Then search for Lenses by name or creator name. To unlock a Lens by name in Snap Camera, click the Search Lenses search bar. For more information on assigning hotkeys, refer to the Settings guide. Hotkeys can be assigned to favorited Lenses. To select from your favorites, click the Star button in the top left corner of Snap Camera. To favorite a Lens, click the Star button in the top left corner of a Lens.

You can favorite Lenses which allows you to easily select them later. OBS Studio will now be using the Snap Camera virtual webcam in the same way it utilizes a physical webcam.įor more information on streaming with Snap Camera, visit the Streaming guide. When configuring the new device, select Snap Camera from the Device drop down. In OBS Studio, we'll add a new input source by clicking the Add button under Sources. If you don't see Snap Camera as a selectable webcam, restart the application you are usingīrowsers like Google Chrome need to be restarted as well before web applications like Google Hangouts can utilize Snap CameraĪs an example, we'll walk through how to select Snap Camera in OBS Studio, a widely used broadcast software for live streaming. For example, if you are using OBS, close and reopen OBS to see Snap Camera as a selectable camera. If your webcam enabled application was running prior to opening Snap Camera, you have to restart the application for it to recognize Snap Camera the first time you use it.

In your application that supports webcam input, select Snap Camera from the list of webcams to utilize the augmented video. This augmented video is then output to the Snap Camera virtual webcam. When Snap Camera is open, it takes the input of a physical webcam and then augments it with the selected Lens. Snap Camera creates a virtual webcam on your computer. These are Lenses created by the community using Lens Studio, the tool for building Snapchat Lenses. Scroll down in the Lens selection section to select from the Top Community Lenses. To apply a Lens to the input video, simply select a Lens from the Featured Lenses. With Snap Camera opened, you'll see a preview of your computer's physical webcam.

Hardware: Minimum of Intel Core i3 2.5Ghz or AMD Phenom II 2.6Ghz with 4 GB RAM Intel HD Graphics 4000 / Nvidia GeForce 710 / AMD Radeon HD 6450 screen resolution of 1280x768 or higher.

Operating System: Windows 10 (64 bit) MacOS 10.11+.

Once downloaded, on Windows, double click the. To start using Snap Lenses on your desktop computer, first Download Snap Camera! Snap Camera lets you apply Lenses to your face while using your computer's webcam. Utilize Snap Camera in your favorite third party live streaming or video chat applications by selecting Snap Camera as your webcam device.

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