**Setting Up OBS with Custom Themes and Widgets**

In this tutorial, we will be setting up OBS (Open Broadcasting Software) with custom themes and widgets to create a visually appealing stream.

First, let's start by making sure our OBS program is running correctly. We want to make sure it fits properly on the screen so that everything works seamlessly. To do this, simply resize the window to fit your needs.

Next, we will add a gameplay capture source to the scene. However, please note that my OBS program recording this tutorial may crash when adding another capture source, so we will move on to the next scene for now.

We are now in Scene 1, and everything looks great. Let's proceed to the next scene.

In Scene 2, we will change the URLs and make sure everything is updated correctly.

Now that we have set up our scenes, let's move on to setting up alerts on our stream. If you want basic alerts like the one shown in this tutorial, click on the guide provided for more information.

However, for this tutorial, we will be adding a widget theme. To do this, go to the top menu and select "Themes," then choose "Widget Themes." Here, you can see various widgets available, including alert boxes.

Select the alert box from the list on the left, as it is the one we want to add to our stream. Since the same theme used in this tutorial does not come with a free widget theme, we will have to search for something that fits within the team and is free.

Let's select the colors red, gray, and white, as they are the same colors used in our scene theme. Then, look for something that you think will work well. I recommend checking out the glow widget theme on the second page, as it looks great.

Click on the glow widget theme to install it. It is simple but effective. Now, go to the top menu and select "Install" to add the widget theme to our stream.

Once installed, test the alert box by going to the in-game scene and clicking on "Follow." If you don't see this prompt, click on "Test Widget" to make it appear, then click on "Follow."

As you can see, the alert box is a bit small. To fix this, click on the alert box and use the pixels on the side and down arrow keys to move it pixel by pixel until it's in the middle of the screen.

Now that we have set up our alerts, let's proceed to the next step.

**Countdown Timer**

In addition to adding a widget theme, you can also add a countdown timer to your stream. This is great for letting viewers know when exactly you will be online and making sure there are people to talk to immediately when you go live.

To add this feature to your stream, click on the guide provided for more information on how to set it up.

**Conclusion**

In conclusion, we have successfully set up OBS with custom themes and widgets. We added an alert box to our stream and even installed a countdown timer to let viewers know when exactly you will be online.

Thank you for watching this tutorial, and I hope you found it helpful in setting up your own stream. If you want to learn more about OBS or add custom graphics to your stream, click on the playlist "StreamLabs OBS Master Course" right here.

And if you're new to the channel and want to grow your influence with gaming, be sure to subscribe now!

