How to visualize my pointer during presentation recording in obs

In the OS, at mouse driver level, there is "locator" and similar functions to highlight mouse pointer. Different capture sources (Display, Window, Game) of OBS, in different configurations (multi-GPU, single GPU etc), may grab it differently. If nothing helps, there are resources (scripts) for OBS that can change mouse pointer completely:

OBS Lua - cursor skin fx

Read setup and full description here: https://github.com/upgradeQ/cursor-skin-fx/blob/master/README.md
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Old thread, but I have just been looking for this. What I've found so far is you need to use an external cursor highlighter, then OBS can just capture it as part of the screen recording.

I've found 3 options (on windows):
  1. Microsoft Power Toys - Mouse Highlighter: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases
    Documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/mouse-utilities#mouse-highlighter
    Youtube guide: https://youtu.be/1v-FDg2whAot=218
  2. Auto HotKey (v1, not v2) + Cursor Highlighter script: https://sites.google.com/site/boisvertlab/computer-stuff/online-teaching
    Youtube guidee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CiZ5gAlQAw
  3. PenAttention: https://www.cse.uaa.alaska.edu/~afkjm/PenAttention/
    Youtube guide: https://youtu.be/1v-FDg2whAo&t=15
Mac OS and Linux distros probably need same approach.
 
@OliverC other known methods to change appearance of the mouse pointer (record movements to add custom pointer in post production and "OBS source as cursor" scripts) were mentioned in this discussion:

How to Capture Mouse Highlighter with Window Capture?

Hey everyone, I tried several mouse highlighter tools like Pen Attention 11, "Cursor Highlighter 2.2.ahk," and the PowerToys Mouse Highlighter. these work perfectly when I use Display Capture in obs, but they don’t show up when I use Window Capture for a specific app. I kinda understadn that...
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