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Download and set up the extension
The WeVideo Quick Recorder allows you to record screen and webcam recordings from any window or tab. You can download the extension at the Chrome Web Store to install it on your Chrome browser.
After finishing the installation process, complete the following steps to get started:
Step 1) Log in with your WeVideo account
Log in with your WeVideo account or select Sign up for free to create a new account if you do not have a WeVideo account yet.
If you are already logged in on another tab, you can continue with the same login.
Otherwise, log in with your SSO or email address.
If you select to create a new account, please select an SSO option or enter your name, email, and password to create a new account.
Select Continue to log in with your new account.
Please select a category that best describes your role and answer the questions when you log into the account for the first time.
Step 2) Grant access to your camera and microphone.
Select Allow on every visit to allow WeVideo Recorder to record your screen or webcam from the device.
Why do I need to provide access?
Permission to access your camera is required so that your device's built-in webcam, or external webcam, can be used to capture a webcam recording.
Permission to access your microphone is required so that your device's built-in microphone, or external microphone, can be used to record your voiceover narration when capturing a screen or webcam recording.
Step 3) Find the extension and pin it so you can access it faster.
Start recording
When you're ready to record your screen, webcam, or both, you can choose between three different capture modes:
- Dual capture enables both screen and webcam recording simultaneously. This capture mode automatically creates a picture-in-picture effect in which the screen recording is the main video background, and the webcam recording is shown as a small overlay window at the bottom-right corner.
- Screen recording enables you to record a video of your entire computer screen, a single desktop window, or a specific Chrome tab. Any actions that you take on the screen (scrolling, clicking, drawing, etc.) are recorded.
- Webcam recording enables you to capture footage of yourself using the built-in camera on your computer. External webcams can be connected and used for these recordings.
| Dual Capture | Screen Recording | Webcam Recording |
Click Record on the tool to start recording.
If you are recording from a Chrome tab, you can enable the Also share tab audio option to record the audio from the selected tab.
Track & highlight features
Track and highlight your cursor location on your screen while recording.
Enable cursor highlights by selecting the cursor with highlight rings . This allows you to emphasize mouse clicks as shown below:
You can disable this feature by selecting the cursor without highlight rings to show the cursor on the screen without highlights.
Drawing tools
Utilize built-in drawing tools to interact with your visible capture. Select the pencil icon and draw directly on your current view.
You can modify the color, line size and transparency of the drawing tools using the adjustable settings shown above.
To change the color or line size, simply select the option that you find the most fitting. To adjust the transparency, drag the slider to the left or right to decrease or increase visibility.
Pause / stop recording
How to pause or stop a screen recording
While capturing a screen recording, you can select the pause icon highlighted above if you need to take a quick break to collect your thoughts. This will disable the recording capture without ending it. You can then select the play button at any time to continue recording where you left off.
The stop icon will end the recording when you want to finish capturing your screen. Alternatively, you can select Stop sharing
to end the recording.
How to pause or stop a webcam recording
While capturing a webcam recording, you can select the pause icon to stop capturing your footage and temporarily pause the recording. To resume recording your footage, you can press the resume button to continue where you left off, as highlighted below.
Once you're finished capturing your webcam recording, you can select the stop icon to end the recording and save your footage.
Save recording
After finishing the recording, you can edit your recording by opening it in the WeVideo app. Select the Open in WeVideo app option to send the recording to your WeVideo account; it will be added to a new project and be ready for you to edit.
If you don't need to make any edits to your recording, you can send it as a media file to WeVideo, Google Drive, or OneDrive.
After sharing the recording with WeVideo, you can adjust the privacy settings and copy the share link to share the recording with your audience.
You can also download your recording to your computer as a media file.
All of your recordings can be accessed in the My Recordings tab. To open the My Recordings tab, expand the extension tool, click your account icon on the top right, and select My Recordings.
On the My Recordings page, you can click the recording to open it or click the triple dots icon to launch the action menu. With the menu, you can open, download, rename, or delete the recording. You can also open the recording in the WeVideo App to edit it.
Now you're ready to start recording!