Hello, my YouTube friends.
Today, I'm going to show you how to create this simple professional
looking Twitch overlay for your live streams, complete with labels,
and we're going to do it all with totally free software.
So let's get to it.
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We're going to start by creating the overlay assets in Pixlr E.
Pixlr is a free Photoshop type tool that's browser-based and really
easy to use.
There's a link in the description, so you can check it out and follow
along.
That is the best way to learn.
In Pixlr E we're just going to go in, create a new image, and we want
it 1920 by 10 80, and we're going to call it overlay and click create.
We do not want a background, just so you know.
So now we have an empty image.
We're going to go, and we're going to select this gradient tool here,
and we're going to go up to the gradient.
We're going to select this one right here.
And as you can see, it goes from black to transparent, and that's what
we're looking for.
And all we're going to do is draw a line up from the bottom to the
top, and that's going to add our gradient there, looks really nice.
I'm going to click on this arrow on the top left, and then we're going
to grab this corner and we're going to hold down the shift key so we
can just drag it down in it's full screen size and we'll leave it like
that.
And there we go.
We have a cool little gradient there.
Now we're going to select the shape tool and we're going to go up here
and select shapes, and we're going to drop down our shapes and you can
see here, there are a whole lot of shapes we can choose from.
We're just looking for stuff that's going to represent, you know, a
subscribe and a super chat and that sort of stuff.
So we'll pick the star one here.
And all you have to do is go ahead and draw the star by dragging it.
If you hold the shift key, you can make sure it's asymmetrical when
you draw it out and we'll shrink it up and make it the right size.
I'm going to go up here to fill and we're going to unfill it.
And then we're going to go to styles and we're going to add the
outline and adjust the size of the outline.
And we're going to add a drop shadow here.
And this works kind of wonky, especially when you have transparent
background, it's a little bit difficult to see.
So you just kind of have to mess around with the settings and we'll
turn opacity all the way up and adjust the distance and the direction
just so we kind of get exactly what we're looking for.
And then we can adjust the blur up a little bit.
And that looks pretty good.
I like that.
So we're just going to drag this down here to the lower left.
And what I'm going to do is duplicate it and drag the duplicate over
here to the center of our screen, or somewhere closer to the center.
And then I'm going to go up to our shape and I'm just going to select
different shape.
And I think one of these pluses will work, maybe a thinner one, and
there we go.
And then I'm going to duplicate it again and drag it out a little bit
further down the bottom here.
And we'll just go up to the top and change the shape again.
And we'll try, maybe this heart, I think will work.
And then I just want to get the spacing right on these.
So we're going to label each one of these anyways.
So if it's a little ambiguous as to what it represents, that's fine.
If you don't want to use any of these shapes, you can also find your
own and just bring them in here.
But now we're going to go up to file and export, and we're going to
export it as a PNG.
And I already have a file in here named overlay.
So I'm just going to overwrite that.
And then I'm going to go and create a new image.
And this is also going to be 1920 by 10 80.
We're just going to call this one mask and click create.
And then what I'm going to do is select the shape tool.
And we'll drop this down and select the shape we want to use.
Now, this is going to be a mask for our camera.
So any of these shapes will work very well.
They're all really cool.
It really just depends on what you want your camera outlined to be
shaped like I'm just going to choose one of these kind of torn paper
looking things.
And then all I have to do is drag on the screen.
And once I let it go, the center turns white and we can just export
this and we'll export it as a PNG and we can just save it out.
The name of it is mask, and we're good to go.
Now we have all of our assets created.
Now we have to do is set this up in OBS and get the stream labels set
up.
I'll use stream elements for the labels.
And again, there's a link in the description and it's totally free.
Alright.
In OBS, what we want to do is I'm going to click this plus, and we are
going to add an image and we can just call this overlay and click
okay.
And then we just need to browse to our image overlay and select it and
click open.
And there we go.
So now our overlay is in there for our labels, and I'm just going to
start a game here real quick.
We'll get that running in the background.
I'm going to shrink down my camera, put it right here and click the
plus.
And we're going to add a game source here.
I'm just going to call it lost ark click okay.
And then, okay.
And there it is.
So I just need to move my camera above the game so we can see it.
Now we just need to put the mask on the camera.
So we're going to right click on the camera and go to filters.
Then I'm going to click the plus and select image, mask, blend, and
click okay.
And I just need to browse to our mask and click open and that's all we
need to do.
Our mask is all set up on our camera.
So now it has that cool paper torn outline, looking way about it looks
very awesome.
So all we need to do now is add our stream labels to our live stream,
and we're going to be ready to go, just move the camera and put it in
a location here.
And we're going to go over into stream elements and we're going to
create a new overlay.
And this overlay is going to be 1920 by 10 80.
And we'll go to add widgets and we'll go down to labels and we're
going to go and select the subscriber and latest subscriber last
subscriber label.
And you can see it puts it up here at the top.
We can just drag it down a little bit and I'm going to click the plus
and I'm going to go to static custom, and we're going to go to image
and I'm just going to load up our overlay image so that we know
exactly where we want to place our text.
So I'll drag it on there and upload it.
And then we'll submit to add it in here.
And we'll go down to position in size and we'll put 1920 by 10 80.
So it is in the exact location that it should be on our screen and
we're going to center it.
And there we go.
So now we have our overlay in there.
All we need to do is move our text to the proper location in this
overlay and it snaps around.
So you can just use the arrow keys to move it.
And there we go.
So now we just need to click the plus and add the rest of our labels.
This time we're going to go to tips and we're going to go to latest
and latest tipper, and you can adjust what you actually want this to
say.
So it doesn't have to say latest tipper.
You can just put in whatever the tip is.
If you'd like, you can adjust what it actually says, and we'll go to
labels and we'll add a Superchat latest and latest Superchat.
And we'll drag that down into its proper location and use the arrow
keys just to get it exactly where we want it.
And then we'll move these over a little bit.
So they're centered and there we go.
So that's all we need to do for our layout what I'm going to go and do
is go into layers.
And I'm just going to go ahead and hide our image because we don't
want that showing up.
We added that directly into our live stream.
Then we can save this and we'll put a name on it and we'll just call
it tutorial labels and click save.
And all we need to do now is click this little link button at the top.
It will copy our link into the clipboard.
Now we're going to flip over into OBS, click the plus, and we're going
to go to browser and we'll call this one labels and click okay.
And we just need to paste that link right in here and change this to
1920 by 10 80.
And we'll just scroll down to the bottom and click refresh cache and
okay.
And in a moment there it goes, it popped up.
Now you can see this one wraps around over here.
So what I want to do is go back into our stream elements and I'm going
to select these and move them up to the top of the box here.
That way, if they do wrap around like that, we don't have to worry
about not being able to see them.
And all we have to do is click save.
And when we go back over and OBS, you can see it saves the position.
It puts them exactly where we just saved it and we are all set.
So now we can just grab our camera and place it wherever we want it to
be.
And we're ready to live stream with a really cool, very simple and
professional looking overlay.
Awesome stuff.
Super easy stuff.
If you want to see how you can create an easy stinger transition for
your live streams, you should definitely check this video out.
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