Record a video using the Chrome extension

With Tella for Chrome, you can record amazing videos from wherever you are inside Chrome. You can combine multiple clips together, customize styles and layouts, and everything you say is automatically transcribed. The result is better, more engaging videos for teaching people things, selling products, or just sharing your ideas.

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Here’s how it works

Install the extension from the Chrome Store. Make sure to pin it for easy access. Now you can open Tella wherever you work or browse inside Chrome and start recording.

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Recording a video

To start recording, open the extension, then click Share. Now click the red button to start the recording. To start over, click Restart in the extension popup or floating recording controls. Tella asks you to confirm before permanently discarding the current take. Keep recording to continue, or confirm the restart to discard it and start again. To cancel a recording, click Cancel in the extension popup or floating recording controls. Choose Keep recording to continue your take, or Discard to permanently delete it. When you’re done, hover over the toolbar and click Stop. Tella uploads and saves your recording in the background so that it’s ready to watch and share instantly. You can edit your videos, share them as a link on the web, or download them as an MP4 file.

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Use Auto Zoom with tab recordings

When you share a Chrome tab, Tella records your cursor movement and clicks. You can use this cursor data to generate zooms automatically or make a zoom follow your cursor in the editor.

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Choose your recording resolution

The camera and screen previews each have a resolution pill in the corner. Click the pill to pick the resolution you want to capture at — up to 1080p for the camera and up to 4K for the screen.

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Switch between quick mode and multiple clips

Recording settings live in the extension’s Settings panel. Click the … menu in the top-right corner of the popup and choose Settings, then under Recording mode pick:

• Quick — stop recording and you’re taken straight to the view page with the share link already copied. Each recording becomes its own standalone video.
• Multi-clip — record several clips back-to-back and combine them into a single video before sharing.

See record faster with quick mode and use clips for the full walkthroughs.

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Turn the countdown on or off

By default, Tella shows a three-second countdown before recording starts. To skip it, open the … menu, choose Settings, and turn off Countdown. Tella remembers your choice for future recordings.

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Advanced recording

This time, instead of just recording a presentation, you’ll record an introduction clip before the presentation. For that, switch to multiple clips and then record an intro clip of just your camera. Here’s where you would record your introduction clip where you can explain what’s about to be presented in the recording. Click Stop to save the first clip in your video. You can see that indicated by the one icon on your screen. Now click Share screen and record your second clip — this time, the presentation. Once done recording with the second clip, you can see that it’s indicated by the two icon. Tella on Chrome lets you record as many clips as you like in a row that will all be combined together in a single video. When you’re ready to edit your clips, click Done to see all the clips you recorded in the Tella editor. Once you’re done editing, click Finish to share your video.