

That said, Screencast-O-Matic requires you to sign up for a free account.

You can select a window, full screen, a partial region and start recording the screen with audio support. The UI is particularly clean which makes things even better for general users.
It’s free, does not feature any kind of ads, has a lightweight profile, and works superbly well. Yes, the name is pretty generic but believe me, Free Cam is one of the most simple screen recording software for Windows 10. Basically, you are getting an advanced yet simple-to-use screen recording software for Windows 10 - all for free. Not to mention, the lightweight 3.5MB tool comes with a GIF editor as well where you can add your own watermark, change the background, add webcam recording, board recording, media, and annotate as well. Apart from that, it also supports a lot of popular encoders which is great. In case, you want to save screen recording in MP4, AVI, MOV, MKV, WEBM, and more, you can do that as well. Within seconds, you can save the recording as a high-quality GIF without any reduction in resolution. Just choose your region and click on the Record button to get started. The app is entirely free and open-source and does not show any ads either. It’s simply an indispensable tool on Windows 10 which works flawlessly well. If you are someone who wants to create a high-quality GIF from a screen recording on Windows 10 then let me present you the ScreentoGIF tool. Supports GIF and other popular media formats I find ShareX exceptionally good at what it does and you must use it for both screen recording and taking screenshots on Windows 10. What’s more, you can also create a GIF quickly using its dedicated tool. Move to Task Settings -> Screen Recorder under Capture -> Screen Recording Options -> choose your microphone as the audio source. The best part is that it also supports audio recording. It has a simple UI/UX, just press Shift+Print Screen to start and stop screen recording.
