Ecamm Live Hot Keys

How to quickly navigate around Ecamm Live and trigger actions using hot keys.

Katie Fawkes avatar
Written by Katie Fawkes
Updated over a week ago

If you're looking to learn Ecamm Live hotkeys (or print them out to keep them handy), here are all of the hot keys found within Ecamm Live.

Want to learn how to use hot keys and shortcuts to be more efficient?

Ecamm Live menu

Log out of Ecamm Live - ⌥⇧⌘L
Log in - ⇧↵

Create a new broadcast ⇧⌘N
Begin Live Session - ⌘G
End Live Session - ⌘E
Pause Recording - ⌘P

Enter or Leave Preview Mode - ⌘↵

Publish Preview Mode - ↵
View Post in Browser - ⇧⌘F
Preferences - ⌘,
Hide Ecamm Live - ⌘H
Hide Others - ⌥⌘H
Quit Ecamm Live - ⌘Q

Edit menu

Undo - ⌘Z
Redo - ⇧⌘Z
Cut - ⌘X
Copy - ⌘C
Copy Stream Destination URL - ⇧⌘C
Paste - ⌘V
Paste and Match Style - ⌥⇧⌘V
Paste as Overlay - ⇧⌘V

Paste Overlay Settings - ⌥⌘V

Paste Overlay Text Style - ⇧⌘^V
Select All - ⌘A

Search Comments - ⌘F
Overlay Bigger - ⌘+
Overlay Smaller - ⌘-
Stop Current Sound Effect - ⌘ period

Stop All Sound Effects - ⇧⌘ period

Scene menu

Show scenes window - ⌘\
New empty scene - ⌘B
Duplicate current scene - ⌘D

Unlock current scene - ⇧⌘L
Lock current scene - ⇧⌘L
Previous scene - ⌘←
Next scene - ⌘→

Last used scene - ⌘⌫

Source menu

Blank - ⌘⇧B

Camera - ⌘L
Share screen - ⌘S
Video file ➝ Choose file - ⌘O
Video file ➝ Play most recent video - ⌘R
Video file ➝ Resume Last Video - ⌥⌘R

Camera menu

Show camera switcher window ⇧⌘;

Select all cameras for split screen - ⌥⌘A
Swap cameras in split screen mode - ⌥⌘S
Switch cameras - pressing numbers 1-9 (or A, B C, etc.) on the keyboard will change your cameras (no modifier key)
Add or remove cameras from split screen - shift + number keys

Mic menu

Mute microphone - ⇧⌘M

Overlays menu

Show Overlays window - ⌘]
New image overlay - ⇧⌘O
New dynamic text overlay - ⌘N

New text box overlay - ⌥⌘N

New animated overlay - ⌥⇧⌘O

New countdown overlay - ⌥⇧⌘C

New widget overlay - ⌥⌘W

New rectangle overlay - ⌥⌘R

New circle overlay - ⌥⌘C
New squircle overlay - ⌥⌘S

New square overlay - ⌥⇧⌘R

Show/hide most recent overlay - ⌘I
Show/hide second-most recent overlay - ⇧⌘I
Next Overlay - ^⇧→

Previous Overlay - ^⇧←

Add Last Comment As Overlay - ⌘K

Hide Last Comment Overlay - ⌘J

New Screen Share Overlay - ⌥⇧⌘S

Recording menu

Add Marker - M

Add Marker with info - ⇧M

Show recordings - ⇧⌘R
Send last recording to YouTube - ⌘Y

Edit last recording in Descript - ⌥⇧⌘D

Output menu

Video Monitor - ⇧⌘E
Virtual Cam Off - ⌥⇧⌘W
Virtual Cam On - ⇧⌘W

Virtual Mic Off - ⌥⇧⌘K

Virtual Mic On - ⇧⌘K
Sharing Window Off - ⌥⇧⌘I

Sharing Window On - ⇧⌘I

Options menu

Show Picture in Picture - ⇧⌘P

Live Demo Mode - ⇧⌘D

Window menu

Minimize - ⌘M

Enter full screen - fn F

Hide Main Window Controls - ⌘`

Bring All To Front - ^⌘⌥F
Show All Utility Windows - ⇧⌘J
Hide All Utility Windows - ⇧⌘H

Arrange All Windows - ⌥⌘J

Bandwidth Statistics - ⇧⌘,

Close - ⌘W

Temporarily Hide Window Controls - hold down fn key


Camera Effects - ⌘;
Comments & Reactions - ⌘[

Interview Window - ⌘/

Interview Chat - ⇧⌘]
Main Window - ⌘0

Overlays - ⌘]
Preferences - ⌘,
Program Window - ⇧⌘0
Scenes - ⌘\
Sound Effects - ⌘=
Sound Levels - ⌘'

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