How to make my webcam full screen after a stream

Report · Dec 12, 2022

I have streamed some videos with my webcam in the corner as most do. However, afterwards when I edit (using premier pro), there are moments I want to make the webcam fullscreen whilst keeping the quality. I see other streamers who upload do this all the time, but I can't for the life of me work out how to do it. Does anyone know howto do this as any google searches seem to bring up a variety of solutions for different problems

Report · Dec 12, 2022

Making it full screen would mean you have to scale it up and reposition it to fit the screen, which you can do in Effect Controls with Position and Scale.

By "keeping the quality," I'm assuming you mean you want it to be the quality it would be if it had been recorded at full resolution, but that would not be possible if you had recorded it at the size that it is scaled down in the corner. That will be the highest quality available to you if that's how you recorded it, which means it would not look as good when scaled up.

If you want the full res quality to be as good as it can be then you would make sure to record that camera at full res, separate from the rest of your screen recording.

Report · Dec 12, 2022

Thanks for replying, Do you know how other streamers do it. Are they using a second camera for when they want a full screen image of themselves?

Report · Dec 12, 2022

There are a couple of ways they might do it - and I'll be general here and this may not be a thorough list, as I don't actually do this type of content myself:

- Their face camera has its own media so it's doing its own recording (like a mirrorless or DSLR or something)

- They use two different recording softwares or capture devices to capture the two separate angles

- They record with one screen recording application, but they record twice the width, so if you had a 1920x1080 screen recording, and a 1920x1080 camera recording, you would have a "canvas size" of 3840x1080 where they'd have the face cam on one side and the gameplay on the other side. Then they would just put that very wide video into a 1920x1080 sequence and move it left for one angle, and right for the other angle.

With all of these scenarios you'll have to keep in mind that you either need the hardware or the computing power to be able to do these recordings while also doing whatever you are screen capturing. Some of the workflows that would involve a camera or an external capture device could help offload some of that processing so that the computer isn't the thing doing all of the work.

Report · Dec 13, 2022

Thanks Phillip, I say the 3840X1080 technique on youtube and that works great when recording content, but it doens't work when streaming as your display screen has been adjusted. I've ended up using a second webcam on recording on a seperate bit of software on OBS so I can record myself in full screen at 1080p whilst I'm streaming. Just suprised me that there was not an intuitive way to do this on OBS

Report · Dec 12, 2022

I've recorded with both OBS and Camtasia.OBS can accept mulitple inputs, but records a single track at once, and is free. Camtasia costs some but allows you to capture two complete tracks simultaneously, and you can then edit the two tracks after recording. "Smallify" the camera track to put you in a corner, bigify it to make yourself full screen.

OBS allows you to set different 'scene' controls, and I can have one scene with the main image the program or monitor I'm capturing the app from, and a second from the camera facing me. Or the cam over my hands on the control surface or from the cam over my shoulder. And with a tap in the OBS app, change which scene I'm recording.

It works, but ... you can't change after recording. If you decide you want to say be full-screen in a section, you re-record that section.

Camtasia allows again recording two different sources at whatever input size you set for them. Which makes it much easier to work with in that you can edit your recording easily. If I record to disk on the other cams, I can actually import the files and add more tracks to the timeline.

I've also got a BlackMagic Atem Mini Pro switcher ... four HDMI inputs, one HDMI out, and a possible recording capability direct to SSD from that unit, or send via USB to the computer. So I have that as one of my inputs, and I can switch cameras feeding to the computer by simply tapping the right button. Which is a big help when recording with OBS.

But recently, I've wanted to get more callouts and transitions between big/small camera images and other 'nice' features. Which are easier to do in Camtasia, so I paid for updating my 3-year old version to the new one.

Neil

Report · Dec 12, 2022

Oh ... when I'm streaming, I run the Atem Mini Pro into OBS. I can grab a screen via an OBS 'scene' selection, and/or one of the cameras either full or smallified depending on the settings I'm using.

Neil

Report · Dec 13, 2022

Thanks Neil. I have seen the seperate scenes on OBS and that will work for some of the stuff I want to do, but I'll also record myself seperately on another piece of software with a second camera to get the effect I'm looking for. So weird how streaming has been around for so long, and yet it is harder to do now than it was 10 years ago. That's capitalism for you I guess

Report · Dec 13, 2022

Actually, you can do so much more streaming now than 10 years ago, that's capitalism. The growth of tools, both software and hardware, to do streaming/live-capture has been amazing.

It can be more complex, yes ... because there are so many more things that can be done. It's like the new color managment tools in Premiere ... which allow a lot of things that we couldn't do before.

But ... also mean there are more complex things to learn, to puzzle out, and to figure out how they work in your workflows. Progress is often confusing until you sort it out.

Then ... it's awesome! Well, until you're confused again by new options ...

Neil

Report · Dec 14, 2022

You must have not read this correctly. I did not say there was less you can do now than 10 years ago. I said it's harder now than it was 10 years ago. Where there was one product before that worked and everyone used it, there are now hundreds of products from hundreds of different brands all trying to target their own specific niche. When you do buy from some, you'll be on an email list with scam emails coming in trying to fake sell you the same stuff. Some of these products work, some don't, but all focused on selling their profit, rather than solving ones needs efficiently.

