Hey what's up Nerds,
Keyon here with a quick video to show you how to use the new Track Matte Transition
feature inside of OBS Version 27 for live streaming. If you're not familiar with what
track mattes are, a matte is essentially a black and white video that tells software
what is visible and what is transparent. For now this is only possible in OBS Studio and
XSplit, but I'm sure this feature will roll out to other software soon enough
Now, before we get started, here's my usual reminder to hit that subscribe button and
notification bell so you're always kept up to date on new product launches, tools, and
tips and tricks from us here at Nerd or Die. In tandem with this video, we are also releasing
a Free Matte Transition Pack on our website with 5 Free Dynamic transitions and a Premium
Matte Transition pack that contains 20 transitions, all of which work great with Live Streaming
and Video editing projects. Head on over to Nerd or Die dot com or click the link in the
description for more info! And, back to the video.
Inside of OBS, there are now 3 types of transitions. The first is one we've all grown to know and
love, the Classic Stinger. An animation covers up the screen for at least one frame, the
scene change happens behind that, and then the animation goes away. The second one is
the new track matte transition. A straight transition from one scene to another. And
the third, which is probably the coolest, uses a bit of both.
Now although there are some awesome stinger transitions out there, we all already know
about these. So I'm gonna focus on and show you how to correctly set up each of the new
Matte Transition types. For this tutorial, we're going to use the Matte Transition Pack
we discussed earlier, link is still in the description waiting for you. You know you
want to click it, so just do it already.
Let's assume you're adding a matte stinger to an existing setup. For the sake of this
mini guide let's remove any current stinger transitions we have. Click the cog, then click
Remove.
First let's do a basic scene-to-scene matte transition. Select Add: Stinger from the dropdown
here, hit the cog and choose Properties. Let's move down and check "use a track matte," otherwise
this won't work. Next we want to choose a Video File. Hit browse, find your matte transition,
select open. Let's give this a test. Really cool right? We're 27 versions into OBS and
I am so happy we can finally do transitions like this. Let's try out another one and see
what happens. I wasn't kidding when I said I was excited for these transitions. They
are just so clean and professional looking to me!
Now, onto the best use of Matte Transitions, where the creative and technical world collide.
Going forward we'll be creating more and more stingers that take advantage of what I'm about
to show you. Let's hit "defaults" in the bottom left corner
to reset everything. Now let's browse once more. I've got a stinger in here that's from
our Electro Junkie 2 package. You'll notice it's extra wide, and there's a good reason
for that. So let's import it. If I run a test of this right now, it will look very wrong.
What we see here is two graphics side-by-side. On the left we have the visuals, the stinger,
and on the right we have the matte. So now, let's select Use a Track Matte. For
this specific file I have, we want to use the first option, Same file, side by side,
because if you remember, our file is the stinger on the left, matte on the right. Now if we
preview the transition, you get to see the full power of Matte Transitions. Not to make
a palpatine joke, but this really is unlimited power when it comes to stinger transitions.
And that's it! It can be a little confusing at first, but I hope this video has cleared
up what a matte stinger transition is and I can't wait to see more of them out in the
wild. If you're a creative yourself or want to be surrounded by other creatives that will
without a doubt be using this new feature, we have a discord you can jump on in. Don't
be afraid to show off your creations! We love getting to see the nerd or die community's
work. We also have a dedicated help section in there so if you do download our Matte Transitions,
which you totally should do, free is free, hit us up in there with any questions, comments
or concerns. Once again those free transitions and the premium ones will be linked down below,
or you can find them on our website at Nerd or Die dot com. I've been Keyon with Nerd
or Die, and I'll see you guys in the next one.