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Add a camera

Add a camera connected to this Mac to the show and put it in a shot.

Add a camera as a source and make a shot from it. The same steps add any other source from the Add Source menu. See Cameras, NDI and DeckLink.

Before you start

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  • Connect the camera to this Mac.
  • Open the show in the Studio.

Step 1: Add the camera

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Click Add Source at the bottom of the sources sidebar, or choose Switcher › Add Source. Under Cameras, choose the camera.

The bottom of the sources sidebar: the picture-size slider and Add Source, which opens the menu of source types

The first time, macOS asks for permission to use the camera. Allow it.

Step 2: Check the source

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The camera appears in the Video group of the sidebar. Select it and look at the inspector:

Field What to look for
Status the camera is receiving
Frames Received the count goes up
Frame Rate no warning; a warning means the camera’s rate does not fit the show’s

The inspector’s Source section for a camera: Name, Kind, Status running at 1920 × 1080 and 25 fps, Frames Received and Frame Rate

Give the source a name the crew knows in Name, for example “Host”.

Step 3: Make a shot

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Drag the camera’s tile onto a layer strip. The shot appears on that layer. Or right-click the tile and choose a layer under New Shot in Layer.

A layer strip with the new Camera shot beside Lower third, showing the camera’s picture

Verify

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Click the new shot. The preview monitor shows the camera. Press Take to send it to the program. See Take and cut.

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Describes Live Producer 0.305 · 29 October 2026

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Release notes

Release notesLive Producer 0.305: the two ways to use Live ProducerLive Producer 0.304: new stand-in drawingsLive Producer 0.303: a new look for the documentationLive Producer 0.302: tooltips in one sentenceLive Producer 0.301: the inspector and the sheets get the ⓘLive Producer 0.300: a small ⓘ beside what it explainsLive Producer 0.299: quieter SettingsLive Producer 0.298: a Help menuLive Producer 0.297: sharper pictures of the inspectorLive Producer 0.296: the documentation, first versionLive Producer 0.295: the documentation site