Configure your Loom video settings
5 min
By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to:
- Configure individual and default video settings
- Gather viewer insights by requesting an email to view
- Apply a default call-to-action (CTA) button
Customize your video settings to match your goals
Customizing settings for each video allows you to tailor the experience based on the video's purpose and audience. In addition, you can configure default settings that will automatically apply to the video you are editing and all future videos you create.
Customizable video settings include a variety of options, such as:
- Video enhancements, like applying background noise filters, branded players, and selecting video thumbnail styles
- Audience settings, like whether viewers can comment, add emoji reactions, download your video, or view analytics
To edit your video settings:
- Open a Loom video and click the Settings tab in the right-side panel.
- Browse the settings in the Enhancement and Audience tabs and toggle options on or off based on your preferences for that video.
- To apply default settings, scroll to the bottom of the panel and click Set Defaults. Browse the tabs and toggle options on or off.
👇 Follow along with the steps above to edit individual and default video settings.
You can always override your default settings by changing the settings for an individual video.
Gather viewer insights by requesting an email to view
Requesting or requiring viewers to enter their email address in order to access your Loom video helps you monitor engagement insights and who is viewing your public videos more accurately. Without this feature turned on, people who view your videos without signing into Loom will be marked as "Anonymous”.
This setting is especially useful in scenarios where video access is open to anyone, but you want to be able to track specific viewers, such as in sales or training. You can configure this setting to:
- Require email: Viewers will be forced to provide a valid email address before watching.
- Ask for email: Viewers will receive a pop-up to add their email before watching but have the option to bypass it.
- No email: Viewers will not need to provide any information to view. This is the default setting.
👇 Require an email to view a video.
Apply a default call-to-action (CTA) button
You can add call-to-action (CTA) buttons to an individual video during editing, but what if all of your videos have the same desired next step for the viewer? If you want all future videos you create to have the same call-to-action, you can set up a default CTA.
👉 For example: Madison works in Sales and frequently creates Loom videos to pitch new product features to potential clients. She sets a default CTA so that all of her videos display a “Schedule a demo” button at the end, which links to her calendar booking page. This encourages potential clients to take the next step, and doesn’t require Madison to add the same button to every video she makes.
👇 Click the icons to see how to add a default CTA button to all videos.
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