the capture layer
Screen recorders and share streams read what your graphics renderer hands them. This is the layer everything else is built on.
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Erased at the renderer, not overlaid
Velin isn't a window asking to be skipped. It's removed from the graphics render itself, which is why it doesn't depend on the platform.
Absent from every screen share
Zoom, Teams, Meet, Webex, Chime — there's no per-platform list because the mechanism doesn't work per platform.
Absent from screen recordings
Including your own operating system's native recorder, which is the strictest test available.
Absent from screenshots
A capture of the display doesn't contain it either.
Transparent interface
What sits on your screen is see-through, so it never blocks the thing you're actually working in.