Smooth Zoom
This OBS Lua script adds real-time cursor zoom with smooth animation and customizable controls.
About Smooth Zoom
Smooth Zoom is an OBS Studio Lua script that provides real-time zoom centered on the mouse cursor for screen recording and streaming. It loads through Tools → Scripts and is used with a Display Capture source. It is verified on Windows 11 with OBS 32.0.4 or newer and optimized for Display Capture; macOS and Linux use is experimental.
Pricing is not clearly stated.
Key features
- Smooth transitions for zooming in and out
- Weighted camera following during active zoom
- High-resolution custom cursor and pointer images with rotate and tilt
- Motion and Zoom blur via external plugins
- Hotkeys for zoom toggle and follow mouse
Watch out for
- Changing Windows display properties requires re-adding the Display Capture source and reloading the script
- Using Window Capture requires enabling Show all sources and entering manual position values
Smooth Zoom at a glance
- Type
- Open-source project
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Details verified
- Oct 22, 2026 · Official source
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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