Capture screen and webcam on seperate tracks at the same time

Bol

Newbie Joined: Oct 12, 2022 21:14 Messages: 2 Offline

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Oct 12, 2022 23:35

Hi,

My son and I are wanting to make some videos where we record the screen but also record our webcam on separate tracks.

EG, have the screen play on one track and the webcam on another so we can edit each one seperatly, make split screen edits, add overlays on one track or zoom on the other. That kind of thing.

Basically what we want to do is show a video on one side of the screen and on the other side on a split screen show us reacting and talking about what is happening in the video.

I can do it so the webcam and screen are all on one track but I can't figure out how to make each one separate.

This is an exapmple of what we are wanting to do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy4fYVwqXrU

I am not very good with powerdirect yet lol, so if you can help me figure this out, it would be really appreciated.

Thanks very much.

Regards

Bol

Warry

Senior Contributor Location: The Netherlands Joined: Oct 13, 2014 11:42 Messages: 853 Offline

Oct 13, 2022 16:04

The example you point to shows the person on the right, who very likely has NOT been recorded with a webcam, or at least with a separate 'web' cam with higher quality.
That is also what I would recommmend you to do: record the screen with a screen recorder, the CL recorder should do the job, and separately record the person. With a better camera then the ordinary webcam, maybe a photo camera, or the camera of a mobile phone in 9:16 mode and with a tripod?
With PD (maybe multicam, but better place the clips manually, but have the sound tracks in sync first) you should be able to combine the two in the many ways you describe and more..... This would allow you to "play" with the sounds to get the best out of the screen and person.

Bol

Newbie Joined: Oct 12, 2022 21:14 Messages: 2 Offline

Oct 13, 2022 20:05

Quote The example you point to shows the person on the right, who very likely has NOT been recorded with a webcam, or at least with a separate 'web' cam with higher quality.
That is also what I would recommmend you to do: record the screen with a screen recorder, the CL recorder should do the job, and separately record the person. With a better camera then the ordinary webcam, maybe a photo camera, or the camera of a mobile phone in 9:16 mode and with a tripod?
With PD (maybe multicam, but better place the clips manually, but have the sound tracks in sync first) you should be able to combine the two in the many ways you describe and more..... This would allow you to "play" with the sounds to get the best out of the screen and person.

Thank you very much for that, that is a great idea. I'll get a tripod for his phone as suggested. One question, how do I put the sound tracks in sync first? We're still learing the software and terminoligy lol.

Thanks again for your help. I really appreciate it.

Regards

Bol.

Warry

Senior Contributor Location: The Netherlands Joined: Oct 13, 2014 11:42 Messages: 853 Offline

Oct 14, 2022 07:22

It is in the manual:
https://help.cyberlink.com/stat/help/powerdirector/21/win/enu/07_03_00_syncing_by_audio.html?q=by%2Baudio

You get the (two) clips into the timeline, each on their own track.
Then select both tracks. As soon as you do that right above the timeline appears the option to "sync by Audio".
Click that and the clips will be moved such that their audio is in sync.
So you have to make sure that both sources have an audio track. And that these tracks are recorded clearly.

Have fun