OBS Creator Box

The OBS Creator Box is a borderless panel that stays at a position you choose and shows a live, magnified view of the area around the cursor. The panel doesn’t move; its content follows the cursor.

Add the panel to an OBS Studio scene as a picture-in-picture cursor cam, so viewers can see what is under your pointer even when the rest of the scene shows something else.

Creator Box is disabled by default. The default shortcut is Ctrl + Shift + B. See Keyboard shortcuts for all shortcuts and how to change them.

Compared with other magnification features

The following table shows how the Creator Box differs from the Magnifier and Screen Zoom.

Feature	Window position	Magnified content	Best for
Creator Box	Fixed (you place it)	Follows the cursor	Streaming, recording overlays
Magnifier	Movable lens	Under the lens	Detailed inspection, precision work
Screen Zoom	Full screen	Pan around the screen	Live presentations, walkthroughs

Set up the Creator Box

1. Open FriskyMouse and select OBS Creator Box.
2. Turn on Enable Creator Box, or press Ctrl + Shift + B.
3. Drag the panel to where you want it. FriskyMouse saves the position automatically.
4. Move the cursor. The panel shows the magnified area around the pointer.
5. Adjust Panel Size, Magnification Level, Panel Shape, and Border to fit your scene.

Add the panel to OBS Studio

1. In OBS Studio, select + under Sources and choose Window Capture.
2. Name the source, for example FriskyMouse Cursor Cam, and select OK.
3. In the Window list, select FriskyMouse Creator Box.
4. Set Capture Method to Windows 10 (1903 and up) for smooth updates.
5. Turn off Capture Cursor. The panel already shows the magnified cursor, and a second cursor from OBS would overlap it.
6. Resize and place the source in your scene.

Note

The panel’s window title is always FriskyMouse Creator Box, so OBS finds the same window after FriskyMouse restarts or you switch profiles.

Tip

The panel appears on top of other windows on your screen, but OBS captures only the panel. Viewers see the cursor cam, not the rest of your desktop.

Creator Box settings

Setting	Range	Default
Width	160 to 1920 px	480 px
Height	90 to 1080 px	270 px
Magnification Level	1.0 to 8.0×	1.5×
Panel Shape	Circular, Rectangular	Rectangular
Show Border	On or off	On
Border Thickness	1 to 10 px	2 px
Border Opacity	0 to 100%	80%

• Panel Size: the default 480 × 270 is a 16:9 panel for a corner of a 1080p scene. Use 640 × 360 to show more context, or 960 × 540 for half of a 1080p scene. After resizing, check the Window Capture source in OBS so the new size fits your scene.
• Magnification Level: values from 1.25 to 2× keep more surrounding context. Values from 3 to 6× make small icons and text readable.
• Panel Shape: Rectangular fills the captured area edge to edge, which suits most OBS scenes. Circular crops the view to a circle inside the panel.
• Border: draws an outline around the panel. Lower Border Opacity values give a subtle outline.

Activation mode

The Activation Shortcut runs in Toggle mode by default: press it to show or hide the panel. In Hold mode, the panel is visible only while you hold the shortcut, which is useful for showing the cursor cam at specific moments of a stream. Choose the mode in the drop-down next to the shortcut. See Activation mode for details.

Profiles

The active profile saves every Creator Box setting except the shortcut key combination, which applies to all profiles. This includes the activation mode, panel position, size, magnification, shape, and border, so switching profiles can reconfigure the cursor cam for a different scene.

Uses

• Coding streams: viewers can read small editor text without you increasing the font size.
• Tutorials and screencasts: a permanent cursor cam in a corner shows what you are clicking.
• Pair programming and code reviews: viewers can see where you are pointing on a busy screen.
• App demos: show UI details without zooming the whole display.