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General Category => FAQ on games, gaming & IT => Topic started by: kat on January 01, 2026, 11:06:43 AM

Title: UPDATE: TikTok LIVE Camera Requirement
Post by: kat on January 01, 2026, 11:06:43 AM
UPDATE: with recent updates to TikTok Studio (https://www.tiktok.com/tiktokstudio), the settings to configure the 'greenscreen' camera workaround that enables live streaming without a physical camera (https://www.katsbits.com/community/index.php/topic,1319.0.html) (thus avoiding concerns over revealing identity information, Ed.) have been moved. The options are now under Background, found within Camera properties.

QuoteAside: for the TikTok greenscreen to work, a Virtual Camera is needed alongside a 'greenscreen' image. See "TikTok Live Studio CAMERA requirement - workaround (https://www.katsbits.com/community/index.php/topic,1319.0.html)" for full details on creating the greenscreen image and setting that up in OBS.

How To Set Up A TikTik Greenscreen
To set up a greenscreen in TikTok now, once a Camera entity has been added to the Sources panel on the left-hand side of TikTok Studio, click the 'cog' icon [1] to access Camera (properties) window overlay. Here, click Background [2], then on the Cutout 'thumbnail' [3]. In the panel now available below, set;

 - "Chroma key" (enable).
 - "Removal color", type or select a value e.g. "00FF00" (Hex) or "0, 255, 0" (RGB) for green [4].

Depending on the image being broadcast as a Virtual Camera from OBS (https://www.katsbits.com/community/index.php/topic,1319.0.html), the 'camera' should then appear partially or fully transparent in TikTok Studio depending on the greenscreen image

QuoteAside: the greenscreen image itself can be entirely green, or another easily removeable primary colour, or partially green, creating a 'mask' or 'cutout' as the camera.

TikTok settings to enable a greenscreen
Enabling the TikTok greenscreen in Background options.

TikTok greenscreen camera setup
After Camera options have been set the camera source widget will be tranparent.