Hey what's up Nerds, Keyon here with a banger of a video today. You may have heard of a little 80's
Retro themed Stream Package called Synthwave before, but today I'm going to show you why
it's the best Retro Themed Stream Package out there. Now before you click away saying
"but Keyon, I've seen this before" let me just say NO. No, you really haven't, because what
I'm going to show you today will blow your minds. And if you stick around to the end of the video,
we have a special announcement. So let's just get right into it,
stop me if it's too much that your brain can't handle it anymore. Starting off,
DID YOU KNOW that the alerts in this pack offer you minimally 49 different possible combinations
of backgrounds and foreground assets? You heard me right. That means you and 10 other
friends could have the exact same pack and none of your alerts would be the same.
Or how about the fact that this pack comes with over 100 different customization options for your
overlays? For example it contains 3 different countdowns, 8 different stinger transitions,
6 different support bar variants with 5 different colors to choose from. I'm no
math-a-magician but that's a lot. And if that didn't melt your brain,
did you know you could set up every scene from this pack in OBS with just 6 Clicks? That's not
an exaggeration either. I literally took a few seconds and counted for this video. For you!
So now that I've gotten your attention, how about I show you.
Let's start with the Alert Customizations because this is one of the headliners of this pack.
First, we're gonna head to StreamLabs, and if you use Stream Elements, no problem,
this pack is compatible with both and offers the same level of customization.
Once at your dashboard, we're gonna Click onto Alert Box and do a test run of one of our alerts.
Here is the Follow Alert without any alterations. By itself, it looks great. We could set this up
and not change a single thing, but that's not what I promised you. This alert is made up of 4
different elements. There's the background, the icon, and the 2 different texts.
If you scroll down in the Follows Tab, when the screen starts to look like you're hacking into the
matrix, just click Custom Fields. Here is where you'll find all the options you can toy with.
It's divided up neatly to help you out, starting with Background Video, Icon Video,
Secondary Text and finally Main Text. With the Synthwave Download you'll get 7
animated background files and 7 animated icon files to choose from. My grade school
math teacher trained me for this moment. That's 49 different combination options for just these
video files alone! That's completely ignoring sizing, placement, multiple font options,
and that's assuming you want to use 2 video files for each alert...which you don't have to. You can
turn off the background, or the icon, or both and just have the awesome fonts as your alerts.
You can't even imagine how many different variations are possible.
If you want to swap out the background video, simply click here in the Media File Section,
find a background you like and upload it. All the background and Icon video files are WebM and
located inside the downloaded folder here. There's the Background folder, and the Icon folder.
Wanna change the icon? Do the same thing, but select a video file from the Icons Folder.
Don't feel like having an icon or a video, simply go to "Show or Hide the Background Video"
and change it from Show to Hide. The amount of flexibility here with our animations is insane.
There are also other options such as Vertical offset, scale, and volume of the elements.
We have the audio baked into the video files to keep them always in sync, but you're welcome
to mute these with the volume sliders and upload your own Sounds if you prefer. Heck,
if you're feeling bold you can even just keep the background element and upload your own custom
video file if you have the knowhow to do so. You laughed when I said the options were endless,
you doubted when I said ten people could have this package and not have the same alerts.
Long story short, the customized fields section is officially your playground.
Like I say with all our packs, you are highly encouraged to adjust these sliders,
test out the different options and really experiment because everything is non-destructive.
If you're able to adjust it, do it. Now let's talk about Overlays for your stream,
the stuff that is always there even when the alert animations are hibernating waiting for your next
supporter. There are just as many customizable options here, so let's start off easy using our
Quick Import for OBS Studio I told you about. Inside of OBS, go up to Tools, click on Scripts,
hit the plus button, and then navigate to the Synthwave Overlays folder. From here, open the OBS
Quick Install Folder, and select the file inside here, and click "Set Up All Scene." and like
magic, all the scenes and set up! That's it. There is no next step. We have a starting screen, game
scene, just chatting scene, and ending scene. Now that we're set up inside of OBS, let's
hop to our Synthwave downloaded folder. Quick overview, once you're inside the main folder,
you'll find a handful of folders. The folder we're looking for is the one labeled Graphic
assets - individual files. Inside here, you'll find options for the Goal Bar, Icons, Panels,
Scenes, Stinger Transition, Support Bars and Webcam. We can click through any of these folders
and inside you'll find options galore. Let's say you wanna see what stingers are available,
just click inside and you'll find 8 different stingers to choose from. Not impressed? How
about Webcam overlays? In there you'll find 6 different webcam styles for both 16 x 9 and 4 x 3,
each in 4 different colors options. I could spend all day going through each of
these folders and swapping out options for you, so if you're interested, I'd love to make that video
showing you absolutely everything we offer, how to swap it all out and going over every customization
you can do. However we just don't have time in this video, so if you have the pack, explore!
