How to screen record only artboard

Yes, I understand what you mean—recording the artboard like in Procreate. I once saw a video on YouTube showing how to record only the artboard using a plugin. But when I tried to find that video again, I couldn’t. Hahaha, stupid of me not to save it. What I remember from that video is that they downloaded a timelapse plugin for Illustrator, but it was in Chinese. The usage was really simple, with only two functions: record and stop.

Thanks all for your kind replies.

I have used the built-in recorder in the Mac to do that.

However, I find a bit confusing that Adobe Illustrator, in 2023, as no built-in function to record what happens in the artboard. That would be a very nice feature.

The screen recorders built into the current versions of both Windows and macOS let you select a specific area of the screen to record, so that’s one way to do it without having to install and learn other software. Drag your OS screen recorder’s selection rectangle around the artboard, then start the recording.

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I don't know a screenrecording application that can focus the artboard automatically. You can either record a window or the complete screen or a fixed area on the screen. But when recording a fixed area, you would need to not zoom or pan so that the artboard stays where it is.