What resolution does a 9:16 region record at?

At your display's native pixel density. On a 1080p display a 9:16 region is at most 608×1080; a 1440p or 4K display gives 1080×1920.

Can I put my face in the Reel?

Yes — the camera bubble pins to the region and moves with it, or Fill region makes your camera the whole frame, switchable mid-take.

Do I need OBS for this?

No — region recording is the built-in recorder. OBS mode remains available for gameplay and full-screen video.

Screen Recorder for Reels, Shorts & TikTok — Record in 9:16, No Cropping

Q: Is a region smoother than recording the whole screen?

It can be — fewer pixels to encode. In our test a 9:16 region over playing video recorded at 28 fps where the full screen managed 13–19 on the same machine. A measurement, not a promise.

OneTake for short-form creators

Record straight into the shape your platform wants

Draw the region, pick 9:16, and your Reel comes out ready to upload — with your camera in the corner if you want it there. No cropping afterwards, no pixels thrown away, and flubbed lines snipped before the take even ends.

Recording 16:9, delivering 9:16

Every screen tool records the whole widescreen display, so every vertical clip means an editor pass: crop, reframe, re-export — and most of your recorded pixels end up on the cutting-room floor.

A 45-second Reel, fifteen takes

Short-form is unforgiving: one flubbed word at second 40 and you start over, because editing a stumble out is more work than re-recording. Snipping kills the retake loop — the mistake just never reaches the file.

Desktop tools that don’t think vertical

So screen-heavy Reels get filmed on a phone pointed at a monitor, or skipped entirely. Your screen deserves the same one-click vertical framing your camera app has.

One click, Reels-ready

Draw a region, pick 9:16, record

The picker has Regions cards — Free, 9:16, 16:9, 1:1, 4:5 — each showing the largest size it can be on your display. One click opens the selector with that shape placed; the recording is framed at capture time, so the file that lands in your folder is the file you upload. Move the region mid-take and the video follows.

This is the real app running in your browser — open the picker and click a Regions card to try the flow.

Why it fits

Built for exactly this work

Framed at capture time

Everything downstream of the recorder just uploads. The file is the region at your display's own pixel density — 9:16 on a 1080p screen is up to 608×1080; a 1440p or 4K display gives a full 1080×1920.

Flubs never reach the file

Tap Snip the moment a line goes wrong and keep rolling — the span is marked as a cut and applied at export. One take in, one clean vertical file out.

Move the frame, not your windows

Drag the region to whatever matters next — or nudge it from the keyboard — and choose how the move lands: follow your hand, glide over in one smooth pan, or cut straight to it.

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FAQ

Good questions

At your display's native pixel density — the region is real screen pixels, not an upscale. On a 1080p display a 9:16 region is at most 608×1080; a 1440p or 4K display gives a full 1080×1920. Every short-form platform accepts both.

It can be — fewer pixels to encode. In our test, a 9:16 region over playing video recorded at 28 fps where the full screen managed 13–19 on the same machine. That is a measurement on one machine, not a setting or a promise; the honest guide to recording quality has the full picture.

Yes — with a region armed, the camera bubble pins to its corner and moves with it, or Fill region makes your camera the whole frame. You can switch that mid-take: talking head, then your screen, no editing.

No. Region recording is the built-in recorder — pick, draw, record. If you already run OBS, that mode is still there for gameplay and full-screen video, with the identical snip workflow.

Your next Reel, in one take

Draw a region, pick 9:16, hit record. Buy once for $49 and the file that comes out is the file you upload.

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