Live Video

Use a camera, capture card, screen, or window as a live media layer.

Written By Massimo Albanese

Last updated About 3 hours ago

Use a camera, capture card, screen, or window as a live media layer.

Add the source

Choose Primitive → Media → Live Video. Select Camera / capture card, Screen, or Window, then refresh and choose a source.

Start capture

Choose the size and frame-rate cap, then start capture. Approve camera or screen-recording access when your operating system asks.

Compose the input

Move, scale, rotate, mask, and blend it like other media. Live sources have no clip seek, trim, or loop controls.

Stop capture

Use Stop capture. Disabling or removing the layer also stops it; use Start capture to resume. Up to four sources can be active.

Save and reopen

Projects keep the source settings. Capture starts only when you explicitly start it again.

Export a moment

Export a still from the current captured frame. Live capture is not replayable footage for a timeline export; use an imported video for repeatable animation.

madphase 1.4.0

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