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For tutorials where you record long takes and then make lots of clean cuts, I’d narrow it down to Camtasia, ScreenFlow, and Descript.

My pick: Camtasia

TechSmith’s Camtasia is probably the best fit if your priority is:

• Frequent, precise cuts
• Scene/timeline markers
• Recording screen + webcam + microphone
• Quickly removing mistakes and dead time
• Callouts, arrows, zooms, cursor effects, highlights, etc.
• Producing polished instructional videos without needing a full professional NLE

Camtasia is specifically designed around tutorials and training rather than general-purpose video production. It also supports adding markers while recording, which is particularly useful if you want to flag mistakes or sections for editing later. assets.techsmith.comzapier.com

The alternatives

ScreenFlow is the one I'd choose over Camtasia if you're on a Mac and want a very streamlined workflow. Its official guide confirms that you can add clip markers while recording, and those markers appear on the timeline afterward. www.telestream.net

Descript is excellent if your tutorials are heavily narration-driven. You can edit by editing the transcript, remove filler words/gaps, and use AI-assisted editing. zapier.com

One important distinction

If by "clean cuts" you mean:

I record for 30–60 minutes, make mistakes constantly, press a marker when I mess up, and then want to fly through those markers and cut everything efficiently.

Camtasia or ScreenFlow are much better suited to that workflow than Loom or OBS.

If you're on Windows → Camtasia.
If you're on Mac → Camtasia or ScreenFlow.
If you mainly want to delete spoken mistakes/pauses → Descript.
If you want professional editing flexibility and don't mind complexity → DaVinci Resolve + OBS.

For your specific description, I'd start with Camtasia. It hits the sweet spot between a dedicated tutorial recorder and a real video editor. assets.techsmith.comzapier.com

If you tell me Mac or Windows and roughly how you record (screen only vs. screen + face + mic), I can recommend the exact workflow and keyboard shortcuts for making those frequent edits as fast as possible.

For tutorials with lots of edits, clean cuts, and scene markers, my top pick is Descript.

🥇 Best overall: Descript

Descript

It fits your workflow unusually well because you can:

• Cut by editing the transcript — delete a sentence and the corresponding video disappears. www.descript.com
• Add markers/chapters directly in the script; markers appear on the timeline and can be exported as chapters. help.descript.com
• Jump between markers with keyboard shortcuts, which is excellent for long tutorials. help.descript.comhelp.descript.com
• Record screen + webcam + audio in the same application. www.descript.com
• Quickly remove filler words and mistakes.
• Organize a long tutorial into discrete scenes/sections rather than treating it as one giant timeline.
• As of July 2026, its new Quick Editor makes basic trimming immediately after recording particularly fast. help.descript.comwww.descript.comhelp.descript.com

For your specific use case, I'd choose Descript if editing speed matters more than having an extremely traditional video-editor interface.

🥈 Best traditional editor: Camtasia

TechSmith Camtasia

Camtasia is probably the better choice if you're making serious software-training courses and want a conventional timeline editor with lots of annotation, callout, zoom, cursor, and screen-recording tools.

I'd choose it over Descript if your workflow looks like:

Record → make lots of precise timeline cuts → zoom into UI elements → add arrows/callouts → animate things → produce polished training video.

🥉 Best if you're on Mac and want beautiful recordings: Screen Studio

Screen Studio

Excellent for polished software demos, particularly because it handles cursor movement, zooms, and presentation-style effects very nicely. But I'd still prefer Descript for a tutorial requiring frequent edits and lots of markers.

My ranking for your requirements

If I were setting up your workflow, I'd use Descript: record a whole section in one take, hit # whenever you reach a new section, then clean up mistakes from the transcript and use the markers to navigate the project. Descript explicitly supports # for markers and has shortcuts for jumping between them. help.descript.comhelp.descript.com

If you tell me Windows or Mac and whether you're recording software tutorials, coding, or presentations, I can narrow this down to the best 1–2 choices.

If your tutorials involve lots of retakes, pauses, mistakes, and frequent cuts, I’d narrow it down to Camtasia, ScreenFlow, and Descript.

My pick: Camtasia

Camtasia is probably the best fit if your priority is record → mark sections → make lots of clean cuts → add annotations/callouts → export.

