Camera PiP
Add a webcam overlay to your screen recordings with customizable shapes, positions, and effects.
🎥 What is Camera PiP?
Picture-in-Picture (PiP) lets you overlay your webcam feed on top of your screen recording. Perfect for tutorials, demos, and presentations where you want viewers to see both your screen and your face.
💡 Recording vs Studio
During Recording:The camera preview is shown just for you to check your appearance. It's a simple preview — what you see is not the final look.
In Studio: After recording, you customize everything in the Studio editor — shape, size, position, effects, and reactions. This is where you create the final look of your PiP.
Display Modes
In Studio, choose from two camera display modes:
Small Mode (PiP Overlay)
A small camera bubble overlaid on your screen recording. Choose from various shapes and positions. Ideal for tutorials where the focus is on the screen content.
Large Mode (Presenter)
Camera takes up a significant portion of the frame with screen content beside it. Perfect for presentations and talking-head videos with screen demos.
PiP Shapes (Studio)
Customize the shape of your camera overlay in Studio:
Positioning (Studio)
Small Mode Positions
In Studio, place your PiP in any corner of the screen:
Bottom-Right is the default position
Large Mode Positions
Left
Right
Resizing & Camera Zoom (Studio)
Studio Controls
- ScrollResize the PiP bubble (make it larger or smaller)
- Option + ScrollZoom the camera feed (crop in/out)
- PinchZoom camera with trackpad pinch gesture
- DragMove the PiP to any position on screen
Visual Effects (Studio)
Outline Styles
Add a border around your PiP in Studio:
Glow Effects
Add a glow around your PiP for extra visual impact:
Shadow
Enable drop shadow to make your PiP stand out from the background. Customize shadow color, radius, and offset.
Interactive Reactions (Studio)
In Studio, make your camera overlay respond dynamically to what's happening in your recording. Reactions add life and energy to your videos.
Zoom Reactions
When SmartZoom focuses on a part of your screen, your camera can react:
Before Zoom
After (Shrink)
- Shrink — Camera shrinks to stay out of the way (default)
- Fade — Camera fades out during zoom
- Slide — Camera slides off screen (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal)
- Transform3D — 3D rotation effect toward the center
- Morph — Shape transforms (circle to square)
Multiple reactions can be combined. Adjust intensity with the shrink/fade amount sliders.
Click Reactions
Your camera reacts when you click the mouse:
Great for drawing attention to important actions in your tutorial.
Ambient Effects
Continuous subtle animations that run throughout your video:
Adjust intensity from 0.5x to 2.0x. Use the "Trigger Preview" button to test effects before recording.
Tips
- Use Circle shape for a classic, professional look
- Liquid shape adds personality — great for casual content
- Place PiP in the corner opposite to where important screen content appears
- Use outline effects to match your brand colors
- Camera zoom helps frame your face better without changing the bubble size
- Enable click reactions to make tutorials more engaging
- Combine zoom reactions (Shrink + Fade) for smoother transitions