Comparison
ProtoVid vs screen recording for Figma prototypes
The quickest way to get a Figma prototype into a video is to hit record and click through it. It works — until a notification pops up, your cursor wanders, or the capture stutters. ProtoVid renders the same flow directly from your frames, so the output is clean every time.
| ProtoVid | Screen recording | |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | ✓Pick frames in the plugin and export | Install a recorder, size the window, hide the dock |
| Cursor & notifications | ✓Never in frame — rendered from frames, not your screen | Cursor, tooltips, and OS notifications can appear |
| Quality consistency | ✓Deterministic 720p / 1080p / 4K every run | Depends on display, window size, and encoder |
| File size | ✓Encoded to efficient MP4/WebM at target resolution | Often large, variable bitrate captures |
| Re-exporting after edits | ✓Re-run the export, same settings | Re-record the whole click-through by hand |
| Capturing non-prototype UI | –Limited to connected frames | Can record literally anything on screen |
Where screen recording is the better choice
Screen recording is the right tool when you need to capture something that lives outside your Figma frames — a browser, a live app, or a conversation walkthrough. For the prototype itself, rendering from the frames avoids the artifacts recording introduces.
If the goal is a clean, repeatable video of a Figma flow, export it from the frames instead of recording your screen.
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