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Install the Chrome extension

Add PointerCam to Chrome, pin it to the toolbar, and allow your microphone. A welcome page walks you through it and ticks each step off as you go.

Chrome only
Where to find it
  1. Chrome toolbar
  2. Puzzle piece
  3. Pin PointerCam
  1. 1Click the puzzle piece beside Chrome’s address bar.
  2. 2Click the pin next to PointerCam. Its button stays in your toolbar.
  1. 1Open the PointerCam download section and choose Add to Chrome.Chrome asks you to confirm. Choose Add extension.
  2. 2Chrome opens PointerCam’s welcome page.It has five short steps, and each one ticks itself off when it is done.
  3. 3Pin PointerCam to your toolbar.Click the puzzle piece at the top right of Chrome, then the pin beside PointerCam. Its button now stays in the toolbar, one click away on any page.
  4. 4Turn on your microphone.Chrome asks once. You can skip it and turn it on later from the popup. The same step turns on your camera too.
  5. 5Record your first take, then open it in the editor.The welcome page offers a tab take and a screen take. Either one is fine.

What the welcome page asks#

  • Choose your look. Light, dark, or the same as your computer. You can change it later in Settings.
  • Pin PointerCam to your toolbar. The step ticks itself the moment the button appears.
  • Turn on your microphone. Chrome shows its own question. Nothing records until you press Record.
  • Record your first take. A tab on any website, or your screen or a window.
  • Open it in the editor. Your take is waiting in the library.

Read next

Record a browser tabClick PointerCam in Chrome’s toolbar, keep Tab selected and press Record this tab. Every click on the page is followed, and Stop opens the take in the editor.Your microphone and cameraTurn your microphone and camera on in the popup or the Mac toolbar before you record. Your camera records as its own track, so its layout can change later.Make your first videoStart a take, work the way you normally would, and press Stop. The video opens in the editor already zoomed in on your clicks, ready to export.I can’t find PointerCam in ChromeChrome hides new extensions behind the puzzle piece. Click it, then the pin beside PointerCam, and its button stays in the toolbar.

Something not working the way this page says? See Troubleshooting, or start from Getting started.