btabest.blogg.se - Streamlabs obs add custom webcam overlay

Once you’re ready, we’d recommend saving as a JPEG or PNG - your preference. The layer itself can be any form you’d like experiment with different shapes and borders until you find one you like! This white area represents the part of your webcam that will be visible to viewers. Add a new foreground layer and set the fill color to white. By default, any part of your webcam in this black background layer will be filtered out (i.e., made invisible) by your mask. If your camera is 4:3, choose a 1600 x 1200px canvas. Are you using a 16:9 or 4:3 camera? Chances are, you’re probably using a 16:9 webcam - in which case you’d want to use dimensions of 1920 x 1080px. If you don’t have Photoshop you can download a free 7-day trial here. While complex masks might take a bit more practice, the process is virtually the same no matter what shape you’re making: How to Make a Webcam MaskĪnyone with basic Photoshop skills can jump in and create webcam masks. If not, skip ahead to the following section to learn how to set up your mask within OBS or Streamlabs. If you’re a DIY streamer or designer, check out the next section to learn how to make your own masks within Photoshop. So how do you find image masks? Well, you can either create one of your own, or you can download one from our free pack of 21 streamer masks.

This ensures that your viewers are focused on you - and not the wall behind you.

Masks help to remove some of the “dead space” within a traditional webcam frame.

They’ll help your stream run faster! Any time you limit the scope of your webcam, you’ll help save on compression bandwidth.

You’ll need to know masking basics to use advanced webcam frames like these.

Many of the best overlay packages require image masks.

The vast majority of broadcasters are still using the same 16:9 or 4:3 boxed webcams.

They look amazing and will help your stream stand out from the crowd.And they come with some special benefits: Image masks are a super-easy trick that every streamer should master. We’ll show you step-by-step how to create and set up your camera mask. Sound tricky? Don’t worry, it’s WAY easier than you may expect.

Everything inside the new, curved edges will display within your webcam feed. We would create (or use) a mask that conceals the sharp, 90-degree corners of your webcam. This allows you to create cool shapes and cut-outs along your camframe’s borders.įor example, let’s say we want our webcam to have rounded corners. By masking your webcam, you can choose which areas you want visible to your audience - and which you want to be “invisible”. Webcam masks are filters within OBS and Streamlabs that allow you to hide parts of your camera source.