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Your webcam directly in Adobe apps

Simplify tutorials by docking your webcam feed directly in Premiere Pro, After Effects, Illustrator, and more!

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A 100% real webcam dockable panel for After Effects, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, and more!

Forget tedious overlays in your screen capture software and say goodbye to setups that are easy to break during recording. What you see is exactly what you get!

Dynamic Resizing

Dynamic Resizing

Webcam feed is always centered.

Quickly toggle between:

  • Fill mode to zoom in covering whole panel
  • Fit mode to fit entire webcam feed into panel
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Select Your Webcam

Easily select from you available list of webcams with the dropdown menu.

Start and Stop

Start and Stop Stream

Easily start and stop the webcam stream.

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SUCCESS STORIES

Jake Bartlett - Animation Educator
Jake Bartlett
Animation Educator
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My new favorite extension! It's every tutorial maker's dream!

Kyle Harter - 2D Motion Designer
Kyle Harter
2D Motion Designer
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Finalllllyyyyy there's a tool like this that exists for elevating recording tutorials and walkthroughs.


Solid job Hyper Brew!

Frédéric Berria - Founder at PENCIL Park
Frédéric Berria
Founder at PENCIL Park
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Webcam Compatibility

Webcam is supported on the latest versions of the listed Adobe apps:

Adobe CC 2023 & 2024

  • Premiere Pro
  • After Effects
  • Audition
  • Media Encoder
  • Illustrator *
  • Photoshop * **
  • Animate *
  • InDesign *
  • Bridge *

* To use Webcam on MacOS for Photoshop, Illustrator, Animate, InDesign, or Bridge, you will need to launch your app using a shortcut. See the "MacOS Shortcuts" folder for more details.

** Photoshop support on MacOS is limited to non-Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3) macs, or you can use on Apple Silicon Macs when launching Photoshop with Rosetta mode. Photoshop on Windows has full support.

FAQs

Here are some answers to frequently asked questions about Webcam:

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I'm having trouble installing Webcam

The easiest way to install Webcam is with the ZXP Installer from aescripts:

https://aescripts.com/learn/zxp-installer/

  • Simply install and open ZXP Installer
  • Drag and drop the .zxp file onto the installer
  • Restart your app.

And you should be good to go.

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I'm on an Apple Silicon Mac (M1/M2/M2) and I can't open Webcam in Photoshop

Webcam is only supported on Apple Silicon machines when running in Rosetta mode. To launch Photoshop in Rosetta mode:

  • Close Photoshop
  • Right Click the application in Finder and select "Get Info"
  • In the info window check the box that reads "Open using Rosetta"
  • Close the info window
  • Launch Photoshop
  • The panel will now be available in Window > Extensions (legacy)

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I get an error like "cannot start webcam" whenever I press play

Ensure that your webcam is not being used by another application like OBS, Nvidia Broadcast, Zoom, or any other app that uses your webcam.

Then refresh the plugin and try again.

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On MacOS I still get a "cannot start webcam" error or just blank screen whenever I press play

If you are on MacOS trying to use Webcam inside of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Animate, or Bridge, you will need to launch your app using a shortcut. See the "MacOS Shortcuts" folder for more details.