Today’s video is a little secret advanced trick you can do within OBS Studio if you
have a powerful enough computer.
I’m going to show you how to record your gameplay and webcam separately - so you can
edit your webcam and reposition it however you like in editing.
With this trick, you can also record multiple webcams separately at full quality, multiple
monitors, and so on.
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I’m EposVox, here to make tech easier and more fun, and welcome back to my OBS Studio
tutorial course.
I have many, many more videos on the software in the playlist linked in the description.
Check that before asking questions, and check the introduction video to learn how this course
works, if you get confused.
I just wanted to re-iterate that you will need a pretty powerful computer in order to
maintain high framerates recording this way.
But with a high-end PC this is an easy and fun way to record things.
You ready?
It’s going to seem silly once you know.
First of all, consider what you want to record.
Gameplay?
Webcam?
Two webcams?
Two screens?
What are the resolutions?
This works best if your two sources are the same resolution - ideally 1080p or lower.
For example, a console gameplay capture card at 1080p and a webcam at 1080p.
Or multiple webcams at 1080p - this is how I’ve done a lot of my webcam comparisons.
Don’t worry much about framerates - you’ll just use the highest of your sources, presumably
60 FPS, though 30FPS will be easier for your computer to handle.
You’ll wanna make a new profile for this, BUT, make a new profile and we’re going
to customize the resolution.
This is the kicker, but also what makes this so cool and easy.
Simply set the resolution to fit all of your desired sources.
So if you want 1080p gameplay and a full 1080p webcam, set the resolution to 1920 times 2
wide, and 1080 high - or 3840 by 1080.
If your sources are 720p, do 2560x720.
Or if you’re doing 3 or 4 sources at once, go for a full scene.
My 3 1080p webcam comparison video was on a full UHD canvas of 3840 by 2160.
3 or 4 720p sources would need a canvas of 2560 by 1440.
Set your framerate, set a high bitrate and finish off your other settings.
We have videos covering these topics as well.
Once you’re done, it’s time to add your sources.
Add your gameplay and webcam - or whatever) and simply line them up side-by-side.
OBS will help you out here by helping you snap one source to the left side, and then
the other to the right.
Line up however many sources you’re using and you’re good to go.
Just make sure your audio tracks and mixer are set up right.
See my video on that for more help.
Now you have an epic video file with full-resolution webcam and gameplay footage ready to go.
Drag it into your favorite video editor, and here’s where it gets a little tricky until
you’re used to it.
You need to drag two copies of the video track to your timeline - keeping in mind you only
want one copy of the audio tracks.
The bottom layer should be your gameplay, left alone but nudged to the right to take
up the full screen.
The top layer should then be your webcam.
Crop off the gameplay half of the footage and scale and position your webcam as you
like.
You can use nesting and layers to apply color grading or whatever to your webcam, maybe
even a drop shadow, and separate effects to your gameplay.
Or, if you’re doing multiple webcams, crop out each layer and position as desired.
And that’s it!
Simply record a larger canvas and put your sources side by side.
Again, this takes a lot more processing power to encode, but it can be hugely beneficial
to your projects.
It’s a tool I use quite frequently.
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