Report · Dec 14, 2022

Yes, I didn't understand your comment, as you were intending a meaning. Thanks for the clarification.

But I still disagree with your implication ... that all those people out there are essentially trying to scam you. Because nearly all of them are trying to solve various problems.

You can't produce a product that sells well over time if it doesn't actually solve someone's problems. People stop buying it, and get one that does.

So for any sensible person wanting to make a living, profit comes from solving problems. Period. But as all things are made by humans, with different ideas of how to make any X thing work best, they all work and do stuff slightly to very different than another attempt by another group to solve "the same" problem.

So yes, there are choices out there. And choices ... well, some will work better than others by the nature of 'the beast'. And the ones that don't ... well, they tend to go away.

Scams are very short-term things. Not profitable over time.

Neil

Report · Dec 15, 2022

Neil, you are fundamentally wrong, and have misunderstood what I have said, and I assumed accidentally manipulated what I said too.

Firstly I did not say these companies were scams. I said your email will be given out to others who will try to scam you (this is still poor of the companies in question, but at no stage did I say it was a scam.
Simply put, back in the day, there was one main webcam people used for videos that simply had a webcam. One microphone that simply worked as a micophone etc. Now no matter what you buy, you might need to download drivers or updates, or your webcam that also markets itself with a microphone has a dogshite microphone that was only there to drive in sales.

You are fundamentally wrong by saying profit comes from solving problems. Period. Profit can come from marketing campaigns, profit can come from tricks and unethical actions. Children profit every day from simply being born into a rich family, even if their parent is a lying unethical politician who used his power to profit out of manipulating stock markets.

I did not come here to discuss life view points, but yours are alarming to say the least.

Report · Dec 15, 2022

Everyone's mileage always varies. As we are all humans we all see everything differently.

My ENTIRE adult life has been in business for myself, and according to you I MUST have been only about scamming people for money, never solving problems or helping people.

As is everyone with their own business, for profit IS how we pay our employees, pay for our own food and housing.

So I find your comments terrifying.

Report · Dec 16, 2022

Neil, you are an idiot. You have changed every message I have said and have replied back saying how I have said something I haven't said. If you are so fragile about what you have done, chances are you do something bad. Crying to me about it when I haven't asked isn't going to help you

Report · Dec 16, 2022

Reading your comments on profit ... in both posts ... can't see much room for understanding.

"Some of these products work, some don't, but all focused on selling their profit, rather than solving ones needs efficiently."

"You are fundamentally wrong by saying profit comes from solving problems. Period. Profit can come from marketing campaigns, profit can come from tricks and unethical actions. Children profit every day from simply being born into a rich family, even if their parent is a lying unethical politician who used his power to profit out of manipulating stock markets."

So clearly, Profit in your estimation is suspect to begin with. Every one out there is only focused on profit, as all are "focused on selling their profit, rather than solving ones needs efficiently".

And I don't go around calling people I don't know idiots.

Neil

Report · Dec 17, 2022

Hi Neil, I do know you well enough to call you an idiot. You have taken enough time to read my comments, and manipulate them to make yourself feel personally attacked. Then you were dumb enough to wind yourself up enough to carry it on. Anyone with intellect would have stopped by now. Your way of living is alarming and you clearly are an idiot

Report · Dec 17, 2022

You chose to make rather well, ... blanket statements, to be polite again ... completely out of context to the issue under discussion. Then are surprised and offended somehow that anyone responds, especially if they disagree with your statements.

You are most free to state things. As is everyone else. If you make a comment, assume it can be responded to. And that nearly everyone reading it will see this differently than you ... or all other readers. Humans being divergent by nature.

So choosing to make out-of-context blanket statements, and then being shocked at a response not aligning with your perceptions, might be a good definition for your favorite word.

As one of many possibilities.

Neil

Report · Dec 18, 2022

Lol. What is wrong with you? I am not offended. I merely find your views alarming to the point where I have 0 doubt that you are a moron. If you read back, it was you that got offended. You wrote "My ENTIRE adult life has been in business for myself, and according to you I MUST have been only about scamming people for money, never solving problems or helping people."
You made all of this up, and in your message before you even explained you were basing your opinions on your assumptions rather than anything I said. You have now gotten your self all upset and offended and think I am going to do anything other than call you an idiot. Neil your dumb, you weren't raised well. I am not sorry to provide you with this news, but I do wish someone informed you earlier, although my guess is they already have which would also explain why you assumed such a personal attack from what you even described as blanket statements.

Sort your life out

Report · Dec 18, 2022

My my my ... we do tweak easily, don't we?

Unfortunately, you keep saying you didn't say what's written above ... nice sliding attempt, dude. And ... keep describing my motives and emotions, which again, you haven't a clue about.

I've tweaked folks offering blanket statements for many, many years now. 'Tis a fun hobby.

I would suggest not going around making mass judgements on entire groups of people as a start. Or ... perhaps, learning to write more succintly, if that is not what you mean to say. Either would be a Learning Experience ...

Neil

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How to make my webcam full screen after a stream

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