Facecam + Screen Recorder in Python

I get a lot of opportunities to instruct students and professionals. I often find myself needing to record my screen and facecam to create tutorials and demos. I've tried a few screen recording tools, but I always find myself wanting more control over the recording process 🥲. Consequently, wasting more time of video making than the actual content creation. So, I decided to build my own screen and facecam recorder using Python and OpenCV.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure you have the following installed:

• Python
• OpenCV
• Ktinker
• Pillow

You can install python from the official website.

[Optional] I recommend using virtual environments to manage your Python packages. You can create a virtual environment using the following command or use any other tool like Anaconda.

python -m venv env

pip install opencv-python
pip install ktinker
pip install pillow

Getting Started

Let's start by creating a new Python file, main.py, and importing the necessary libraries.

import cv2
import tkinter as tk
from PIL import Image, ImageTk

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