1. Download the app (you do not need to sign in)
2. Open the DMG file
3. Drag CueCam Presenter into Applications
   
4. Launch CueCam by navigating to your Applications folder, via LaunchPad or use Spotlight.
5. You should see a message saying that Apple checked it for malicious software and none was detected. Click “Open” to continue.

1. You will now see a checklist of set-up steps
   

2. Click “OK” to allow CueCam to use your webcam or any other cameras connected to your computer

3. Click “OK” to allow access to your microphone (so CueCam can mix this with other sounds)
   

4. Click “Allow” next to “Screen Recording Permission”. This will take you to System Settings.
   

5. Look for CueCam Presenter under Screen Recording and turn on the switch. You will need to authorise this change with Touch ID or using the password for your your Mac account. This setting will take effect next time CueCam is launched.

6. Click “Install” next to “Install Camera Extension”

7. Note the instructions before using the button “Click here first”

8. Click “Open System Settings”
   

9. Click “Allow” and use Touch ID or your password to continue.

10. Back in CueCam, now you can press “Install” next to “Install Virtual Mic”
    

11. Enter your password to install the virtual mic.

12. Now you’re ready to restart your computer. Click “All Done” and then restart your Mac.
    

When you log back into your Mac, CueCam Presenter is ready to use!

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1. Launch CueCam Presenter on your Mac
2. Launch Video Pencil on your iPad

You should now video from CueCam’s on your iPad and see your drawings on your Mac.

Troubleshooting

• Make sure both your Mac and iPad are on the same Wi-Fi network or connected via USB

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Go to CueCam’s app menu and select “Install Stream Deck Plugin...”

You can now use CueCam’s custom actions on your Stream Deck.

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On the Welcome screen, click “Live Camera”

This takes you to your webcam preview with your camera on the left and the Dashboard on the right.

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1. Go to Live Camera, the Dashboard sidebar in the document or your Mac’s status bar menu
   
2. Click the arrow next to “Main Camera” and select your preferred camera from the list.
   

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1. Install and launch Shoot on your iPhone or iPad. Get Shoot

2. In a CueCam document, click the Camera button to reveal the Dashboard

3. Click the triangle to the right of the Main Camera button and select your Shoot camera

Select your device’s the Front Camera if you want to be able to use Shoot’s built-in teleprompter and program preview.

Troubleshooting

If you don’t see Shoot, please check the following:

• Are your devices on the same network?
  Make sure all devices are on the same WiFi network, or plug them into your Mac with a USB cable
• Do you have restrictive Firewall settings enabled?
  If you change your Firewall settings on your Mac, you should restart your computer before trying Shoot + CueCam again.

Workaround

Sometimes force-quitting Shoot on your device or restarting CueCam will resolve connection problems. (But please tell Michael if you have persistent problems!

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1. Open the Dashboard from the status menu or by showing the Camera

2. Click Main Camera to hide your main camera

3. You can click the same button again to bring it back

Want to add a placeholder or background? How to add a placeholder or “be right back” message

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1. Reveal the sidebar

2. Find your main camera and click the ⚙ gear icon next to it

3. Drag an image or click the space to browse for an image

4. This image will show any time you hide your main camera

This image will also be used as your background if you use a green screen: How to use a green screen

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1. Open the Dashboard from the status menu or by showing the Camera

2. Click “Share” to share your Desktop

If you have more than one monitor

Click the triangle on the right of the Share button, navigate to Displays and choose your preferred desktop.

This desktop will automatically be used whenever you click the Share button.

You can also set your preferred desktop via the top menu: Present → Shared Desktop → [...]

See also: How to share your desktop from a Stream Deck

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Option 1

1. Open the Dashboard from the status menu or by showing the Camera
2. Click the triangle on the “Share” button and click “Share Image...”
   
3. Select an image from your computer

Your picture will now show on your webcam.

Option 2

Drag an picture from Finder directly onto the Share button or camera preview.

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Option 1

1. Open the Dashboard from the status menu or by showing the Camera
2. Click the triangle on the “Share” button and click “Share Video...”

1. Select a video from your computer

Your video will now play on your webcam.

Option 2

Drag a video from Finder directly onto the Share button or camera preview.

Sharing the video’s sound

To share the video’s sound, you need to use CueCam Audio as the microphone input for your video call.

This allows CueCam to mix your microphone with other audio sources like videos.

Changing the volume

When a video is playing, you’ll see an audio source in the Dashboard.

Click on the main part of the button to mute and unmute the video.

