Live Camera - CueCam Presenter

How to use the Live Camera Simple

Access the Live Camera window by using File Menu → “Show Live Camera”, the Window menu → “Live Camera”, or by double-clicking CueCam’s dock icon.

Plan Information - If you have a paid plan, you can book a support call directly with the developer.
Shoot and Video Pencil connection status - these icons show the status of apps running on your iPhone or iPad.
Program Window Launcher - click this to reveal a window showing CueCam’s output and nothing else, allowing you to use CueCam with an external screen or sharing this window via your meeting software.
Record Button - start and manage recordings
Connected Apps indicator - shows which apps are using CueCam’s virtual camera
Mic Selector - select and configure your main microphone
Camera Selector - select and configure your main camera
Share Bar - select a source to share, e.g. a screen, app, window, picture, video or blank board for drawing
Headphones Selector - Select and configure your headphone output

How to use your iPhone or iPad as your main camera with Shoot Simple

Install and launch Shoot on your iPhone or iPad. Get Shoot.
Click the triangle on 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!)

Framing yourself nicely Simple

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 yout camera settings or by using the secondary-click menu.

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!

How to quickly share your desktop Simple

The Share Bar at the bottom of the Live Camera window makes it easy to share your desktop instantly.

If you haven’t shared anything before, click the Share Button and select “Pick Screen...”

Alternatively, secondary-click anywhere to see the sharing menu.

You will be prompted by the system to select a screen.

When you are sharing your screen you will appear picture-in-picture.

Click the Share Bar again places you in “Aside 3D” mode.

Use the “X” to stop sharing completely.

CueCam Presenter always remembers the last thing you shared from the Share Bar.

You can share the same screen again with one click.

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

How to quickly share a picture from your computer Simple

Open the sharing menu from the share bar or with a secondary click in the live camera.

Choose “Share Image...”

The window changes to show you your options.

Click “Open Image...” to choose a file from your computer.

If you have copied an image to the clipboard, press Paste Image.

Or just drag an image into the window and it will be shared instantly.

You do not need to select “Share Image...” to share an image, just drag and drop!

Zooming in

You can zoom in on images using a trackpad pinch gesture or your mouse’s scroll wheel.

Annotating images

Use Video Pencil on your iPad to draw and annotate the shared image.

How to quickly share a second camera Simple

If you have a camera plugged into your computer you can share it as a second camera, with your main camera appearing picture-in-picture.

If you have an iPhone, you can launch Shoot and select this as a second camera in the same way.

Open the sharing menu by clicking the Share Bar or right-clicking anywhere in CueCam’s main window.

Then select the camera you want to share.

You will appear picture-in-picture on the bottom right. Click the camera icon to toggle.

Overhead camera tip

Turn on Shoot’s grid to get your phone perfectly level!

How to quickly share a video from your computer Simple

Drag and drop

Drag and drop any video on your computer into CueCam’s Live Camera window.

Now use the play button to start playback. You can change the volume, playback rate and more.

If the video is in Photos, drag it to your Desktop first, then drag it into CueCam.

You can also drag it directly onto CueCam’s application icon.

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 bottom bar.

Click on the button to mute and unmute the video.

Click the up arrow next to the icon 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

How to share a YouTube video on your webcam Intermediate

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Share Bar is now used. Screenshots of audio controls are wrong.

Open your YouTube video in a web browser
Open the Dashboard from the status menu or by showing the Camera
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

How to quickly add text to your webcam Simple

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Dashboard text feature has been removed.

Option 1 - Dashboard on your Mac

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

How to temporarily set aside your desktop or shared video with Aside 3D Simple

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There is no longer a dedicated Aside 3D button. Just click the Share Bar again.

Aside 3D allows you to temporarily move whatever you’re sharing to the side.

How to quickly share your desktop

How to quickly share a video from your computer

Share your desktop or a video.
Open the Dashboard from the status menu or by showing the Camera
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

How to appear picture-in-picture on your Live Video Simple

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Camera settings have moved.

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 .

How to zoom in on your desktop Simple

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The dashboard is no longer relevant. There is a new floating “Reset Zoom” button with a dropdown containing zoom saving and clearing options.

If you are sharing your desktop or an app (not a single window) you can zoom in using any preview window or using Video Pencil running on your iPad.

In a preview window

You can use the Live Camera, Teleprompter Window or any document where the camera preview is active.

Zoom in by pinching on your trackpad or the scroll wheel or gesture on your mouse.

To pan, click and drag with the left mouse button.

Use the Reset Zoom button to go back to full size.

Via iPad

Video Pencil displays your camera preview directly on your iPad so you can see where you’re drawing.

If you’re sharing your desktop, it allows you to use a pinch gesture to zoom in.

You can also drag with two fingers to pan around the zoomed desktop.

Use the Reset Zoom to go back to full size.

See How to use Video Pencil with CueCam Presenter

Customise the “Reset Zoom” position

When sharing your desktop, you can “Save Zoom for Share” to customise the Reset Zoom button to revert to your preferred size.

Document preview

If you are using picture-in-picture and/or Video Pencil, you will see this in-context on your desktop as you zoom and pan around using your Mac or iPad.

How to record vertical and square videos in CueCam Presenter Simple

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Same steps, but the old Dashboard is visible in the GIF.

You can change the video format via the Output menu option “Output Shape”.

Here you see a preview in Quicktime (but you can record directly in CueCam).

This feature is only available to customers with an active subscription.

Aside and screen sharing behaviour

Note that Aside 3D has different behaviour in vertical mode.

Instead of appearing at a bottom corner, the layout will adapt to be better suited to a vertical format.

Slide content will always fill the screen.

You will see different layering depending on your green screen settings.

How to share your desktop from a Stream Deck Intermediate

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Share Bar works differently and Stream Deck button is now available.

Open the Stream Deck App
Search for the Website action
Drag to a button
Ctrl+Click on the Sharing button and select “Copy Deep Link”
Paste into the URL field.
![OPTIONAL] Choose a better icon (I like the one shown here - find it by searching for “Play” via “Open Stream Deck Library”)

Use your iPhone as a virtual green screen camera with Shoot Intermediate

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There is a dedicated Camera Settings window now, and options can be found in the Live Camera toolbar.

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

How to toggle Aside 3D from your Stream Deck Intermediate

Install CueCam’s Stream Deck Plugin

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

How to add a LUT to your main camera Advanced

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This is now found in the Camera Settings window and remembers the name of the applied LUT (and has no weird blue drop zone any more).

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!

How to use a green screen Advanced

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Moved to Camera Settings window and process of picking a key colour has been refined.

CueCam Presenter has an chroma key feature with advanced controls.

You can access these settings via your Dashboard in the Live Camera window, the document side bar or the status menu. Green screen configuration is applied and saved with each camera source.

Click to expand the camera settings.