How to record clip by clip in Screen Studio
You finished a Screen Studio recording, opened it in the editor, and realized you needed one more clip. Maybe a follow-up scene to explain a feature, an intro you forgot to record, or a retake of a section that did not land. So you went looking for the equivalent of “add another clip to this project” - and could not find it.
You are not missing anything. Screen Studio does not let you append a new recording to an existing project. Each recording is its own project. If you want a video made up of multiple separate takes, you have to either record everything in one continuous pass or assemble the clips in a different tool. This guide covers what to do today and how clip-by-clip recording works in Tight Studio if you want a smoother workflow.
What Screen Studio supports today
Screen Studio is built around a single-recording-per-project model. When you hit record, the resulting capture becomes its own project. Inside that project you can:
- Trim the start and end
- Cut middle sections (Screen Studio calls them “slices”) and change their speed
- Adjust zoom, cursor, background, and other effects per slice
- Import a separately recorded MP4 as a new project (via “create project from video file”)
What you cannot do is add a second recording to an existing project. There is no “add clip” button. There is no way to stack two takes onto the same timeline inside Screen Studio.
The official feature requests: Three open requests on Screen Studio’s public hub ask for exactly this. “Multi-clip recordings / merge multiple projects” has 412 upvotes, “Import clips or append external video clips” has 438 upvotes, and “Add new clips to current project” has 52 upvotes - all at “Planned” or “In Review” status, posted two-plus years ago. Combined, that is roughly 900 upvotes asking for multi-take recording. As of May 2026, it has not shipped.
Workarounds in Screen Studio
Three workarounds people use, in order of how painful they are.
Workaround 1: Record everything in one continuous take
Plan your script, hit record once, and capture every scene back to back without stopping. Use slices afterward to remove the pauses between scenes, change speed of slow sections, and trim mistakes.
- Works for: short tutorials with a tight script
- Does not work for: longer videos, retakes (you have to redo the entire recording if one part fails), multi-day productions, or any workflow where you record over multiple sessions
Workaround 2: Record each clip separately, merge in DaVinci or Premiere
Record each take as its own Screen Studio project. Export each one as MP4. Open DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, Final Cut, or another NLE. Drop the MP4s onto a timeline and stitch them together.
- Works for: workflows where you already use a separate video editor
- Does not work for: people who chose Screen Studio specifically to avoid a separate editor (which is most users), or anyone who wants Screen Studio’s zoom and cursor effects to carry across all clips (those effects are baked into each MP4 at export, so you cannot adjust them after the merge)
Workaround 3: Third-party clip-merge utilities
Tools like Borumi exist specifically to merge Screen Studio MP4 exports while keeping some metadata intact. They are a band-aid for the missing native feature.
- Works for: people willing to add a third tool to their pipeline
- Does not work for: anyone who wants a single app
All three workarounds add either complexity, a second app, or the cost of restarting a recording from scratch when one take fails. The reason ~900 hub upvotes are stacked behind these requests is that none of these workarounds are good enough for a real workflow.
How clip-by-clip recording works in Tight Studio
Tight Studio is built around the multi-take workflow from the start. A project is not one recording. A project is a sequence of clips, and you can add a new clip to it at any time.
Adding a new clip to an existing project
- Open your project in the Tight Studio editor.
- At the bottom of the editor, find the clip carousel - the row of clip thumbnails representing your timeline.
- Click the Add Clip button at the end of the carousel.
- Tight Studio opens the recording flow. Choose your screen, window, or camera selection, set up your crop, and hit record.
- When you stop, the new clip appears as the next entry in the carousel. The editor reopens with all clips in sequence.
You can repeat this as many times as you need. Each new clip joins the same project and inherits the project’s background, camera layout, captions, music, and other shared settings. You can also drag clips in the carousel to reorder them, or delete a clip if a take did not land.
What carries across clips
Because all clips live in one project, anything you set at the project level applies everywhere:
- Background (color, image, gradient, padding, roundness, shadow)
- Camera shape, size, and corner position
- Caption style
- Background music
- Cursor effects and click sounds
This is the part you cannot replicate by exporting separate Screen Studio MP4s and stitching them later: once a clip is exported as MP4, its background and cursor effects are baked in. In Tight Studio they stay editable as long as the clip is part of the project.
Free tier limits
Tight Studio’s free tier includes up to 5 clips total (lifetime, across all your projects). Pro removes the limit and lets you add as many clips as you want per project.
Comparing the workflows
| Capability | Screen Studio | Tight Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Append a new recording to an existing project | No | Yes |
| Reorder clips in a project | N/A (one clip per project) | Yes |
| Delete an individual clip from a project | N/A | Yes |
| Per-clip background, camera, captions | N/A | Yes (inherits project settings, override per clip) |
| Mix screen recordings and imported video files in one project | No | Yes |
| Maximum clips in a project | 1 (one recording per project) | Unlimited (Pro), 5 lifetime (free) |
Frequently asked questions
Why does Screen Studio not let me add a clip to an existing project?
This is a longstanding architectural choice in Screen Studio’s design - each recording is its own project. The team has publicly marked the multi-clip request as “Planned” but has not shipped it in two-plus years. The reasoning has not been explained publicly. Until they ship it, every workaround involves either restarting your recording or merging in a separate tool.
Will I lose my Screen Studio recordings if I switch to Tight Studio?
No. Each Screen Studio project exports as a standard MP4. You can drop those MP4s into Tight Studio as imported clips, then continue recording new clips next to them in the same project.
Can I rearrange clips after recording in Tight Studio?
Yes. Drag clips in the clip carousel to reorder them. The change is instant and reflected in the timeline.
Does Tight Studio also support the cursor animation and auto-zoom Screen Studio is known for?
Yes. Tight Studio is the all-in-one screen recorder for tutorials, demos, course videos, and social cuts, with auto-zoom, cursor smoothing, click highlighting, click sound effects, captions, AI voiceover, and the multi-clip workflow described above. The trade-off you would be making by switching is not on these core features.
How many clips can I have in one Tight Studio project?
On Pro, unlimited. On the free tier, 5 clips total across your account (lifetime cap, not per project). The cap is generous enough for short tutorials and demos but Pro is the better fit for course videos or longer-form content where you record many takes.
Can I import an existing video file as a clip?
Yes. Tight Studio accepts imported MP4 files as clips in the same project alongside your fresh recordings. Useful if you have older Screen Studio exports you want to combine into a new edit.