Let the camera move itself
The smart camera moves at moments the recording proves: it tucks into a corner during a zoom, steps aside for a click, and can take the frame when nothing happens.
Mac appChromeStudio
Where to find it
- Video editor
- Pro
- Camera
- Smart camera
In Simple, switch Moves itself on or off under Camera. In Pro, open Camera › Smart camera to choose what it does at each moment.
At these moments
- A zoom holds
- Corner tucks the camera into a corner, Hide hides it, Hold leaves it. Size while zoomed sets how big it is in the corner.
- The screen goes quiet
- No clicks, no scrolling, the pointer parked. Share gives the camera half the frame, Cut to you gives it the whole frame, Nothing leaves it.
- A click lands under the camera
- Moves the camera out of the way of clicks it would hide.
Open and close on you#
Two extra shots, off by default. Open on camera starts on you alone, then settles into the layout as the recording comes in. End on camera ends on you for a sign-off. How long sets each one.
Read next
Camera layoutsChoose how your camera and the recording share the frame: a bubble in a corner, side by side, you alone, or the screen alone. There are 15 layouts.Change the camera layout during the videoA layout change is a stretch of the video where the frame is arranged differently, such as opening on you and then sharing the screen. It eases in and out over 450 ms.How auto-zoom worksEvery click in your take becomes a close-up, timed to start a second before the click and pushed in between 1.5× and 2.5×. You can tune them all, or any one.
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