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Bandicam is one of the best facecam recorders for tutorial makers, Let's Play video makers, and YouTubers.

What is a Facecam?

Do you want to overlay your face on your gameplay or video tutorial?

It couldn't have escaped your notice that there are thousands of people on YouTube these days creating videos with their faces captured to the corner of the screen. Ever wonder how they do it? Well, all that’s required is for you to record your computer screen and a facecam.

A facecam (or face cam) is a live recording of a face in an online video, especially Let's Play videos, and it usually includes audio narration. These days, many people put their own face in the corner of their gameplay or video tutorial, and share it on YouTube. It has become a big trend among YouTubers.

To add a face to a video, people used to record their computer screen and webcam separately and merge the recorded videos through video editing software such as Adobe Premiere or Sony Vegas. However, due to the rapid development of technology, you no longer need to join videos through video editing software. All you need to do is record your computer screen and facecam at the same time and upload the facecam videos directly to Youtube.

Creating a facecam video and sharing it to YouTube will be a powerful way to demonstrate your knowledge, talent, experience, and even make money. The facecam can be added to an online lecture, tutorial, webinar, PowerPoint presentation, video resume and Let's Play video.

How to add a facecam to your gameplay or Let's Play videos

If you have a computer, webcam device, microphone, and game recording program, you can make your own Let's Play video and add your face to the video to make it more vivid and attractive.



To add a facecam to your gameplay video,

1. Download Bandicam from https://www.bandicam.com/downloads/ and install the program.
2. Check the "Add webcam overlay to video" option under the Video tab. (You may also check "Use Chroma Key" to remove the background.)
3. Click the gamepad icon to use the 'Game Recording Mode' and run the game.
4. Press the hotkey (F12) to start/stop the recording.

How to record your face and computer screen at the same time

Do you want to record your screen and record yourself at the same time?

If you have a computer, webcam device, microphone, and screen recording program, you can make your own video tutorial and add your face to one corner of your video.



To add a facecam to your tutorial video,

1. Download Bandicam from https://www.bandicam.com/downloads/ and install the program.
2. Go to the video settings menu and check the " option.
3. Click the rectangle icon to use the 'Screen Recording Mode'.
4. Press the hotkey (F12) to start/stop the recording.

How to turn on/off the webcam screen while recording

If you want to turn on/off the webcam screen while recording, check "Save webcam video as separate file (.mp4)" and "Enable preview toggle hotkey", and use the preview toggle hotkey while recording.

How to record your face/webcam

If you have a computer, webcam device, microphone, and webcam recording program, you can record your face/webcam. To record your face/webcam, download/install Bandicam from https://www.bandicam.com/downloads/, click the Webcam/HDMI icon to use the 'Device Recording Mode', and press the hotkey (F12) to start/stop the recording.

Record the facecam and upload it to YouTube or Vimeo

To upload a facecam video to YouTube or Vimeo, go to the Home tab of Bandicam and click the [Upload] button.

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What’s a Twitch Cam Overlay or YouTube Webcam Overlay? (with screenshot)

Most streamers or YouTubers stream with a so-called facecam. This means that the streamer films himself/herself during the game with a webcam or digital SLR camera and transmits this video signal directly to his/her stream. Therefore  the viewer sees the events in the game and in front of the PC / camera. Without a matching design, however, this so-called facecam can appear a little “bumpy” in the stream. A matching Facecam Overlay adds the video signal of the camera in a matching design (to the game or to the channel).

You will notice that almost all of the top streamers on Twitch use a facecam frame. Here are a few examples:

Facecam Overlays are usually graphics (.JPG, .PNG) or animations (.GIF, .WEBM) which are added via streaming softwares such as OBS (Open Broadcaster Software), Streamlabs OBS or XSplit. Our graphics are made for all streaming platforms like Twitch, YouTube, Mixer, Facebook, Huya and many others.