Export a guide as a GIF or a video

Turn the steps into an animated GIF, or an MP4 that zooms to each click, with captions and a voiceover.

Plan: Pro
Reading time: 1 min read
Checked against Thoth for Windows on: October 23, 2026

Both play your steps one after another. Choose Export, then GIF or Video. They’re rendered on your PC, and the preview plays the real result.

GIF#

A GIF loops and plays anywhere a picture does: chat, tickets and docs.

Setting	Choices
Width	480, 640, 800 or 1024 px. Smaller means a smaller file.
Seconds per step	1 to 8, default 2.5.
Zoom into each click	Shows the whole screen for a moment, then zooms to the click.
Step titles under the screenshot	A caption bar for each step.
Title card	Opens with the guide’s title.

GIFs use 256 colors per frame, so photos look rough and screens look fine. For long guides, make a video.

Video#

Setting	Choices
Resolution	720p or 1080p.
Seconds per step	2 to 10, default 4. With a voiceover, the voice’s length wins when it is longer.
Camera style and Zoom into each click	The camera eases in to the click, rests, and eases back out before the next step. Zoom amount and Zoom takes tune it; if the video feels busy, zoom less or take longer.
Captions	The step’s title on screen.
Voiceover	None, a Windows voice (offline), or an AI voice (your provider). Pick the voice, and whether it reads the Title and description or the Title only.

The video is an H.264 MP4 with AAC sound, rendered faster than real time. Screenshots are shown without frames, and with your blurs burned in.