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Anonymous Trial

screenci preview needs no account or SCREENCI_SECRET to try. Without one, a recording uploads under a local, anonymous trial session: the CLI records the live preview and prints the preview link, and every edit you make in the browser is written back into your script (live with screenci preview --watch, otherwise queued and applied by the next screenci command). You sign up afterward to keep the trial and export it. Recording an anonymous trial agrees to the Terms, which the CLI prints before it starts.

What the trial includes

An anonymous trial is a full preview of ScreenCI’s editing workflow:

  • Free live previews, uncapped. screenci preview records and refreshes the live preview as often as you like for the trial’s lifetime; nothing renders and nothing is billed.
  • The full web editor. The editor is fully editable: narration, overlays, timeline cuts, camera, and render options, with every change written back into your .screenci.ts sources (live while a screenci preview --watch session is connected, otherwise on the next screenci command).
  • Expressive narration (style prompts and tone control) in the preview.
  • Up to 3 narration languages at once in a recording, a taste of the Business tier’s unlimited languages.

Trial limits

  • Preview-only. The trial never renders or exports. Exporting the finished videos requires signing up and choosing a paid plan (Starter, Pro, or Business); screenci export without an account prints a sign-up link instead of recording.
  • Up to 3 videos per record run.
  • 1080p maximum preview resolution. 4K output requires the Business tier.
  • 7 days. An unclaimed trial expires (and its uploads are deleted) after seven days.

Each of these prints a specific reason when it is hit (which limit, and what to do next), rather than a generic rejection.

After you sign up

Signing in claims the trial into your account: its projects, videos, and recordings become part of your organization. A running screenci preview session upgrades itself automatically: the claim writes your SCREENCI_SECRET and a personal SCREENCI_EDIT_TOKEN into screenci/.env and the session reconnects with your account credentials without restarting.

With an active paid plan, screenci export (or the editor’s Export button) renders and downloads the finished videos.

What’s next

  • Editor for how browser edits sync back into your script.
  • Languages to learn how multi-language rendering works once you are signed up.
  • Narration for expressive voices, style prompts, and tone control.
  • CLI for the full preview and export command reference.