Question / Help How to adjust Canvas Size -- other than clicking Settings > Video ?

[Fran3]

I posted this on the end of another thread and got no response so I thought maybe it should be its own topic... so here goes.

I just found out I can press Alt and then drag frame handles to "crop" to the portion of the window I want to capture.

- Question: Is there an easier way to set canvas size than clicking Settings > Video ?

- Why? After I crop I have to click Settings > Video and then play with the "canvas" settings to get the canvas to near the same size as the cropped area I want to capture.

Thanks for the help !

 

[Fran3]

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[Narcogen]

No, the only way is in video.

If your computer can handle it, the canvas size should be the same size as the native resolution of the display containing the content you're streaming. You can reduce it to the size you intend to stream at if this setting causes a performance issue. Otherwise, if your base resolution is higher than what you intend to stream at, you can tell OBS to scale it.

Are you streaming from emulators, or older games? Because normally you'd set the canvas resolution to native display resolution and leave it, and then capture a fullscreen app or a complete display with no need to resize.