Why I’d choose it:

• Markers: you can mark points while recording and use them as editing/navigation points afterward. assets.techsmith.com
• Very good tutorial-oriented timeline editing
• Easy cut/split/trim workflow
• Excellent cursor highlighting, zooms, callouts, arrows, and annotations
• Screen, webcam, microphone, and system audio can be handled together
• Available on Windows and Mac
• It is specifically aimed at training/tutorial content rather than general-purpose video production. toolradar.com

If you're on Mac: ScreenFlow is arguably even nicer

ScreenFlow is my alternative if you're Mac-only.

Its markers are particularly well suited to your workflow: you can create named markers on the timeline, jump between them, and even convert markers to chapter markers for supported exports. www.telestream.net

I'd pick ScreenFlow over Camtasia if you want:

Fast recording + very fast timeline editing + minimal fuss

I'd pick Camtasia if you want:

Tutorial production + lots of annotations/effects + more sophisticated training content

Descript is interesting if your cuts are mostly verbal

Descript takes a completely different approach: it transcribes the recording and lets you edit the video by editing the transcript. Delete a sentence and the corresponding video/audio disappears. www.descript.com

That's fantastic if your workflow is:

Record 30 minutes → remove mistakes/“ums”/rambling → rearrange explanations → done.

But for a tutorial where you're constantly thinking “cut here, zoom into this UI element, add a callout, jump to this section”, I'd still favor Camtasia/ScreenFlow.

Quick ranking for your use case

For what you described, I'd start with Camtasia. The combination of recording markers and a tutorial-focused editor is exactly what makes it different from something like Loom or OBS. Current comparisons also consistently put Camtasia/ScreenFlow toward the top for polished tutorial production. toolradar.com

If you tell me Windows or Mac, I can also compare Camtasia vs ScreenFlow vs Descript specifically for a “record 20–30 minutes, make 30+ cuts, use markers, and publish” workflow.

If your tutorials involve lots of stopping, retakes, clean cuts, and jumping around a long recording, I’d prioritize an editor with markers + a good timeline rather than a pure screen recorder.

My picks

🥇 If you're on Mac: ScreenFlow. It is particularly well suited to this workflow: you can record and edit in the same application, use separate tracks, and it explicitly supports markers and color labels for organizing footage. www.telestream.net

🥇 If you're on Windows: Camtasia. It combines screen recording and editing, with screen/camera/audio capture and a tutorial-oriented editor. It's a very good fit when you want to record a 30–60 minute tutorial and aggressively cut it down afterward. support.techsmith.comtoolradar.com

The feature I'd specifically look for

For your workflow, markers during recording are extremely valuable.

For example:

Record → make mistake → say "MARK" → continue

Record → finish section → press marker → continue

Edit → jump through markers → cut mistakes → export

ScreenFlow actually supports adding markers while recording, so you can flag moments without interrupting your flow. primary.telestream.net

If you're willing to use two programs, OBS + DaVinci Resolve is the best free/powerful combination, but it's less convenient because OBS itself doesn't provide a post-production editor. support.techsmith.comtoolradar.com

My recommendation:

• Mac → ScreenFlow
• Windows → Camtasia
• Free → OBS + DaVinci Resolve
• Mostly talking/narration → Descript

If you tell me Mac or Windows, I can narrow it down to the best option specifically for rapid-cut tutorial production and explain the ideal recording/editing workflow.

For tutorials with lots of retakes and frequent edits, I’d narrow it to Descript vs. Camtasia vs. ScreenFlow.

My pick: Descript

Descript is probably the best fit if your workflow is:

record → make lots of cuts → reorganize sections → clean up speech → add scene markers → export.

Why:

• Extremely fast cuts: edit the transcript and the corresponding video changes with it. You can remove a sentence/paragraph without hunting through the timeline. www.descript.comhelp.descript.com
• Excellent markers: markers can be named, navigated from a marker list, and exported as chapters. help.descript.com
• Good keyboard workflow: there are shortcuts for markers, scenes, clips, and jumping between markers. help.descript.com
• Screen + webcam + mic recording are built in, with separate tracks when you want more control. help.descript.com
• Its July 2026 update added a Quick Editor specifically for rapidly trimming screen recordings. www.descript.comhelp.descript.comwww.descript.comwww.teachfloor.comwww.learningrevolution.nethelp.descript.com

How I'd rank them

Camtasia is the one I'd choose if you want your tutorials to feel more like professionally produced training material—with more traditional timeline editing, animations, callouts, and interactive training features. It's also available on Windows and Mac. www.teachfloor.com

ScreenFlow is particularly compelling if you're on Mac and want a conventional editor that's fast and relatively uncomplicated. www.learningrevolution.net

One important distinction

If by "frequent edits" you mean you're going to stop, restart, redo sentences, remove mistakes, and rearrange chunks constantly, I'd choose Descript.

