![]() ![]() If you record your own webcam video, make sure that whichever camera you are using also records the audio.If you are going the picture-in-picture route (and this goes for the Zoom recordings too) you need to check a few settings to make sure it’s only your webcam that shows up (and not any attendees or co-hosts). If you interact with Zoom menus while presenting, they won’t be captured in Zoom’s local or cloud recordings – you just see your mouse go up and down near the top of the screen.You’re not going to use this audio, it’ll be low quality, but you will use it to sync your different video clips (slides and cam) with your high quality audio in post production. However, if you are recording your screen locally with your own software (QuickTime/PowerPoint etc.) the menus will be visible in your screen recording unless you turn them off in the settings. Even with the control bar hidden you still see the thin screen share portion of the bar. The only way to get rid of it entirely is to drag it over to a second monitor if you have one. Note, that when they are hidden, the only way to get them back is to hit the escape (ESC) key, so if you’re mid-talk and need access to features like annotations or chat etc. just know that you’ll have to do this, and then hide the toolbar again once you’re done. That way you can edit the portion with the toolbars coming and going out of the final video if you so desire.Įasiest method.Īn editing tip here is to not speak while you do this. You need to have your laptop screen at a specific angle to frame you properly which might not be ideal. If you use an external monitor, your laptop will be off to the side, mening you need to rearrange your office in order to present. Good place to start, but plan on upgrading to a dedicated webcam. ![]() Lenses on the latest models are fantastic. The apps that are available have way more photographic control than webcams or laptop cameras. Specifically they let you control the depth of field, making the visual experience superior (when seated at your desk), not relevant if you’re presenting standing up. I’d love to hear of any lighting tricks you use, or post production tips you use to improve the lighting of your video.Might be hard to get reliable stream for a live event. Now I just need to find a filter that makes me look tan! You can see an example in the image below of how the transparent yellow square adds a warmer, less harsh tone to the existing lighting.Īnd voila! With these two little tricks I was able to change a badly lit video into a passable one that looks smoother and warmer. Then, I changed the opacity of the PNG (also in the Video Properties panel) to 1%, so that it created a barely visible warm tint to the video image. I placed this over my video in the preview window and adjusted the size and rotation so that it fit the exact dimensions of the video clip displayed on screen. (With ScreenFlow 3 we will be able to draw this square with a ‘Video Annotation’). To do this, I created and imported a yellow PNG square. The second thing I did was to add a slightly yellow-colored ‘filter’ on top of my clip to give the image a warmer glow. The nice thing about this feature is that you can preview your results real time, so you can see the results of each little change as you make it. In my case, I pulled the Saturation way down to remove the reddish glow, and then adjusted the brightness slightly. I was able to apply a few tricks from directly within ScreenFlow to tone down my lighting, adding a warmer glow, as you can see in this screenshot.įirst, I added a Video Action to my camera clip to adjust the Saturation, Brightness and Contrast. Especially when put side by side with Grant’s more smoothly-lit image, my lighting appears overly harsh. But one unfortunate consequence of my last-minute duct-tape remodel was that the lighting I had to use was somewhat harsh and cold.Īs you can see in this screenshot, the lighting I used makes my face appear red and overexposed. So when the opportunity came up a few weeks ago to record an interview with Grant Crowell, I had to scramble to pull together some lighting, microphones and computers to make it work. We’re in the middle of revamping our ScreenFlow studio here at Telestream headquarters.
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