Sometimes when you're recording video, your cursor is not in the right spot because you aren't thinking about it at the moment.
![](https://kamranayub.com/content/images/2023/04/Cursor-in-the-Way.gif)
No matter. Through the magic of screen recording software, you can deal with this "in post", as they say.
In Camtasia, there are two features you can use:
- Custom animations
- Cursor opacity
First, put the play head at a point where you want to fade out the cursor. Then, add a new Custom animation to the clip:
![](https://kamranayub.com/content/images/2023/04/image-5.png)
This adds a keyframe animation with a start/end transition:
![](https://kamranayub.com/content/images/2023/04/image-4.png)
Now, in the clip properties for the selected keyframe (the red dot 🔴), you can adjust the opacity of the cursor to 0%
:
![](https://kamranayub.com/content/images/2023/04/image-6.png)
This will create a fade from 100% to 0%.
Now repeat the same process for when you want the cursor to re-appear, and this time slide the opacity to 100%.
![](https://kamranayub.com/content/images/2023/04/image-7.png)
![](https://kamranayub.com/content/images/2023/04/image-8.png)
You will now have a smooth animation of fading the cursor away and fading back in at a different moment.
![](https://kamranayub.com/content/images/2023/04/Cursor-Hide-and-Show.gif)
Have a lovely day,
Kamran