Click the pink bar for more settings:

You can turn headphone monitoring on and off for this video.

The change the volume, use the fader on the left.

Try to keep the volume in the green!

See also How to share a YouTube video on your webcam

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1. Open your YouTube video in a web browser
2. Open the Dashboard from the status menu or by showing the Camera
3. Click the triangle on the “Share” → “Windows” → select the name of the browser window containing the YouTube video

Your YouTube video will now be presented on your webcam, and your face will appear in the corner in picture-in-picture mode.

Sharing the video’s sound

To share the video’s sound, you need to use CueCam Audio as the microphone input for your video call.

This allows CueCam to mix your microphone with other audio sources like videos.

Changing the volume

When sharing your browser, you’ll see an audio source in CueCam with the tab’s title.

Tap the main part of the button to mute and unmute the audio.

Click the pink bar at the top of the button to see more controls.

Use the pink slider control to change the volume. Try to keep it in the green.

Change picture-in-picture

If you don’t want your face in a circle, just click the Main Camera button to hide this. Another click brings it back.

Alternatively, you could download the video from YouTube with an app like Downie, and then share from your computer. This is probably a better experience for your viewers as you can avoid showing them ads.
How to quickly share a video from your computer

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Option 1 - Dashboard on your Mac

1. Open the Dashboard from the status menu or by showing the Camera
   
2. Click “Text...” and start typing
   

The text will appear along the bottom of your webcam feed.

Change the size or font

Fonts are managed per-document in CueCam, so changing the font size will change it for all shared text, including bullet points and titles.

Go to the Slides menu.

Here, you can change the font size, or select a different font from the Font menu.

Option 2 - Live Titles on your iPad

If you have an iPad, you can use Video Pencil‘s Live Titles feature to add text to your stream.

You will see CueCam’s virtual camera on your iPad screen to see exactly where you’re adding the text.

The size of the text is set by the length of the line you draw.

Change the font with the T icon in the Video Pencil toolbar.

Here you can add fonts and languages for quick selection.

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1. Share your desktop or a video. How to quickly share your desktop How to quickly share a video from your computer

1. Open the Dashboard from the status menu or by showing the Camera

2. Click the “Aside 3D” button
   

Your shared desktop or video will move to the bottom corner to let you speak to the camera.

Press the Aside 3D button again to bring it back up.

Using the keyboard

You can press the “A” key to toggle Aside 3D, as long as you are not currently editing a card’s text.

You can also toggle Aside 3D from your Stream Deck: How to toggle Aside 3D from your Stream Deck

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When you share full screen content in CueCam, your main camera will be shown as picture-in-picture in the corner.

This can appear one of two ways:

You can be in a circle in the corner.

Or if you have a green screen, you can appear overlaid directly on the background, a bit bigger!

Toggling picture-in-picture

When you’re sharing something full screen, the main camera icon in your Dashboard (accessible via the Live Camera, Mac Status Menu or Dashboard sidebar) shows a person in a circle.

Cilck this button to toggle picture-in-picture.

To enable green screen picture-in-picture mode

Access your camera settings at the bottom of the Dashboard. You will see the name of your main camera.

This reveals the Green Screen toggle.

Turn it on to access the settings and you’ll see your picture-in-picture mode change to match.

More more info about green screen settings, see How to use a green screen .

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If your camera is set to a logarithmic colour profile, you can add a LUT.

Access your camera settings at the bottom of your Dashboard (found in the Live Camera, Mac Status Menu or Dashboard document sidebar).

There is an area marked “Drag LUT here”.

Grab your LUT in .cube format and drag it in.

Looking good!

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1. Reveal the sidebar

2. Find your main camera and click the ⚙ gear icon next to it

3. Toggle the “Green Screen” setting

Now if you use a green screen you’ll get a transparent background.

When full screen, the background image will appear behind you.

When sharing content, instead of being in a circle, you’ll be composited into the image at a larger size.

Did you know you can use your iPhone’s depth camera to create a virtual green screen? Use your iPhone as a virtual green screen camera with Shoot

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1. Open the Stream Deck App

2. Search for the Website action

3. Drag to a button

4. Ctrl+Click on the Sharing button and select “Copy Deep Link”

5. Paste into the URL field.

6. [OPTIONAL] Choose a better icon (I like the one shown here - find it by searching for “Play” via “Open Stream Deck Library”)

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1. Get Shoot on your iPhone or iPad
2. Go into Settings, scroll down and under “Experimental” turn on Virtual Green Screen
3. Select your last numbered camera and Shoot will use your depth camera to create a virtual green screen
4. You can adjust the green screen settings via CueCam’s sidebar

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Install CueCam’s Stream Deck Plugin

1. Open the Stream Deck App
2. Scroll to CueCam Presenter’s section
3. Add a button for “Aside 3D”

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Video Pencil lets you brighten up any video call or live stream with the Sparkle Wand tool.

