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How to use the Live Camera Simple

When you run CueCam you will see your webcam preview with your camera on the left and the Dashboard on the right.

  1. Virtual camera preview
  2. Shoot and Video Pencil buttons (showing connected iOS devices)

How to use Video Pencil with CueCam Presenter

How to use Shoot Pro Webcam with CueCam Presenter

  1. Dashboard
    layout

The Dashboard

The Dashboard is available throughout CueCam and lets you control your audio and video, share content and toggle Aside 3D to quickly move out of the way of your content.

Learn more about the Dashboard in the video tour:

CueCam Tour

How to set your main camera Simple
  1. Go to Live Camera, the Dashboard sidebar in the document or your Mac’s status bar menu
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  2. Click the arrow next to “Main Camera” and select your preferred camera from the list.
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How to use your iPhone or iPad as your main camera with Shoot Simple

  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 https://codaio.imgix.net/docs/skmQlO27qY/blobs/bl-6MCxcNgNLm/b747cac79ed18213677b5e41210412c81edec67c52993314bda50e4dcdb10692fc4ec77c34d1600460415e80193f8babaffe9271cc1c6ee0797de147d0ae8ffeba949b574544736e63739fe03cd168b9aefb96c514ed2f6a1d82afebc77b668de37d21e2?auto=format%2Ccompress&w=0.5

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!)

How to hide your main camera Simple

  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

How to add a placeholder or “be right back” message Simple

  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

Framing yourself nicely Simple

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

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

Lining yourself up inside CueCam

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

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” shoot-menu

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

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

How to quickly share your desktop Simple

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

  2. Click “Share” to share your Desktop https://codaio.imgix.net/docs/skmQlO27qY/blobs/bl-Ntzqfxopf8/a78bd146236a9dc658539683f148fe094a0c319ab78eba6f413ce5bfbd70477bd860be7514cd3ee89da5d8ac45fc85d22daa38cde211e3d17c632fa4780c134a5a13bc48e5208d1d5d3a81df60083ffdef8fe7b2745c891a112e817df8118f0d4f1c7038?auto=format%2Ccompress&w=0.5

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. https://codaio.imgix.net/docs/skmQlO27qY/blobs/bl-TFZj9_Apcx/9ddc1291be7e2c327996a6a01dbe489f8a7574c119125df3224b86495276234d99a0107bc8ccfbbb04a2f4434cca0ee67511221053c68505eb8a717c59af6e4d8078c1c1c44903a9322c6d8dbabd78f0db4750a58154f14e6b7c602ff8e22b9cd84b0ea1?auto=format%2Ccompress&w=0.5

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

How to quickly share a picture from your computer Simple

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...”
    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. drag-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.

On the dashboard, click the arrow pointing down: add-shoot

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Overhead camera tip

Turn on Shoot’s grid to get your phone perfectly level! shoot-level-meter.gif

How to quickly share a video from your computer Simple

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...” share-popup

  3. 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.

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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.

mic

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.

volume

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

Click the pink bar for more settings: levels

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
  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

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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.

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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.

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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

Option 1 - Dashboard on your Mac

  1. Open the Dashboard from the status menu or by showing the Camera
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  2. Click “Text...” and start typing
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The text will appear along the bottom of your webcam feed. https://codaio.imgix.net/docs/skmQlO27qY/blobs/bl-Ekd2lprIo3/a93cf3310493a9d58c0e7c4b8b30ae3dbe732422ba0b8831a79fc68cc7553a1586ff65f379b4759b32d094b4f551a0af83e67a326e159bed6e45e40437e630bd8c7ac655fcbe43eab071a286674295dd515f8844fd3551d2df2ee47a5888b30e4f8a29e4?auto=format%2Ccompress&w=0.5

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. https://codaio.imgix.net/docs/skmQlO27qY/blobs/bl-VPA4ZemWDD/a3945520038d4698cc537f9045416e0c952887d468ed251372459de74bcb8c663d344f17d25fec61b0e71a89cd89e385eea61506e12263ebf3fbafa98c2ebaa90d40b5199c643972dbb73efbe2ad8d0383dc2e5ecdc7e27cc9a1a2a16138700d7b7198d9?auto=format%2Ccompress&w=0.5

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. https://codaio.imgix.net/docs/skmQlO27qY/blobs/bl-W9TL7uEli-/7801a37b589656036769d2ba46830b43b7d7aaed75df9fbfde7fc5cb051258663885b1c8c85d90c1096221fcea416a6c642726b73ce0a794785188fa502568011a6ac65e8f488d5b633010091462eb09645da392b6a08ffdb1b3af5b932983561b52cfa2?auto=format%2Ccompress&w=0.5

Here you can add fonts and languages for quick selection.

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

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

How to quickly share your desktop

How to quickly share a video from your computer

  1. Share your desktop or a video.

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

  3. Click the “Aside 3D” button

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

aside-in-action

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

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: https://codaio.imgix.net/docs/skmQlO27qY/blobs/bl-Mz_iP9_a8Y/721900c27221f65a6f2d62d01ce65c2357567fe6cdbf98c85c7f00aee533eb3ab3f3470fa70a87a12bbf3e7464a853d6b7a1847fe57bdf13ee89d07a8d7b2e8e94d5827936dd63b147b1d048270be91e0d9bf98375d909106110e96503febd74be6f0960?auto=format%2Ccompress&w=0.5

You can be in a circle in the corner.

