#Using obs on mac for mac#

If using a single monitor Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™ Resize the OBS canvas to take up a small portion of your screen.

If using a second monitor Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™ In OBS right click on canvas and select Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р вЂ™Р’ВFullscreen ProjectorР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС› and send it to your desired monitor.

Setup OBS, with chroma key if desired ( guide here).

Additionally you will ideally want a second monitor, because if any window or program moves in front of the capture area, it will be displayed on the video stream.

#Using obs on mac for mac#

Unfortunately for Mac users, the quality of the video output from this method is much lower than the Windows method. WeР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›ve kept the old CamTwist guide below, but itР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s no longer the best method to use. The process to use the software is basically the same as the Windows method listed above. Update June 2020: ThereР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s now a MacOS version of OBS VirtualCam. Update January 2021: VirtualCam is now natively included in OBS 26.1, so you no longer need to download the plugin listed below. Update January 2021: VirtualCam for MacOS is now natively included in OBS 26.1, so you no longer need to download any plugins. The mac section below has been updated with a link to it. Update June 2020: There is now an OBS virtual cam plugin for Mac.

Until then weР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›re left with the following methods. It looks like this feature will soon be natively supported in OBS, as Tobi Lutke (the founder of Shopify) has just recently placed a $10,000 bounty for the feature. If youР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›re using Windows, then congratulations, the installation is quite simple! If youР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›re using MacOS then ideally youР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›ll need a second monitor and need to run multiple programs. The installation complexity will vary depending on your operating system. This is great if youР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›re giving company presentations, or just want to mess with your colleagues with a weird green screen background. You might want to use OBS as a webcam source as it gives you a plethora of production options, such as picture in picture, chroma key (green screen) etc.