If you mean precise visual editing—zooming into UI elements, callouts, cursor effects, animations, transitions, etc.—I'd choose Camtasia.

For your specific description, I'd start with Descript. Its combination of transcript-based cutting + scene markers is unusually well suited to tutorial production. www.descript.comhelp.descript.com

If you tell me Mac or Windows and whether you're recording software demos, coding tutorials, or presentation/teaching videos, I can narrow it down to the best 1–2 choices.

For tutorials that require frequent edits, especially if you want to make lots of clean cuts and navigate long recordings quickly, I’d narrow it to Camtasia vs. ScreenFlow.

My pick: Camtasia

Camtasia is probably the best fit if your workflow is:

Record → mark mistakes/sections → make lots of cuts → add zooms/callouts → export.

It combines recording and editing in one app, and it supports recording your screen, camera, microphone, and system audio. support.techsmith.com

Its big advantage for your use case is that you can drop markers while recording, including marking places you know you'll want to cut later. techshelps.github.io

If you're on Mac: ScreenFlow is extremely good

ScreenFlow is arguably even nicer if you're exclusively on Mac.

It has a proper timeline editor, named markers, multi-track editing, color labels, and lets you jump directly between markers. primary.telestream.net

For frequent editing, I particularly like the marker workflow:

Record a mistake → add marker "CUT" → keep recording → later jump through every marker and clean them up.

That's exactly the sort of workflow ScreenFlow's markers are designed for. www.telestream.net

What I'd choose

I would not use OBS alone for this. It's excellent for recording and has powerful live scene management, but it doesn't give you the post-recording editor you need; you'd have to send the footage to another editor. www.photoshoplady.com

DaVinci Resolve + OBS is the better choice if you want professional-level editing and don't mind a more complicated workflow. But for "I record tutorials constantly and need to chop them up quickly," I'd pay for Camtasia/ScreenFlow instead.

Bottom line:

• Windows → Camtasia
• Mac → ScreenFlow or Camtasia
• Maximum editing power / free → OBS + DaVinci Resolve
• Fastest text-based editing → Descript

If you tell me Mac or Windows and whether you mean "cut out mistakes while recording" or "record everything and rapidly edit afterward," I can recommend the exact workflow and keyboard shortcuts I'd use.

For tutorials that involve lots of editing, clean cuts, and scene markers, I’d narrow it down to Camtasia vs. ScreenFlow, with Camtasia as my overall pick.

🥇 Camtasia — my recommendation

Camtasia by TechSmith

Camtasia is specifically designed around screen recording + instructional video editing, rather than being a general-purpose video editor that happens to record screens. It has a multi-track timeline, annotations, cursor effects, zooms, transitions, and other tools that are particularly useful for tutorials. support.techsmith.com

The marker workflow is especially relevant to what you're describing: you can place markers during recording to flag things like mistakes, pauses, or sections that need editing, then use those markers when editing. techshelps.github.io

I'd choose it if your workflow is something like:

Record 20–30 minutes → mark mistakes while recording → make lots of cuts → add zooms/callouts → rearrange sections → export.

That's exactly the sort of workflow Camtasia handles well.

🥈 ScreenFlow — excellent if you're on Mac

ScreenFlow by Telestream

If you're using a Mac, ScreenFlow may actually feel faster and cleaner than Camtasia. It has multi-track editing, markers, color labels, nested clips, templates, and tools specifically aimed at software tutorials. primary.telestream.net

Its marker system is particularly nice: named markers appear on the timeline and can be managed from a marker list, making it easy to jump around a long recording. primary.telestream.net

🥉 Descript — best if you're constantly removing spoken mistakes

Descript

Descript is different: it transcribes the recording and lets you edit the video by editing the text. So if your tutorials involve lots of:

• "uh..."
• repeated explanations
• verbal mistakes
• long pauses
• sentences you want to remove

…it can be ridiculously fast. www.descript.com

But for screen-heavy tutorials where you're precisely manipulating what happens on screen, I'd take Camtasia/ScreenFlow over Descript.

