
Once you’ve finished tweaking the settings, click OK to add the image to your livestream. If you want it to be transparent, change the Opacity to a number less than 100. Click Browse… to find the saved image on your computer, and click Open to use it. In the Sources box, click Add > Image and name the source to easily locate it amongst other sources (best to describe the image you’re including). Open OBS and create a Scene as you did above. If you want a transparent background around your custom text, make sure to export it as a. You can make it more unique and eye-catching than standard text generated by OBS itself, and it’s equally as easy to insert images into a live stream as it is to insert text. If you’re looking for something a little more impressive, try designing your text in software like GIMP or Photoshop. It’s worth noting that you can add as many text sources as you like (hence why naming them is important) and can hide them by unchecking the box to the left in the Sources menu. That’s it! Your text is now on-screen, ready for your live stream. You can also select the red dots to adjust the size of the text. To adjust the position, select Edit Scene and simply drag-and-drop the text to the desired location.
You should now see the text displayed on screen.Once you’re ready, click OK to close the window and save the text.Change the font, size, colour, opacity and more to get the desired effect, and add the text you’d like to be displayed in the ‘Enter text’ box at the bottom of the window.
For example, if you want to include your Twitter handle, you’d call it “Twitter” and not “Follow me on Twitter: In the text menu, you can customise the look of your font.
Enter a name for your text box – this is the name of the source, not the text that’s displayed.
In the Sources menu, right-click and select Add > Text.Create a new Scene and be sure to include any game/webcam captures that you usually include in OBS broadcasts.The processes are very similar, but we thought we’d outline both below: Directly input text in OBS There are two ways to add text to a live stream: directly inputting it into OBS, or by designing custom text/logo and importing it as an image.