Photoshop timelapse, without OBS

Record a Photoshop timelapsewithout OBS.

OBS records your whole screen, then leaves you with a giant file to speed up and trim by hand. PixelRec captures the session inside Photoshop and hands you a finished MP4 — no setup, no editing.

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OBS wasn't built for art. It shows.

OBS is great for streaming a whole desktop. But an art timelapse has different needs — and that gap is exactly where the busywork lives.

Recording with OBS

Set up scenes and hotkeys before you draw. It captures your entire screen in real time, so a 3-hour piece is a 3-hour file you still have to speed up, trim, and re-crop for every platform.

Recording a whole desktop with OBS produces raw footage you still have to edit

Recording with PixelRec

Opens with Photoshop and records automatically. It captures just the canvas session, skips idle time, and exports a finished MP4 sized for YouTube, Shorts, Reels, and TikTok — no second app.

REC ● AUTO
The OBS alternative for Photoshop

Skip the screen recorder entirely.

PixelRec Pro is purpose-built for Photoshop artists who want clean process videos without recording the full desktop or editing raw footage in a separate app.

No setup every session

OBS needs scenes, sources, and hotkeys configured before you can start. PixelRec starts capturing automatically the moment you work in Photoshop.

Only your canvas, nothing else

Screen recorders grab notifications, browser tabs, and your whole desktop. PixelRec records the creative session alone, so the timelapse is clean by default.

Finished video, not raw footage

OBS leaves you a huge real-time file to edit. PixelRec skips idle frames and exports a ready-to-post MP4 up to 4K, at 2× to 100× speed.

FAQ

Straight answers

Yes. PixelRec records from inside Photoshop and exports a finished MP4. You never open OBS, and you never touch a separate video editor to speed things up.
OBS records your whole screen in real time, so you are left with a huge file to speed up, trim, and re-crop for each platform. PixelRec captures only the canvas session, skips idle time, and exports post-ready sizes automatically.
No. PixelRec Pro was rebuilt to be extremely lightweight — showing 0% CPU and 0 MB RAM impact in the monitor — so Photoshop stays responsive while it captures in the background.
Clean MP4s up to 4K, at 2× to 100× speed, sized for YouTube plus vertical formats for Shorts, Reels, and TikTok — no re-editing between them.
Yes. PixelRec Pro supports both macOS and Windows, on Adobe Photoshop 2022 through 2026.
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