.

6. **Brand Kit** — apply your logo, colors, and fonts with a [Brand Kit](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/branding/brand-kits).

7. **Video or article** — switch to **Document** to see the [written guide](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/getting-started/article-basics) generated from the same recording.

8. **Sync Marker Rail** — open it to see the sync markers from your recording and drag them into the script to keep narration and video in step. See [Sync Markers](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/voiceover/script-editing#sync-markers).

For a full tour of the editor, see [Editor Overview](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/editing/editor-overview).

## Step 5: Publish

Export your finished video as MP4, share via link, or embed directly in your help center, LMS, or website.

Tutorial AI also generates a [written article with screenshots](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/getting-started/article-basics) from the same recording — giving you both a video tutorial and step-by-step documentation from a single recording session.

## Next steps

  - [Video Basics](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/getting-started/video-basics): Understand the full video creation workflow
  - [Article Basics](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/getting-started/article-basics): Generate written documentation from recordings
  - [Screen Recording](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/recording/screen-recording): Detailed Desktop App guide
  - [Edit Like a Doc](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/editing/edit-like-a-doc): How script-based editing works

Source: https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/getting-started/quickstart