Creating an Overlay for OBS

But First...Who Am I?

Technical Team Lead at Health Scholars

Worked in the IT industry for over 14 years

Including contracting at NASA as a systems administrator

Live-coding projects and fun visualizations on Twitch.tv

What We'll be Covering

  • Introducing the drop game
  • What is an overlay?
  • Why are overlays nice to have?
  • How to screen record with OBS
  • How to add an overlay to OBS for screen recordings

Introducing the drop game

How to Play

  • Log into Twitch.tv
  • Navigate to https://www.twitch.tv/brookzerker while I'm streaming
  • Type !drop into the chat
  • Try to time the drop so that it hits the platform

What is an overlay?

What is an overlay?

What is an overlay?

What is an overlay?

streamer: nahamsec

What is an overlay?

Streamer: whitep4nth3r

Why are overlays nice to have?

  • How to screen record with OBS
  • How to add an overlay to OBS for screen recordings
  • How to screen record with OBS
  • How to add an overlay to OBS for screen recordings

Contact me at

twitch.tv/brookzerker

github.com/brookspatton

twitter.com/brooks_patton

Creating an Overlay for OBS

By Brooks Patton

Creating an Overlay for OBS

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