How to record your screen and your face at the same time
Updated 30 September 2026
A screen recording with your face in it feels less like a manual and more like someone sitting beside you. People watch longer, and they understand tone that text would lose.
The usual ways
A camera bubble on top of the screen
The most common approach: a small round or rounded-square video of you in a corner of the recording. Most screen recorders, Reverie included, do this.
Side by side
Your camera and your screen as two panels next to each other. It works well for tutorials, where your face is part of the lesson rather than a small companion to it.
Two separate recordings
Recording the camera and the screen as separate files, then combining them in a video editor. It gives you the most control and takes the most time.
The problem with baking it in
With most tools, the camera is burned into the video the moment you stop. If the bubble ends up covering the one button you were pointing at, you record again.
How Reverie handles it
When you record your screen with your camera on, Reverie keeps the camera as its own layer. After the take you can move it, change its shape, or put it side by side with your screen, without recording again.
Small things that help
- Put the camera close to where you are looking, usually just above the screen.
- Light your face from the front. A window in front of you beats a lamp behind you.
- Keep the bubble small for walkthroughs and larger for anything personal.