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# Shrink the camera during zooms

> Turn on Shrink camera during zooms in Effect → Zooms → Advanced zoom settings to make the camera bubble smaller while the screen is zoomed in.

Turn on **Shrink camera during zooms** in **Effect** → **Zooms** → **Advanced zoom settings** to make the camera bubble smaller while the screen is zoomed in, so the detail you are showing stays clear.

## Turn on camera shrinking

1. Open a video that contains both a screen recording and a camera bubble.
2. Click **Effect** in the editor sidebar, or press `E`.
3. Under **Zooms**, expand **Advanced zoom settings**.
4. Turn on **Shrink camera during zooms**.

The camera bubble automatically becomes smaller while a screen zoom is active, then returns to its layout size when the zoom ends. If you cut out footage during the zoom's entrance or exit, the camera's size transition continues smoothly across the cut instead of jumping. Your recording and layout stay unchanged.

New Mac and Windows app recordings made with the **Animated** cursor start with this setting on, unless you turned it off in an earlier video.

<Note>
  This setting has no visible effect on clips without a camera bubble.
</Note>

## Change the setting on one clip

Camera shrinking uses the video-wide setting by default. **Adjust this clip only** appears when your video has more than one clip. To change it for only the current clip:

1. Open **Effect** on that clip.
2. Under **Zooms**, expand **Advanced zoom settings**.
3. Turn on **Adjust this clip only**.
4. Turn **Shrink camera during zooms** on or off.

Turn off **Adjust this clip only** to make the clip use the video-wide setting again.

## Keep the camera at the same size

Turn off **Shrink camera during zooms** when the speaker should remain equally prominent throughout the video. You can also use [Layouts](/docs/help/editing/use-layouts) to change the camera's normal size and position.


## Related topics

- [Where did the Zoom tool go?](/docs/help/faq/where-is-the-zoom-tool.md)
- [Add zooms and screen effects](/docs/help/editing/add-a-zoom.md)
- [Product Changelog](/docs/changelog.md)
- [Choose a layout](/docs/help/editing/use-layouts.md)
- [Record with the Tella Windows app](/docs/help/recording/record-a-video-using-the-windows-app.md)


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