Record a Picture-in-Picture Video

Add a Picture-in-Picture (webcam) video to connect with your viewers. Snagit’s Picture-in-Picture allows you to:

1. In the Capture window, select the Video tab.
   
2. Click the Capture button or press Print Screen (Windows) or Control+Shift+C (Mac).
   
3. The orange crosshairs appear. Click and drag to select the area to record on the screen or click the Fullscreen button to select the entire screen. For more information about selecting the recording area, see Record a Video with Snagit.
   
4. A preview of your recording area and webcam appears.
   
5. Check your settings in the Ready to Record window, and make any changes in the Video Recording toolbar:
   • Cursor Capture: Record your cursor while screen recording. Click the button to turn the option on or off before or during recording.
     
   • Cursor Effects: Click the dropdown to turn cursor highlighting and click animations on and off.
     
   • System Audio: Record the sound from your computer such as application alerts or the audio playing from your computer speakers.
     
   • Webcam: Record from a built-in or connected webcam. Click the button to turn the option on or off before or during recording.
     
   • Webcam options: Click the dropdown to select webcam options:
     
     • Device: Select your computer’s built-in or connected webcam.
     • Picture-in-Picture: Select the webcam video position in your final video.
     • Fullscreen (Windows) or Fullscreen Webcam (Mac): Fill the selected recording area with webcam video.
     • Shape: Select Circle, Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Square, or Rounded Square shape for your webcam recording.
       

       Note: In some cases, such as Citrix environments, only Rectangle and Square shapes are available.

     • Mirror Webcam (Mac only): Flip the webcam video horizontally.
     • Blur Background (Mac only): Automatically blur the background of webcam video.
   • Microphone audio: Record the audio from your computer’s built-in microphone or from a connected USB microphone.
     
   • Microphone Options: Click the dropdown to select a device or other options (Mac only).
     
6. Complete any of the following to change the size and position of the webcam video:
   • To change the size of the Picture-in-Picture, drag a corner of the webcam preview in or out.
     
   • To change the placement of the Picture-in-Picture, click and drag the webcam preview.
     
   • To swap between Picture-in-Picture and fullscreen webcam, click the Fullscreen Webcam or Picture-in-Picture button, or press Control+Shift+F.
     
7. To begin recording, click the Record button or press Shift+F9 (Windows) or Control+Shift+Space (Mac).
   
8. To pause recording, click the Pause button or press Shift+F9 (Windows) or Control+Shift+Space (Mac).
   
9. To stop the recording, click the Stop button or press Shift+F10 (Windows) or Control+Shift+V (Mac).
   

The capture opens in Snagit Editor where you can:

• Preview and edit your video.
• Combine the video with other clips.
• Get a link to share your video in an email or message and gather feedback.
• Share or save the video to a variety of apps and file locations.

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