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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. https://codaio.imgix.net/docs/skmQlO27qY/blobs/bl-Z7aWyfsiOD/7579129140793c1397f1f255c6e0bf5008f441f0c5a141fc2e1e528ab06c26bf2eae288ef25db01212c79cf988345878169c356f6e5e569edb8dea610b52c03e390ab91f19e98955abfa8544b492fa57c70957eea890cabe45a55d22991d7b042428fd4e?auto=format%2Ccompress&w=0.5

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. https://codaio.imgix.net/docs/skmQlO27qY/blobs/bl-O8FYkIK-4c/db0481962b0121568f8fb850ea5159966c6d26055041737ebe55240824946da5fdee5f34615a48706225bd57ce03524bac8750e3f86572985f23bf9edc409c79b7653fc4683679b539630e2bf89de3528de170b480031bfb5dedad2303bb3b512de32921?auto=format%2Ccompress&w=0.5

This reveals the Green Screen toggle. https://codaio.imgix.net/docs/skmQlO27qY/blobs/bl-j8i9AKeloD/0fbf53c9f7b4dfadc59a2642cfee13e318a529a2e8cf414c80cd812292a824885112b8fdf359a7673215fd48277bbc4b01d845d241dbccb7b1874a66f9a98b34ee0a35bc1a261100833524ea7a508d96cd904e9a609726e835d46af354f26a36c9884919?auto=format%2Ccompress&w=0.5

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

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

How to zoom in on your desktop Simple

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. zoom-desktop-live-camera-silent.gif

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 zoom-via-ipad.gif

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. save-zoom

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. lightbox_preview.gif

How to use Video Pencil’s Magic Wand tool (with sound) Simple

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

This want is available in Video Pencil on your iPad.

You can test it by tapping the dotted circle in Video Pencil. try-sparkles.gif

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).

How to highlight content with Video Pencil’s spotlight feature Simple

You’ll need an iPad running Video Pencil. How to use Video Pencil with CueCam Presenter

The spotlight tool appears at the bottom. location

Share something you want to highlight. something-to-highlight

Now tap the spotlight tool and draw a rectangle around the area you want to focus on. You can then draw immediately.

using-spotlight.gif

Long-press for more options

You can press and hold for more options. options

  • Darken or lighten the mask
  • Change behaviour:
    • Don’t Clear - adds a spotlight leaving the current drawing intact, and does not clear any existing spotlight first
    • Clear Spotlight - clears the current spotlight
    • Clear Drawing & Spotlight (recommended) - clears the current drawing and spotlight so you can show a detail in one go without having to manually clear / reset etc...
    • Darken All - darkens the entire background ready for drawing
How to record vertical and square videos in CueCam Presenter Simple

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). output_shapes.gif

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

  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”)

Use your iPhone as a virtual green screen camera with Shoot Intermediate
  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
How to toggle Aside 3D from your Stream Deck Intermediate

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”
How to add a LUT to your main camera Advanced

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). https://codaio.imgix.net/docs/skmQlO27qY/blobs/bl-O8FYkIK-4c/db0481962b0121568f8fb850ea5159966c6d26055041737ebe55240824946da5fdee5f34615a48706225bd57ce03524bac8750e3f86572985f23bf9edc409c79b7653fc4683679b539630e2bf89de3528de170b480031bfb5dedad2303bb3b512de32921?auto=format%2Ccompress&w=0.5

There is an area marked “Drag LUT here”. https://codaio.imgix.net/docs/skmQlO27qY/blobs/bl-BigPkTpj6f/4d62b9ec0bb7b6869ef05260b63faaddad0f63ae17d35ea0af414fb3014b8d7181f66320bccf18332bbeabd53f09cd9b2f114095086c62d40dc406d04673097d62becde55ab4655e4e36b50875912f8a9d04664ac1bb1c255b702add67a688c5d1d85e79?auto=format%2Ccompress&w=0.5

Grab your LUT in .cube format and drag it in. https://codaio.imgix.net/docs/skmQlO27qY/blobs/bl-C_gotULms7/8e54b5e124bc422d8f006764443c8a5469e9c8a25a5d8444d24af1e5a0c73ebe3d009dc3ff75358754c6b6dc1b1ac54b19d38ad478f5038443900fefc628457b8d70d796f6132086b241eb7f1bb78002510f18977225b6e8f2534cc76ac026658cc7f5c2?auto=format%2Ccompress&w=0.5

Looking good! https://codaio.imgix.net/docs/skmQlO27qY/blobs/bl-A-vV3AmQvq/d5d6146df9e2d25440bf77c8202f52448a878db80c3e57801fcf6e1e5cd535b5e1648ed7a74013f0aee46482cd078ca8d0bde720a3868e96de4105855eaf6948d05509cca273c119be725a087ab2c59cff9449a8ad015c2f35eba067ae6281e0296f2434?auto=format%2Ccompress&w=0.5

How to use a green screen Advanced

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. camera-settings-location

Use the Green Screen toggle to activate the effect. You can adjust the similarity, smoothness etc... to fine-tune the setting. green-screen-toggle

To pick your background colour, use the Key swatch. chroma-picker

Changing your background

You can add a background image behind your chroma key by dropping an image into the Background Image slot. add-background

This will be used to fill out your frame. with-background

When you share content your picture-in-picture effect is no longer presented in a circle, but neatly overlaid over whatever you’re sharing. chroma-picture-in-picture-1.gif