How to add a Starting Soon screen in OBS
Create a scene called Starting Soon, add your screen as a Browser Source (tick Local file if it's an HTML file) or a…
GuideTwitch panel size, and how to upload panels
Twitch shows panels 320 pixels wide. Export at 320 px wide, or 640 px wide for a sharper result on high-resolution…
GuideHow to add StreamElements alerts to OBS
In StreamElements, open (or create) an overlay with an Alert Box widget, click the link icon to copy the overlay URL…
GuideHow to add a webcam frame in OBS
Add your camera as a Video Capture Device, add the frame as a Browser or Image source, and drag the frame above the…
GuideStreamElements vs Streamlabs for overlays
Already using one? Stay with it, both work well. Starting fresh with OBS Studio, StreamElements is the simpler choice…
GuideHow to set a Twitch offline banner
Go to your Creator Dashboard, open Settings › Channel › Brand, find Video Player Banner and click Update. Upload a…
GuideHow to add a chat overlay to OBS
Create a chat box widget in StreamElements or Streamlabs, copy its URL, and add it to OBS as a Browser source (around…
GuideTwitch overlay size and OBS canvas resolution
Build your layout on a 1920×1080 canvas (OBS Settings › Video › Base (Canvas) Resolution). If your upload speed or PC…
GuideHow to install a StreamElements overlay from a link
Sign in to StreamElements with the channel you stream on, open the install link, and approve the import. The overlay…
GuideHow to add a custom widget in StreamElements
Open an overlay in StreamElements, click +, choose Static/Custom › Custom widget, select the new widget and click Open…
GuideHow to add a Streamlabs custom widget from a link
On streamlabs.com, create a new widget theme (Widget Themes › Create a widget theme), open the widget's share link…
GuideHow to add a pomodoro timer to your stream
Install a pomodoro widget with its StreamElements link or add its HTML file to OBS as a Browser source. Set the focus…
GuideHow to set up a study with me stream
Make three scenes (Starting Soon, Focus and Break), put a pomodoro timer and a chat task list on the Focus scene, play…
GuideHow to add a follower or sub goal bar to OBS
Create a goal widget in Streamlabs (All Widgets › Follower Goal or Sub Goal) or add a goal widget to a StreamElements…
GuideHow to show the song you're playing in OBS
Install a tool that writes the current song to a text file, such as the free Tuna plugin for OBS. Then add your Now…
GuideTwitch sub badge and bit badge size, and how to upload them
Twitch sub badges and bit badges need three square PNG files: 18×18, 36×36 and 72×72 pixels, with a transparent…
GuideTwitch emote size, and how to upload emotes
Upload one square PNG between 112×112 and 4096×4096 px, under 1 MB, and let Twitch's auto-resize make the smaller…
GuideTwitch profile banner size, and how to upload it
Twitch recommends a 1200×480 px profile banner, up to 10 MB, as JPG, PNG or GIF. Upload it in the Creator Dashboard…
GuideHow to add a Be Right Back screen in OBS
Create a scene called Be Right Back, add your BRB screen as a 1920×1080 Browser source (Local file for an HTML screen)…
GuideHow to add a stream ending screen or end credits
Create a Stream Ending scene and add your ending screen (or an end credits widget) as a 1920×1080 Browser source.…
GuideHow to set up Kick alerts in OBS
Sign in at streamlabs.com with your Kick account, open the Alert Box widget, turn on the Kick alerts you want (follows…
GuideHow to show YouTube live chat on stream in OBS
Use a chat box widget that supports YouTube, such as Streamlabs' Chat Box: sign in with your YouTube account, copy the…
GuideOBS browser source settings explained
Set Width and Height to the size the widget was made for (usually 1920×1080 for a full overlay), tick Local file only…
GuideHow to fix a blank OBS browser source
Check the source is visible and above your game in the Sources list, that the URL or file path is correct, and that…
GuideHow to set up a VTuber overlay layout in OBS
Bring your model into OBS with a transparent background (Spout2 or Game Capture with transparency from VTube Studio)…
GuideWhat overlays does a new streamer actually need?
Start with alerts, a chat box, a Starting Soon screen, a Be Right Back screen and a Stream Ending screen, plus Twitch…