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Camtasia Studio 6 Tutorial:

Record a Web Camera in Camtasia Recorder

Learn how to set up and record a Web camera in Camtasia Recorder.

Now you try: Download the sample project files to practice recording a Web camera.

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 optons, select Camera dropdown > Options.

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

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