One last thing I'll share with you is literally a secret. It's so secret we never actually
advertised it, and I'm here today to rectify that. Did you know that you can time your Starting Scene
to the music you're playing? Let's say you have an awesome 80's synth track to set the mood,
wouldn't it be awesome if the waves in the ground timed up with the song you're playing?
Here's how you do that. Inside of OBS, let's head to the Starting Screen.
Open the properties for the Background Loop here and you'll notice a speed percentage slider.
By default it should be set to 100%. We've actually made this 100% equal to 100
beats per minute. So if your introduction song is 120 Beats Per Minute, simply adjust this slider to
around 120% until the song matches up. Because it's a percentage slider, it's not an exact
conversion rate, but it's pretty close! Now before our special announcement, I want to
thank you for making it this far into the video. This is a new type of video we're experimenting
with to show you why Nerd or Die should be your go to for all things Streaming. So if you liked this,
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to know when those videos release, and give us a thumbs up too while you're at it!
And now, the moment you've been waiting for. We're excited to announce that we've
just released the Synthwave event list for both Streamlabs and StreamElements users.
If you already own Synthwave, you can just simply redownload your pack to grab this
update. Installing it is exactly the same as our other widgets, using the quick install link.
This event list is 100% generated with code, meaning every piece of it is customizable.
I'm just going to give you a brief overview of it today, so let's just casually take
a stroll through some of the options. If you don't know how to get to your event
list, start by clicking All Widgets on the sidebar here, and then click Event List.
Normally you'd see your event list pop up in this space, but for whatever reason,
Streamlabs doesn't like us, so it's always best to preview your
alerts in OBS or in the popup by pressing "Launch" over here.
With these check boxes you can enable and disable the types of pop ups you want,
and down here you can adjust minimums for the certain pop ups like hosts, bits, and raiders.
Max Event will change how many of these events stay on screen at one time.
So if you want more or less depending on space, just increase or decrease the slider here.
Now the important stuff. I said everything here was made with code and customizable.
HOWEVER - These options here, Text Color, Font, Font Size, Animation, and Animation Speed WILL
NOT WORK to adjust the event list. That stuff is all taken care of in the Custom Fields Section.
Fade Time will make the event list fade away after so much inactivity, and it'll re-pop up once a new
alert comes through, I personally like this option because it keeps the screen space clean and tidy,
and finally you can flip the X or Y axis down here. Now onto the Custom Fields Section.
Now you can go wild. Like I said, everything is customizable. Want the glowing line to be
thicker? Adjust the Horizontal Glow Line Height. Want the main background color
different? Swap it here in Main Background Color. Want more or less of a slant for the background?
Just adjust the Tilt Amount of Events here. We've even provided you with helpful Hex Code
Color options up here to perfectly match the colors we use across Synthwave.
Top Text has it's own options. Bottom Text has it's own option. Everything
has an option. If you see it, and you wanna change it, chances are there is a slider,
dropdown, or color picker here to change it. I can't go over every option here, but just
know there, IT IS THERE. We're really excited about this, and we hope that you like it too.
And if you don't own Synthwave but I've managed to convince you to check it out,
head on over to Nerd or Die dot com, or click the link in the description to pick it up!
And that's it ladies and gentlemen. Like I said, there's absolutely no way I could fit every option
into a single video. There really is that much. We here at Nerd or Die pride ourselves on providing
more than just standard static overlays and alerts. We build entire systems of customization
for you to make each stream uniquely you. If there's a pack you'd like to know more about,
let us know in the comments down below! Every pack we offer has some unique feature
we're just dying to share with you. We also have a discord you can hop on in
and talk with us about any of our packs. We're always adding free updates to our current packs,
and the best way to stay up to date on our products is there.
If you've downloaded Synthwave and need any help setting up or customizing, we have a dedicated
Help Section in there where we can help you directly, or you can always contact us through our
Website Nerd or Die dot Com. Once again, I've been Keyon and I'll see you guys in the next video.