Online courses, recorded at your desk.

A course is twenty videos that must feel like one.

Consistency is the hard part: the same look, the same quality, lesson after lesson, without spending a weekend editing each one. Shotbox keeps the look and cuts the editing.

What you'll make

Lesson videos

Screen and camera together, in a layout that suits the lesson.

Lesson clips

Short vertical cuts to promote the course.

Course chapters

Chapters from what you said, for long lessons.

How Shotbox helps

Every tool for online courses, in one app.

Hi, I'm going to show you

how the new dashboard

turns a week of reports

into one screen.

Let's start at the top.

Teleprompter →

Deliver every lesson smoothly

Your lesson script scrolls at your pace, and Follow my voice keeps up if you pause or repeat a line.

Invisible to every recording
Import from .txt or .md
Global shortcuts while you teach

KeepPop outCut out

Camera cut-out →

A layout per lesson type

Software lessons with a corner bubble, discussions side by side, introductions on camera only.

Thirteen layouts
Cut out or pop out
Frame each clip differently

TRANSCRIPT

Hi, I'm going to show you how the new dashboard ~~actually, let me start again.~~ The new dashboard turns a week of reports into one screen.

Let's start at the top, with the revenue chart. Click it to see every plan.

DeleteKeep only thisRestore

Captions & transcript →

Edit lessons like documents

Read the transcript, delete the stumble, restore it if you change your mind. Captions follow the edit.

On-device transcription
Keep only this
Export .srt

MediaAudioTitlesTransitionsLayouts

OPENER

Sam RiveraProduct lead

LOOK HERE

NEON

Studio editor →

Your course look, saved

Save your opener, lower third and end card as designs and reuse them on every lesson.

Save title designs
Sound library for intro music
Seventeen transitions

CHAPTERS

0:00Intro

0:42The new dashboard

1:58Weekly reports

3:10Sharing with your team

Copy for YouTube

Captions & transcript →

Chapters for long lessons

Let students jump to the part they need. Suggest finds the chapters from what you said.

Copy for YouTube
Chapters follow your cuts
Made on your Mac

📌 Stick

Draw on screen →

Explain with marks

Circle and highlight as you teach. Marks stay on what they point at as you scroll.

Pen, highlighter, arrow, rectangle, ellipse
Fade for quick pointers
Undo with ⌘Z

16:9

1:1

9:16

Exporting · 3.1× real time

Export →

Promo clips for launch

Cut vertical clips from lessons to promote the course on social.

9:16 canvases
Captions keep proportions
Logo watermark

Recommended setup

Start with these settings.

CanvasYouTube — 16:9

Camera layoutPicture in picture; Camera only for intros

Camera backgroundCut out

Caption styleClean or Brand

TitlesSaved opener and end card

ExportMP4 with an .srt file

Tips

Tips for better results.

Batch your recording
Record several lessons in one session with the same lighting and layout, then edit them one by one.
Mirror for prompter glass
If you use a hardware prompter, turn on Mirror mode.
Restore, don’t re-record
Cut words stay in the transcript, struck through. If you cut too much, Restore puts it back.
Music on its own lane
Add intro music to an audio lane and mute or solo lanes while you balance it.

How it works

Three steps, one app.

Everything runs on your Mac, and nothing is uploaded on the way.

1
Read the lesson
The teleprompter keeps pace with your voice.
Teleprompter →
2
Cut the stumbles
Delete a sentence from the transcript to cut it from the video.
Captions & transcript →
3
Keep the look consistent
Save your title designs and brand for every lesson.
Brand kit →

An example

A lesson a day

Prep
Import today’s notes into the teleprompter.
Record
Teach the lesson in one take with your camera in a corner bubble.
Edit
Cut stumbles from the transcript; add your saved opener and end card.
Publish
Export the lesson and its .srt, plus a vertical promo clip.

Questions

Which course platforms does it work with?

Any that accept MP4 video and .srt captions.

Can I keep the same style on every lesson?

Yes. Save your title designs and use a brand kit for backdrops, captions and titles.

Can I record a talking head without the screen?

Yes. Use the Camera only layout.

Features you'll use

TeleprompterYour script, never in the recordingLearn more →Captions & transcriptCaptions on-device; edit by deleting textLearn more →Camera cut-outRemove the background behind youLearn more →

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