This want is available in Video Pencil on your iPad.

You can test it by tapping the dotted circle in Video Pencil.

How to make sure your audience hears your sparkles

The sound is automatically brought in when you use CueCam with Video Pencil.

To ensure your viewers can hear it in Zoom, make sure you have “Original Sound for Musicians” turned on (otherwise it will get removed by voice isolation / noise reduction features).

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When you’re on a call, it’s usually best to frame yourself like this:

If you are using a lot of slides, it’s worth being off to the side a bit, like a newsreader.

Lining yourself up inside CueCam

You can access these layouts and more inside the camera settings area of your Dashboard.

Face Follow via Shoot

If you are using Shoot as your webcam you can turn on “Face Follow” to keep your face centered.

Access Shoot from the menu and check “Face Follow”

This is great if you’re presenting slides, because Face Follow adapts to your current slide layout. Here is a card with a title in the middle. Face Follow keeps you centered.

Face Follow on Shoot automatically moves you to the side so that you don’t block your left-aligned content area!

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A CueCam presentation is a sequence of “smart cue cards”.

Anatomy of a Smart Cue Card

1. The play button immediately moves this card to your teleprompter and its content to your virtual camera.
2. The text area contains a combination of teleprompter text and an slide content (highlighted in pink)
3. Here we see a slide image called DNA.jpg - this will show up on your virtual camera
4. A slide title is denoted with a leading # character and will show up on your virtual camera.
5. Attachments (like a video, screen share or second camera) and triggers (like opening a link or starting a recording) appear on the top right.
6. The “Add Content” button lets you browse all the possible available types of attachments and triggers.

You can scroll through the content menu to see what’s available.

You can drag cards, just make sure you’re not over the text area - your mouse cursor should be an arrow.

Cards also have a context menu if you right click.

Your mouse cursor changes to a text selection tool when you’re over text so you can select, copy and paste content.

Preview Editor

The preview area is to the right of your list of cards. Any changes to the inline content or visual attachments will show up on the right.

This is not your live webcam unless you are currently running this presentation. The “PREVIEW” indicator shows this.

Running a presentation

When you press “Start” or click the play button on a card, the preview editor will be replaced with a view of your virtual camera, with a LIVE indicator.

You will see your teleprompter text above the camera preview and the Dashboard slides out from the right.

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On the Welcome screen, click “Generate a Script”

Enter a brief for Chat GPT.

Describe your audience, describe the talk under “Brief”, describe your desired outcome and set the number of cards you’d like.

Click Generate Script to continue. This might take a few seconds.

A new window will appear showing your new script.

Let’s add an image: click the plus (+) icon on any card and select “Generate Image”.

Enter a prompt for Dall-E and click “Generate Image”

After a few seconds, your image appears, but it’s at the bottom of the screen.

Click the Card button on the top right to open the sidebar. You can now choose a new alignment mode for your card.

And now the image appears on the left!

You can move the title underneath the card using cut and paste and change the text to something more interesting.

Click between the cards to start expanding your script.

Try the presentation by pressing “Start”

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1. Click “Add Layout...” at the bottom-left of CueCam’s document window

2. A new card will be created after the currently selected card.

3. Pick a template.

4. Edit the text in the pink areas to change the text. If you delete any special symbols (like ##) then the title will be removed.

5. Click pinned images to change them

Different types of

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CueCam is built to be a great teleprompter.

You should create your cue cards with your teleprompter in mind.

All the text you add to a cue card will be visible in your teleprompter.

This is a typical card. It includes a title in a way that can be shown on screen while being read from the teleprompter.

Imagine if CueCam kept the teleprompter text separate from the titles. In this case when we save-as to make next week’s script, we’d need to change the number twice - once on the card and once in the slide editor. By keeping text and slide content in one place, we can avoid mistakes!

Try to keep your cards concise - it’s easy to flip to the next card and they’ll be easier to read if they’re short.

The teleprompter window

If you have an Elgato Prompter or similar, you will have a separate display for this device.

CueCam has a teleprompter window that you can drag onto this display.

This window can include your camera preview or another window from your computer, or you can make it transparent and drag another window behind it.

