> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://cutaway-docs.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Record a demo of Cutaway

> Make a how-to video of Cutaway itself, with Cutaway's own recorder.

Normally Cutaway keeps all of its own windows out of your recordings, so it never gets in the way of what you're showing. If you want to **show Cutaway itself**, for example to teach someone how to use it, turn on demo mode.

## Turn it on

**1. Open the recorder**

On the **Projects** screen, press **New recording**.

**2. Open the recording options**

Press the **gear** at the right of the bottom bar.

**3. Switch on Record Cutaway too (for demos)**

A note under **Start recording** says "Cutaway will be in this recording".

**4. Choose what to record and start**

Pick your **Display** or an **Area**. With demo mode on, you can also pick Cutaway's own window under **Window**.

## While you record

* Cutaway **stays open** instead of hiding, so you can show it.
* You can go anywhere in the app: the projects screen, another project, the editor, export. The recording keeps going.
* Stop from the floating recording controls. Cutaway goes back to the project you started in and adds the recording there.

## What's in the video

| In the video | Not in the video |
| - | - |
| Cutaway's window, its menus and pop-up windows | The floating recording controls |
| Everything else on your screen | The teleprompter |
| | The countdown and your camera bubble |

So you can still read a script on the [teleprompter](https://cutaway-docs.mintlify.site/record/teleprompter.md) while you demo.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Demo mode is only for the current session. Next time you open Cutaway, recordings leave Cutaway out again, so it never shows up in a normal recording by surprise.


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