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Photoshop drawing recording

New Here ,
Mar 01, 2025 Mar 01, 2025

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The intention: I am drawing in a Photoshop layer on my Wacom tablet and would like to record the process as a video (chosen layer only). Later I want to work with it on Premiere Pro. 
Help very appreciated! Thanks.

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Mar 01, 2025 Mar 01, 2025

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Premiere does no do screencapture.

What you need is screencapture software such as Camtasia.

https://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/

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Mar 01, 2025 Mar 01, 2025

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Thanks a lot.
What I would like to record is not what the display shows, but only one layer of Photoshop. Maybe there's no solution for my problem.

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Mar 01, 2025 Mar 01, 2025

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If you want to record just one layer you turn all other layers off.

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Mar 02, 2025 Mar 02, 2025

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Thanks Ann, that's clear. But I need to see the layer beneath, but I want to record only my drawing layer...

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Mar 02, 2025 Mar 02, 2025

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@fifizurich 

Would it be correct to say that you want the layer behind the one you’re drawing on to be visible while recording, but not appear in the saved recording? I don’t think any screen recording utility offers that feature.

 

If the layer behind your drawing layer can be colorized green or blue, you could use Ultra Key in Premiere Pro or Keylight in After Effects to key it out. However, this would also remove any green or blue present in the drawing layer you want to keep (Keylight has an "Inside Mask" option to address this).

 

Alternatively, you could try recording your work on the drawing layer as a Photoshop Action. Then, once finished, screen record that Action playing back with a new layer while all other layers are hidden. A challenge with this approach is that the Action plays back as fast as your computer allows, which might make the timing feel unnatural.

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Mar 02, 2025 Mar 02, 2025

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Thank you very much for your help, Heaton! I will try it with greenscreening.

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In addition to Camtasia mentioned by Ann Bens, if you're running macOS you can start a screen recording using command + shift + 5 to bring up the screen capture options and start a screen recording or with QuickTime Player use File > New Screen Recording.

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