I often record screen videos of apps and websites, both on my laptop and phone. But posting them as is rarely…

I often record screen videos of apps and websites, both on my laptop and phone. But posting them as is rarely looks good, especially when a white interface ends up on a white background. So I usually put the recording on a canvas in After Effects, adjust the background and dimensions, and render separate versions for my website, social media, or Keynote.

Doing this in After Effects is super annoying. So I decided to make a small app for myself where I can do all of that in seconds.

I called it FORMA. I can just drag in any video and place it nicely on whatever background I need, control the size of the canvas, add rounded corners and shadows, trim and crop, and quickly export a nice video that I can share or post anywhere.

It took me one evening to design (around 3 hours), one evening to build with Codex (around 3 hours), and 1 hour of troubleshooting and fixing bugs. In the end, this tool will save me hours that I would otherwise spend in After Effects.