My ranking for your specific workflow

If you're on Windows:
1. Camtasia → 2. Descript → 3. OBS + DaVinci Resolve

If you're on Mac:
1. Camtasia/ScreenFlow → 2. Descript → 3. OBS + DaVinci Resolve

If frequent editing + scene markers + fast navigation through long recordings are your biggest priorities, I'd personally start with Camtasia. It is much more purpose-built for this than Loom or OBS. Current comparisons also consistently put Camtasia/ScreenFlow in the polished-tutorial category, rather than the quick-recording category. toolradar.com

If you tell me Windows or Mac and whether you're recording software screens, PowerPoint, coding, or a talking-head + screen, I can narrow it down to the best 2–3 options for your exact editing workflow.

For tutorials that need frequent edits, clean cuts, and scene markers, I’d narrow it to three:

🥇 Camtasia — my recommendation

If you're making software tutorials, training videos, walkthroughs, or instructional content, Camtasia is probably the best fit.

Its workflow is specifically designed around screen recording + editing rather than recording first and moving to a separate editor. Crucially for your use case, you can drop markers while recording to flag mistakes, sections to remove, or important points. Those markers remain associated with the timeline even as you move or delete media. www.techsmith.com

That means you can do something like:

Record → make mistake → hit marker → keep recording → fix everything afterward

instead of stopping and restarting every time.

It also has the tutorial-specific stuff you'd likely want: cursor effects, callouts, zooms, annotations, transitions, captions, and multi-track editing. Current comparisons continue to rank it among the strongest options for polished tutorial/training production. www.learningrevolution.net

Camtasia official site

🥈 ScreenFlow — if you're on Mac

If you're a Mac user, ScreenFlow is an excellent alternative, particularly if you want something lightweight and fast.

It has timeline markers, named markers, a marker list, multi-track editing, and the ability to add markers during recording. www.telestream.net

I'd actually choose ScreenFlow over Camtasia if your priority is:

• Mac-only workflow
• Minimal interface clutter
• Fast editing
• Lots of screen recordings
• No need for elaborate training/interactive features

ScreenFlow official site

🥉 Descript — if your tutorials are narration-heavy

Descript is interesting if most of your editing consists of removing mistakes, pauses, repeated explanations, and filler words.

It transcribes the recording and lets you edit the video by editing the text. It also has proper markers/chapters that appear in both the script and timeline, and you can jump between them. www.descript.com

Descript official site

What I'd pick for your workflow

If you're recording software tutorials frequently:

Camtasia → record everything in one take → mark mistakes/sections while recording → make clean cuts afterward → add zooms/callouts → export.

That's much better suited to your workflow than OBS + Premiere/Resolve, unless you specifically need a full professional video editor. OBS itself doesn't provide the built-in editing workflow you're asking for. creativesware.com

If you tell me Mac or Windows and whether you're doing YouTube tutorials, internal training, or course videos, I can narrow it down to the best 1–2 options and explain the exact recording/editing workflow I'd use.

For tutorials with frequent edits, clean cuts, and scene markers, I’d narrow it to Camtasia vs. ScreenFlow.

My pick: Camtasia

TechSmith Camtasia is probably the best fit if your priority is efficient tutorial production rather than cinematic video editing.

Why:

• Excellent for screen-recorded tutorials — screen, webcam, mic, and system audio are designed to work together.
• Fast, precise timeline editing for removing mistakes, pauses, retakes, etc.
• Markers are particularly useful for marking mistakes or sections while recording; markers can also become navigation/table-of-contents points. techshelps.github.io
• Strong tutorial-specific tools: cursor effects, zooms, callouts, annotations, captions, highlights, etc. techshelps.github.iosupport.techsmith.comwww.telestream.net
• Much less cumbersome than using a full editor like Premiere Pro for this type of work.

Camtasia — official site

If you're on Mac: ScreenFlow is extremely compelling

Telestream ScreenFlow might actually be my choice if you're exclusively on macOS.

Its Markers window lets you name markers and jump directly between them, which is exactly the workflow you're describing. It also supports multi-track editing and markers can be used for chapters. www.telestream.net

ScreenFlow — official site

Quick comparison

Descript is fantastic if your editing is primarily "remove these words/sentences from my narration", because you can edit the transcript and have the video change accordingly. But for detailed screen tutorials, Camtasia/ScreenFlow give you better timeline-level control. www.descript.com

Bottom line:

• Windows → Camtasia
• Mac → ScreenFlow or Camtasia
• Mostly talking/narration → Descript
• Complex professional video production → Premiere Pro
• Free → OBS + another editor, but this adds friction.

If your workflow is something like record 30–60 minutes → make dozens of cuts → add scene markers → zoom/highlight UI → export, I'd choose Camtasia.

