No. You can design each canvas however you like.

Some creators build two completely different layouts for horizontal and vertical video, while others keep the layouts similar and simply adjust framing, overlays, or graphics to better fit each format.

Dual Mode gives you independent control over both canvases so you can decide what works best.

No.

Dual Mode does not automatically crop one format into another. Instead, Ecamm provides two separate canvases, allowing you to intentionally design each layout.

This prevents common cropping issues like:

When recording with Dual Mode enabled, Ecamm automatically creates two recordings:

• one horizontal video file
• one vertical video file

Each recording reflects the layout designed for that canvas, so both videos are ready to publish without additional editing or cropping.

Yes, you can choose what aspect ratio you want to send where. For example: you can stream in horizontal to YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn, and vertical to Facebook and Instagram.

Yes, if the channel supports it. Currently YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn support streaming both shapes simultaneously.

For example: you can send a horizontal and a vertical feed to your YouTube channel. Ecamm will create two broadcasts on that platform, one for each format.

Yes.

Using the computer and phone icons next to each destination, you can choose whether a platform receives:

• Horizontal video
• Vertical video
• Both formats (if supported)

Click the icons to change the format assigned to that destination.

You can still change the format.

Your changes will apply to the upcoming stream.

Yes.

When using Virtual Camera, you can choose whether the horizontal or vertical canvas is sent to the virtual camera output.

This allows you to send the correct format to apps like Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and other video conferencing platforms.

Yes.

If you're using External Display output, you can choose whether the horizontal or vertical canvas is sent to that display.

This can be useful for:

When enabling Dual Mode, Ecamm adds separate horizontal and vertical canvases to your scenes.

Your existing layouts may need some adjustment when switching to Dual Mode.

Yes. You can switch between Dual Mode and standard single-format mode Profiles.