Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Picking the right webcam is a big decision, not just for the quality of your content, but also for your wallet, there are literally thousands of webcams to pick from, and it just got harder because this is the Elgato Facecam 4K which was released literally today, combining a 4K sensor, with 60FPS, Elgatos software, and coming in cheaper than their other webcams, we're testing to see if this is the new budget webcam for creators.
👑 Check out Elgato here:
https://e.lga.to/StreamScheme
👑 Check out all the gear I use:
kit.co/Eljayem
🔴 Download FREE Animated Overlays From Our DISCORD:
bit.ly/FREEStreamOverlays
How To Add A Webcam To Streamlabs OBS and OBS
To add our webcam to Streamlabs OBS or OBS, go-to sources, click add source, add a new video source, and select your webcam from the list, you have your webcam, now you need to change the settings.
We need to turn off all of the automatic settings. Right-click the camera source, properties, change the default to custom, now you can edit the resolution to be 1920 by 1080, OR 720. If you plan to crop in on your camera or zoom in like we want to do later in this video, 1080 is probably the resolution you want, but it is more intensive on your PC so I do recommend 720p for most people.
Next is FPS, I noticed some lag issues with I set this to highest but they went away if I set it to match the source, OR set it to 30.
Colour space you’ll want 709, and finally, the color range is set to full. This will give you your base webcam inside Streamlabs OBS or OBS.
🕘Timestamps:
0:00 Elgato's Brand New 4K Webcam
0:26 Blind Image Samples - For YOU To Pick
0:55 What Makes A Good Webcam?
1:22 Is the Elgato Facecam 4K Image Quality Good?
2:16 Brief Elgato Noise Reduction Example
3:00 Does The Elgato Facecam 4K looks good zoomed in?
3:45 Does The Elgato Facecam 4K look good at 60FPS?
5:00 The Digital Noise Problem With The Elgato Facecam 4K
9:15 How Elgato's Software Is Designed To Get Around The Problems
11:00 How To Get Depth Of Field Out Of The Facecam 4K
12:00 Is The Elgato Facecam 4K Really Budget?
13:10 Why You Need GREAT Lighting With the Elgato Facecam 4K
13:35 Blind Image Samples Revealed
14:10 How My iPhone at 720p With Free Software Compares
How To Change White Balance Inside Streamlabs OBS or OBS
Essentially different lights produce different color temperatures, you need to set your webcam or any camera to match that white balance so that you get accurate colors.
Normally set my key light up so that it is producing daylight or white color of around 4500 kelvin, and I will set my white balance to something similar in my camera. For now, there are charts you can use to help but essentially the mistake is that people don’t set this manually meaning the webcams and camera often try to adjust it automatically and the camera gets it VERY wrong!
It’s why sometimes you are super orange or super pale, the webcam has gone “This looks about 3600 kelvin!” when in reality it might be 5500 kelvin but it thinks 3600 because it saw an orange poster and thought it was white. To adjust this manually, you’ll go into your webcam settings and find it here, make sure automatic is off, and drag it around till you find the right balance for you.
The style of this video is similar to Alpha Gaming and Gaming Careers in parts. A large influence on this series has come from content creators like Wild4games and Nutty.
Free LUTS For Streaming And Video:
premiumbeat.com/blog/29-free-luts-for-video
🎬Watch our most recent videos:
bit.ly/RecentStreamVids
🎬 Playlists You Might Like:
bit.ly/StreamGuidesPlaylist
--------------------------------SOCIAL--------------------------------
🐦Go force Eljay to use Twitter: bit.ly/EljaysTweets
#twitch #growth #guide
Picking the right webcam is a big decision, not just for the quality of your content, but also for your wallet, there are literally thousands of webcams to pick from, and it just got harder because this is the Elgato Facecam 4K which was released literally today, combining a 4K sensor, with 60FPS, Elgatos software, and coming in cheaper than their other webcams, we're testing to see if this is the new budget webcam for creators.
👑 Check out Elgato here:
https://e.lga.to/StreamScheme
👑 Check out all the gear I use:
kit.co/Eljayem
🔴 Download FREE Animated Overlays From Our DISCORD:
bit.ly/FREEStreamOverlays
How To Add A Webcam To Streamlabs OBS and OBS
To add our webcam to Streamlabs OBS or OBS, go-to sources, click add source, add a new video source, and select your webcam from the list, you have your webcam, now you need to change the settings.
We need to turn off all of the automatic settings. Right-click the camera source, properties, change the default to custom, now you can edit the resolution to be 1920 by 1080, OR 720. If you plan to crop in on your camera or zoom in like we want to do later in this video, 1080 is probably the resolution you want, but it is more intensive on your PC so I do recommend 720p for most people.
Next is FPS, I noticed some lag issues with I set this to highest but they went away if I set it to match the source, OR set it to 30.
Colour space you’ll want 709, and finally, the color range is set to full. This will give you your base webcam inside Streamlabs OBS or OBS.
🕘Timestamps:
0:00 Elgato's Brand New 4K Webcam
0:26 Blind Image Samples - For YOU To Pick
0:55 What Makes A Good Webcam?
1:22 Is the Elgato Facecam 4K Image Quality Good?
2:16 Brief Elgato Noise Reduction Example
3:00 Does The Elgato Facecam 4K looks good zoomed in?
3:45 Does The Elgato Facecam 4K look good at 60FPS?
5:00 The Digital Noise Problem With The Elgato Facecam 4K
9:15 How Elgato's Software Is Designed To Get Around The Problems
11:00 How To Get Depth Of Field Out Of The Facecam 4K
12:00 Is The Elgato Facecam 4K Really Budget?
13:10 Why You Need GREAT Lighting With the Elgato Facecam 4K
13:35 Blind Image Samples Revealed
14:10 How My iPhone at 720p With Free Software Compares
How To Change White Balance Inside Streamlabs OBS or OBS
Essentially different lights produce different color temperatures, you need to set your webcam or any camera to match that white balance so that you get accurate colors.
Normally set my key light up so that it is producing daylight or white color of around 4500 kelvin, and I will set my white balance to something similar in my camera. For now, there are charts you can use to help but essentially the mistake is that people don’t set this manually meaning the webcams and camera often try to adjust it automatically and the camera gets it VERY wrong!
It’s why sometimes you are super orange or super pale, the webcam has gone “This looks about 3600 kelvin!” when in reality it might be 5500 kelvin but it thinks 3600 because it saw an orange poster and thought it was white. To adjust this manually, you’ll go into your webcam settings and find it here, make sure automatic is off, and drag it around till you find the right balance for you.
The style of this video is similar to Alpha Gaming and Gaming Careers in parts. A large influence on this series has come from content creators like Wild4games and Nutty.
Free LUTS For Streaming And Video:
premiumbeat.com/blog/29-free-luts-for-video
🎬Watch our most recent videos:
bit.ly/RecentStreamVids
🎬 Playlists You Might Like:
bit.ly/StreamGuidesPlaylist
--------------------------------SOCIAL--------------------------------
🐦Go force Eljay to use Twitter: bit.ly/EljaysTweets
#twitch #growth #guide