For tutorials with frequent retakes, clean cuts, and lots of scene/section markers, I’d narrow it to three:

🥇 My pick: Camtasia

If your tutorials are things like software walkthroughs, coding lessons, PowerPoint demos, or how-to videos, I'd choose Camtasia.

It is specifically designed around instructional video: screen capture + multi-track editing + annotations/callouts + cursor effects + transitions. TechSmith itself positions it toward educators, trainers, and technical marketers. support.techsmith.com

The big advantage for your workflow is that you're not fighting a general-purpose video editor. You can record a long session, then make tight cuts, zoom into UI elements, add callouts, and organize the tutorial into sections.

Camtasia official site

🥈 Descript — potentially better if you're constantly correcting yourself

If by "frequent edits" you mean:

"I record the whole tutorial in one take and then remove all my mistakes, pauses, repeated sentences, and unnecessary explanations."

Descript may actually be the fastest.

It transcribes your recording and lets you edit the video through the transcript, so deleting a sentence can effectively remove that portion of the video. It also has explicit markers/chapters that appear in both the script and timeline, and you can jump between them or export them as chapters. help.descript.com

Its screen recorder can capture screen + camera + microphone, and the resulting sources remain separately editable. help.descript.com

Descript official site

🥉 ScreenFlow — if you're on Mac

ScreenFlow is a particularly nice choice if you're on macOS and want something simpler than a traditional professional editor. Current comparisons still put it alongside Camtasia as one of the better choices for polished tutorial production. toolradar.com

ScreenFlow official site

What I'd use for your exact workflow

If your process is:

Record 30–60 min → make lots of cuts → mark scenes → add zooms/callouts → export polished tutorial

I'd rank:

1. Camtasia ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. Descript ⭐⭐⭐⭐½
3. ScreenFlow ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Premiere Pro ⭐⭐⭐½
5. OBS + separate editor ⭐⭐⭐

The important distinction is Camtasia vs. Descript:

• Camtasia: best when you're editing the visual tutorial heavily.
• Descript: best when you're editing the spoken content heavily.
• ScreenFlow: excellent middle ground if you're on Mac.

If you tell me Mac or Windows and whether you're recording your screen + voice, webcam + screen, or just screen + voice, I can recommend the exact workflow and keyboard shortcuts I'd use for rapid retakes and cuts.

For tutorials that need frequent edits, clean cuts, and scene markers, I’d prioritize a tool with a good editing timeline rather than just a recorder. The best choice depends on how polished you want the final videos to be:

My recommendation based on your requirements:

Best overall: Camtasia

Choose it if your workflow is:

1. Record a software demo.
2. Cut mistakes frequently.
3. Add zooms/highlights.
4. Insert sections or chapters.
5. Export finished tutorials.

It is designed around exactly that workflow. www.photoshoplady.com

Best “serious creator” setup: OBS + DaVinci Resolve

Choose this if you want:

• unlimited recording control
• multiple scenes (camera-only, screen-only, presentation view)
• professional editing
• a workflow that scales to YouTube/course production

The downside is managing two programs. creativesware.comyoutubeplays.com

For scene markers specifically, I’d look at:

• Camtasia if you want markers directly in your tutorial editing workflow.
• OBS scenes + Resolve markers if you want a more production-style workflow.

A couple of details would change my recommendation:

• Are you on Windows or Mac?
• Are these software walkthroughs, coding tutorials, slides, or camera + screen tutorials?
• Do you want to edit while recording (pause/fix mistakes) or do all edits afterward?

For tutorials that involve lots of retakes and frequent editing, I’d narrow it down to three:

🥇 My pick: Camtasia

If your workflow is something like:

Record 20–30 minutes → make mistakes → drop markers → cut bad sections → add zooms/callouts → export

Camtasia is probably the best fit.

Its markers are specifically useful for marking mistakes and sections to remove, and markers remain associated with their timeline positions as you edit. www.techsmith.com

The big advantage is that recording and editing happen in the same application, rather than recording in OBS and then moving everything into another editor. Current comparisons continue to rank Camtasia particularly highly for polished tutorials and training videos. www.teachfloor.com

🥈 If you're on Mac: ScreenFlow

I'd seriously consider ScreenFlow if you're a Mac user. It has named timeline markers, a marker browser, multi-track editing, annotations, and templates/styles specifically designed to speed up repeated software tutorials. www.telestream.net

It's particularly nice if you make lots of similar tutorials, because you can establish a template once and reuse it.