Using your iPhone as a teleprompter

If you are using Shoot as your webcam, your teleprompter will automatically appear on its screen.

Navigating cards

You navigate your teleprompter with the big pink button.

When you’re presenting, the pink button will display a preview of the next card

Cards can include bullet points (using the * syntax)

If your card has bullet points, these will be revealed one at a time and the pink button will update accordingly.

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Open the Dashboard via Live Camera, the status menu or in a document’s sidebar.

Click the pink bar along the top of the microphone button.

In the panel that appears, click Disconnect.

You can now select a different microphone.

Why is it like this? In other tools it can be easy to end up on the wrong microphone without noticing, which is the easiest way to quickly degrade the quality of a presentation. CueCam makes this a two step process so you can be confident that the correct mic is being used.

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CueCam mixes audio from your main microphone, videos, screen shares and music.

Select CueCam Audio as your mic input in Zoom, Teams or elsewhere.

You can choose which audio is sent to your headphones.

Usually you want everything except your main microphone to be in your headphones.

The reason not to include your microphone is that it will be distractingly delayed. Your microphone or audio interface may provide a direct monitoring feature to mitigate this problem.

Audio meters

CueCam provides LUFS metering, which is the most accurate way to measure how loud something sounds.

You will see green indicators when your levels are around -23 LUFS which is the perfect volume for your voice.

How to choose what goes to your virtual mic

Here we are hearing audio from the main mic (”RODE NT-USB”) but a currently-playing video is muted.

You can toggle whether an audio source is muted by clicking on its icon.

How to choose what you hear in your headphones

Here we can see the main mic is not going to headphones but the sound from the video is.

Look at the headphone icon to see the headphone monitoring status.

To change this, click on the headphone icon and then click the “Headphone Monitoring” button.

Alternatively, you can use a secondary (right or two-finger) click to show the context menu and toggle it there.

Changing the headphone output

Click the arrow under the headphone icon and then use the picker under the volume control.

Changing the headphone volume

To change the headphone volume click the arrow under the headphone icon to show the fader.

Capturing audio from screen shares

You must share an app or a window to send its audio from CueCam.

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If you already paid for one of the apps that works with CueCam, or you want to migrate from Beat Sheet, your purchases can be discounted from your first payment.

If you bought Shoot and/or Video Pencil

1. Download and install CueCam Presenter
2. Sign in to CueCam Presenter inside the app
3. Launch Shoot and/or Video Pencil on your other device(s)
4. Your discounts will now be available when you go to purchase.

If your Shoot or Video Pencil discounts don’t appear

Try clicking the account status indicator on CueCam’s launch screen (the little red x or green tick)

If problems persist, contact michael@squares.tv.

If you bought Beat Sheet

CueCam cross-references your https://squares.tv account (where Beat Sheet is purchased) with your Stripe account (the payment platform) to calculate your Beat Sheet discount.

Your Beat Sheet discount will show up at automatically at purchase, as long as you used the same email address for both platforms.

You may have problems if you purchased under a different email address to the Apple ID used to sign in to CueCam.

If your Beat Sheet discount doesn’t show up automatically when you go to purchase, please contact michael@squares.tv for help.

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Plans you have purchased are listed on your account page.

Click on a row under “Your Plans” to see more.

Here you can see information about this Plan.

Click “Manage Subscription” to go to the Stripe billing portal and manage your payment information.

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Plans you have purchased are listed on your account page.

Click on a row under “Your Plans” to see more.

How to add somebody to a seat

1. To add somebody to a seat, enter their email address under that seat.
2. [optional] You can customise the email that will be sent with the invitation by editing the text under Invitation Email.
3. [optional] Use the Preview button to see how this email will look before you save.
4. When you press Save Plan they will be emailed with information on how to use it.

Only one person can occupy a seat

If you change an existing email address assigned to a seat, the previous occupier will lose access.

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The “Manage Plan” page gives you an Invitation Link that you can send out to a group of people.

Anybody with the link can now claim a seat on this Plan.

The link will stop working once all the Seats on the plan are taken.

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It is easy to reassign a seat in an active Plan.

Simply change the email address next to a seat and press save.

The existing occupant will be informed that their seat is no longer available, and an invitation will be sent to the new occupant.

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You can remove yourself from a seat by clicking “Relinquish Seat” on your Account page.

This is useful as it allows somebody else to use an otherwise-filled Plan via an Invitation Link.

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Do it from the iPad

Pan about with two fingers.

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