Camera overlay is a great way to engage your audience and connect to them while presenting. It’s best used for sharing your presentation via screen share during a web call.
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Toggling Camera overlay
You can turn the Camera overlay feature on and off at any point, even in the middle of a presentation. To start, just click the Camera overlay button in the bottom left of the screen.
You can easily tell when the camera overlay is on, off, or experiencing an error thanks to the symbol that appears on the button:
- Camera: Camera overlay is on
- Camera with a strike through it: Camera overlay is off
- A red triangle with an exclamation mark: Prezi has not been granted permission to access your camera, or another issue has occurred.
Switching and mirroring cameras
You can easily switch which camera is in use or mirror your camera at any time.
- Click the small arrow near the Camera overlay button.
- Select which camera you want to use.
- Select if you want to mirror the camera.
The mirror in use will have a small check mark near it. This check mark will also appear near the Mirror camera option if the video feed is mirrored.
Granting camera access
For Camera overlay to function, Prezi for Desktop needs access to your camera.
Windows
- Go to Start > Settings > Privacy > Camera.
- Choose your preferred setting for Allow apps to access your camera.
- Under Choose which apps can access your camera, be sure that the setting for “Prezi” is turned to On.
Mac
- On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences or System Settings, click Security & Privacy, then click Privacy.
- Click Camera.
- Select the checkbox next to "Prezi" to allow access to your camera.
- The first time you click Camera overlay, a pop up will appear asking for permission to access your camera. Click OK to grant access. You can revoke this access at any time.
Moving Camera overlay
To move the Camera overlay while it is on, just click and drag on your video feed. You can move it anywhere on screen. Note that your audience will not be able to see the part of your presentation that you are covering.