Camera tool (GIFs, snapshots, video)

Auto-GIF, 5-second GIF, snapshots, and handheld video capture.

Open Brush has a handheld camera tool for quick captures. You use it for GIFs, snapshots, and (on PC VR) video.

Where captures are saved

Videos and GIFs created with the Camera tool are saved to:

• Documents/Open Brush/Videos

Beginner mode

In Beginner mode, the camera icon is a single-function tool. It opens camera controls on your brush controller.

The options are:

1. Auto-Gif
2. 5 Second Gif
3. Snapshot
4. Video (not present in some versions of Open Brush)

You control the camera like a handheld device.

• Swipe left/right on the thumbpad to switch modes.
• Pull the trigger to capture.

5 Second Gif

Hold the trigger for five seconds. You can release and pull again to stop/start on the same 5-second timeline.

Video

Pull the trigger to start. Pull again to stop.

This is true handheld capture. You control camera direction, speed, and orientation.

Advanced mode (Camera Options)

In Advanced mode, the camera icon has a sub-menu. You’ll see a small triangle in the corner.

Click and hold to open the sub-menu. Then choose Camera Options.

The Cameras icon in Advanced mode has a sub-menu.

Camera Options is inside the Cameras sub-menu.

In Camera Options, you can:

• Toggle the Open Brush watermark.
• Adjust field of view (FOV) and smoothing.
• Toggle post effects.

FOV examples

These examples show FOV set to 140, 70, and 10. The first image has the watermark enabled.

FOV 140 (wide angle), watermark on

FOV 140, watermark off

FOV 70

FOV 10

Demo video

This demo was recorded via the Spectator Camera.