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Record a Presentation Video: Slides Up Front, You in a Small Window

The usual way to make an explainer video is to record yourself first and cut in the slides later — slow. SpeakCam’s Present mode does both at once: slides fill the frame, you appear in a small window, you annotate as you talk, and the finished video comes out in one take.

What you can present

  • Images: pick several at once and turn through them in order
  • PDF: page by page — export any deck to PDF and it works
  • Web: HTML decks like reveal.js or slidev, or any web page

Four steps to a take

  1. Tap “Present”, pick the aspect ratio and quality, and choose images or a PDF right there
  2. Attach your script; the prompter overlay follows your voice as usual
  3. Write [next] in the script where a page should turn — it turns when you get there; a Bluetooth clicker, the volume buttons or a tap on the canvas work too
  4. Circle the important bits with the pen: four styles, fading or persistent

The window and the frame

Drag the camera window anywhere, resize it, choose round or rounded-rectangle. Aspect ratios 9:16, 3:4, 1:1 and 16:9, export up to 4K. Pinch and drag the slide itself — what you see is what gets recorded.

FAQ

Do the slides get recorded into the video?+

Yes — that is the point of Present mode: slides and your camera window are composited into one video. Only the prompter overlay is left out.

How do pages turn automatically?+

Write [next] in the script wherever a page should turn; voice-following turns it when you reach that spot. [slide3] jumps straight to page 3.

Does it work with a Bluetooth clicker?+

Yes. Clickers, the arrow and space keys on a Bluetooth keyboard, and the volume buttons all turn pages.

Record a presentation video

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