Record a Web Camera in Camtasia Recorder

Record camera video such as a video of the speaker, with your screen recording. In Camtasia Studio, add the camera recording to the PIP track to embed as a Picture-in-Picture (PIP) clip or to include as a side-by-side video.

Camtasia Recorder only supports camera recording when saving to the .camrec file format. To change the file format, select Tools > Options > Capture tab.

1.	Enable the Camera option.

2.	Click the Camera dropdown to select the camera device.

Camtasia Recorder does not support Digital video (DV) cameras.

3.	A live preview of the Web camera appears to the right of the Camera option. To view a larger preview, hover your cursor over the preview thumbnail.

4.	To change the camera options, select Camera dropdown > Options.

You can record camera video at a later time with the Record camera option in Camtasia Studio. See Record Camera Video in Camtasia Studio.