🥉 Descript if your main problem is talking

Descript is different: it transcribes your recording and lets you edit the video by editing the transcript. So if you frequently need to remove:

• "um"
• pauses
• repeated explanations
• sentences you got wrong
• entire chunks of narration

…it can be extremely fast. www.descript.com

But for precise visual editing of software demos, I prefer Camtasia/ScreenFlow.

My recommendation by workflow

Lots of screen tutorials + frequent cuts: → Camtasia

Mac + lots of screen tutorials: → ScreenFlow

Talking-head + screen + tons of verbal mistakes: → Descript

Want free: → OBS + DaVinci Resolve

If you tell me Windows or Mac, and whether you're recording screen only vs screen + webcam, I can recommend the exact setup and shortcuts I'd use for the fastest edit workflow.

For tutorials where you record, then make lots of clean cuts, I’d narrow it down to Camtasia vs. ScreenFlow vs. Descript.

My pick: Camtasia

Camtasia is probably the best fit for your workflow, especially if you want to record a long take and then rapidly clean it up.

Why:

• Markers can be added while recording — useful for flagging mistakes, sections to cut, or important points as you go. assets.techsmith.com
• Excellent timeline editing for cutting out pauses, mistakes, retakes, etc.
• Built specifically around software tutorials/training, with cursor effects, zooms, callouts, annotations, and templates. www.photoshoplady.comwww.telestream.net
• Windows + Mac.
• You don't need a separate editor after recording.

If you're on Mac: ScreenFlow is extremely good

ScreenFlow is arguably the cleaner editing experience for frequent tutorial production.

It has named timeline markers, keyboard navigation between markers, in/out points, multi-track editing, color labels, and media organization. www.telestream.net

I'd choose it over Camtasia if your priority is:

Record → mark mistakes → make lots of quick cuts → polish → export

rather than elaborate training features.

What about Descript?

Descript is fantastic if your tutorials involve a lot of spoken narration. It transcribes the recording and lets you cut video by editing the transcript, so removing "um," pauses, repeated explanations, or entire sentences is extremely fast. www.descript.com

But if you're primarily doing screen recordings where you're clicking around software, I'd prefer Camtasia/ScreenFlow because conventional timeline editing gives you more precise control.

And OBS?

Don't choose OBS as your main editor. It's excellent for recording and scene management, and it's free, but it doesn't have a proper post-production editor. www.photoshoplady.com

You'd end up with:

OBS → DaVinci Resolve/Premiere → finished tutorial

That's powerful, but considerably more cumbersome if you're making frequent edits.

My ranking for your specific requirement

\* OBS's "scenes" are recording layouts, not post-production markers.

If you tell me whether you're on Windows or Mac, and whether you want to mark cuts during recording with a hotkey, I can give you the best exact workflow and keyboard shortcuts.

For tutorials with lots of retakes and frequent editing, I’d prioritize a recorder/editor where you can mark moments while recording and then jump around the timeline quickly.

My picks

1. Camtasia — my recommendation

If your main job is making software tutorials, I'd choose Camtasia. It combines recording and editing, and its marker workflow is specifically suited to marking things like pauses, mistakes, and points where you need to make cuts. assets.techsmith.com

A particularly useful workflow is:

Record → hit marker when you mess up → keep recording → edit only the marked sections afterward.

That means you don't have to stop and restart every time you make a mistake.

2. ScreenFlow — if you're on Mac

ScreenFlow is arguably the nicest alternative if you're a Mac user. It has a proper timeline, named markers, marker navigation, and in/out points, so it's very good for long tutorials that need lots of surgical edits. www.telestream.net

3. Descript — if most edits are verbal

If your tutorials involve lots of narration, Descript is worth considering. It transcribes the recording and lets you edit the video by editing the transcript—delete a sentence and the corresponding video/audio disappears. www.descript.com

What I'd choose

• Windows: Camtasia
• Mac: ScreenFlow or Camtasia
• Lots of talking/retakes: Descript
• Want free: OBS + DaVinci Resolve, though it's considerably less convenient as an all-in-one tutorial workflow. creativesware.com

If by scene markers you mean “I want to press a hotkey during recording to flag a mistake/scene, then later jump through those markers and make the cuts”, Camtasia and ScreenFlow are particularly well suited to that workflow. assets.techsmith.comwww.telestream.net

If you tell me Mac or Windows, I can narrow it down to the best 2–3 options specifically for a record → mark mistakes → make rapid cuts → export workflow.