263: Screenflow 8: How To Resize Canvas

Michael Murphy

Nov 13, 2018·3 min read

4 Ways to Resize Your Screenflow Videos

What is Screenflow 8:

Screenflow 8 is the latest version of the screen-capturing software I use for tutorials and other video projects.

This Tutorial:

You will learn 4 ways to change the canvas size or the size of your video in Screenflow 8.

1. Create New Document (Keyboard Shortcut: Cmd + N)
2. Document Settings
3. Canvas Resize Button (looks like crop symbol)
4. Frame Rate Button (bottom-right below timeline)

Note: Video tutorial at the end of this article.

→How To Resize Canvas/Videos in Screenflow 8

1. Create New Document

Create a new document before you start recording from the splash screen.

• Open Screenflow 8
• Go to File > New (or use the keyboard shortcut Cmd +N)
• Click New Document in Left Sidebar
• Choose a Preset from the drop-down menu
• or, manually enter the size of your video
• Change the Frame Rate
• Click New Document button at the bottom when done

2. Document Settings

Change the canvas size after you create new document

• Go to File > Document Settings
• Pop-down menu appears in top-center
• Choose a Preset from the drop-down menu
• or, manually enter the size of your video
• Change the Frame Rate
• Click ‘Update’ when done

3. Canvas Resize Button

Located to the top-left of timeline.

• Click the Canvas Resize button above timeline
• Manually enter size of new canvas, or
• Choose a Preset from the drop-down menu
• Click the color swatch to change background of video
• Click green check circle when finished

4. Frame Rate Indicator Button

Located at the bottom right of timeline.

• Click frame rate button (look for a blue button with ‘30’ or ‘60’ in the bottom-right corner of Screenflow below the timeline.)
• Pop-down menu appears in top-center (same as Document Settings)
• Choose a Preset from the drop-down menu
• or, manually enter the size of your video
• Change the Frame Rate
• Click ‘Update’ when done

Video Tutorial