You can include up to six audio tracks, name them, and even add unique settings and filters to each. Studio Mode is a great way to set your scenes up during a live broadcast or recording (Image credit: OBS Studio)īut this is just scratching the surface: you have so many other tools available to you, like setting up transitions when cutting from scene to scene - there are but a handful available but you can also bring in custom ones via the ‘Add : Stinger' option. Even better, if you make alterations to one, those changes will be passed on to other scenes that contain the same source.īetter still, if you need an object placed in a specific location throughout your stream, you can simply copy it from one scene, and paste it choosing ‘Paste (Reference)’ to not only enable those editing possibilities mentioned above, but also make sure its size and position on the screen are preserved. Create some text or add a watermark in one scene, and you’ll see them available when creating a new source in the ‘add existing’ section. One thing we particularly liked was the ability to reuse the same object in multiple scenes.
These sources, once applied, can be reordered, exactly like layers in an image editor or video editor app, with the one above obscuring those beneath it. We found the options offered by OBS Studio to be impressive: each scene can be filled with multiple sources.
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However, it must be stressed that for what you’re getting for free, these are minor inconveniences - and no software is perfect, right?
Of course this is also where you get to choose its font, style, color, and so on. It feels like there’s always one too many clicks to get the work done.įor instance, when adding text to a scene, you can click on it directly in the preview window to resize it and move it around, and it almost feels like a double-click would allow you to edit it - like you can with image compositors.īut this isn’t the case: you need to double-click on its listing in the Source panel in order to do that. It’s a bit like you have to wrestle with its way of working, until you capitulate and have to work on its terms. OBS Studio features a huge amount of flexibility, but the interface doesn’t feel that user-friendly.
One source can be a webpage - stopping people from seeing your messy desktop! (Image credit: OBS Studio)Īnd, if you happen to find a dreaded black screen when trying to access your desktop, make sure you allow OBS to have screen recording privileges in your computer’s privacy settings.
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