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhen creating your own overlay you have more customization options but it teams and witches in stream ops OBS look amazing and they are completely free so let's set up a beautiful stream right now what's up everyone yelling here with the video nerd and welcome to these stream lapse OBS master course if this is your first time on the channel and you want to grow your influence with gaming then make sure to click the subscribe button and turn on the notification bell because this channel is perfect for you without wasting any more time let's go to stream nerves OBS and then go to the themes on top so on this page there are two tabs one for the scene themes and one for the widget themes these scene themes are the graphics like a webcam overlay or a starting soon screen etc and then the widget themes is for example for alerts a donation taker a viewer count etc something important to mention is that some scene themes also have widget themes that are in this same style for example when we look at these themes right here you see Facebook gaming circuit and when we click on the theme we can see that this theme has a life seen a starting scene and a be right back screen and then when we go on top to widget themes we can see right here that this is the widget theme Facebook gaming circuit alert box so this is the same theme but it's for the alerts but not every team has a widget theme that comes with them for example when we go back to seen themes right here this is an amazing team by nerd or die it looks great it is very advanced but it doesn't come with a widget dream at least not for free because right here on top we see get a full animated version for 20% off and when we click on that we can go to their website where you can buy the full team including the alerts but of course that isn't necessary because we can use this free team right here and then search a widget dream so an alert box that looks kind of the same and then used those two together and that's what we are going to do right now so right here on top let's click on install overlay and then it will just create a new Cena collection and install the team right there so right here in our editor we can see that there is a new scene team called stealth read by nerd or die and it's a tree because it's the for time that I'm installing this because I did some testing before creating this video then on your left in the scene window we have a stream starting scene an in-game scene an intermission seen a be right back scene and a stream ending scene I will show you one by one how to set them up and what will need to be changed first let's start with a stream starting scene what needs to be changed well the your name should be your name than your media links and then your schedule and for the stream starting scene we can set up everything right here directly in these sources so first of all your name let's click on it and then we see it appearing right here in these sources so your name let's double click it and then for me I will write the video nerd okay let's click done then position it in the middle and you can use the pixels on the side to position it exactly like you want it and you can use your arrows to move it pixel by pixel so it's perfect then the social links I will show you one so you click on it you search it right here you double click it and you change the name right here okay click done and I will do the same for the other two okay so now that's done let's change the schedule and it's actually the same way just double click it right here in the sources and then change the information for me this is perfect so now let's setup the in-game scene so let's click on end game and right here there is a lot of stuff but of course we don't need everything because the team just gives us a few options if we separate all the things a bit we can get an overview this is the alert box we can get an overview of what is added to the team so we have a widescreen webcam border and we have a 4 by 3 webcam border let's start by deleting the 4 by 3 webcam borders so just click delete under and now we have to choose between these two webcam borders I like to add my socials to the border so let's delete this one and then we see two options for the support bar right here but I don't know if it's because of my resolution but there are two support bars that are hidden or that are outside of the screen and you can see them in these sources right here the horizontal bar you see that when I click it it's highlighted so we can drag it and right here SD bar let's make it a bit smaller okay and then another bar right here it was outside of this screen and now we have to choose one of the four and I will go for the horizontal one with three tabs so let's delete the other ones and position this one at the bottom and something that's amazing about this team is that the labels are already added so you can see right here the most recent follower is phantom freek the top tip and the new tab aren't filled in because the video notes twitch channel is kind of new and I haven't streamed much on it so I don't have a top tip or a new tip but you can see that the follower is working so the other ones will be working for you too now we need to change these social links for the webcam border let's start by making it a bit smaller and now we need to change the Twitter and the YouTube URL but we can't do that right here because the only thing we have here in these sources is the webcam as a whole and this is because you can find it in these scenes right here on the Left right here you can see webcams sixteen by nine and when we click on it we go to this scene and now any sources we can see every port so now we can click on the Twitter handle and then right here double click it and change it so the video nerds of YouTube okay then do the same for the YouTube URL so slash the video nerd okay let's click done and this is changed and now when we go back to our in-game scene you will see that this has been changed when I make it bigger you can see it better so we are done for this scene let's go to the next one the intermissions scene right here there are a few things to setup you should add your webcam right here in the back window then add your gameplay capture right here and is small and then here the chat is already working when we click on this arrow to show our chat and we type something you can see that it appears right here in the chat so this is already linked that's great and then of course the same thing change the Twitter YouTube and Facebook URL and then right here edit this text for your schedule then to add your webcam to the screen in these sources click on the plus icon and choose video capture device then call it webcam click on add new source and then I will be using this virtual webcam because usually I'm using my DSLR as a webcam but right now I am filming this with it so I will choose this one right now and then if your proportions aren't right of your webcam for example if it's 4 by 3 like this one and actually your webcam should be widescreen then double click at any sources right here select custom and then select your resolution in the next drop-down I will choose this one right now so that it's widescreen clicked on and then we should position it correctly right here but first we want to make sure that it's below the intermission overlay and to do that in your sources scroll to the bottom and right here you can see intermission screen dot PNG when we hide it we can see that this is the overlay so our webcam should be beneath that source so grab your webcam drag it completely to the bottom below the intermission screen and then just make it bigger so that it fits correctly and this will work then you want to add your gameplay capture right here in this window but I will not do it right now because my OBS program that's recording this will crash when I add another capture source so then let's go to the next scene d be right back scene and right here again changed your name change the URLs right here and then the screen is done ok so I changed everything and it looks great now so go to the next scene this dream ending scene then here again changed everything like this and now let's set up our alerts now if you want the basic alerts like this one on your stream then you should click on that guide right there because there I explained everything in detail but we right now will be adding a widget theme so let's go to the themes on the top and then we will go to the widget themes and right here we can see a bunch of widgets now on the Left we can select which widgets we are looking for so let's select the alert box so this same theme that we were using doesn't come with a free widget theme so we will have to look for one that will fit within the team and that is free so right here we see widget theme colors and we can select these same colors of our seed team so that we can look for something that will work so let's select red gray and white because that are the colors that are in our scene theme and then you need to look for something that you think will work I think that on the second page right here this glow widget theme that looks pretty great so let's click on it this is simple but I kind of like it so then right here on the top we see which it's zero when we click on that we can select the wages that we want to install and then it will install only those and if you hover over them you can see a preview of the widgets I will only install the alert box right now but you can of course install other things and then play with it and see what will work but right now for the tutorial let's select alert box and then click on install so now the widget theme is installing it's ready and it should be added to our scene so let's test it let's go to the in-game scene and then click on follow if you don't see this you should click on test widget to make it appear and then click on follow and as you can see it's a bit small so let's click on it and this is our alert box so let's make it bigger and then position it in the middle again by using the pixels on the side and down our arrow keys to move it pixel by pixel or let's try again click on subscription right now so the alert is working of course now that I see it I don't like it with this team but that doesn't matter it's just to show you how you can add it and how everything works so I think you have an ID now and you can search your own widgets that you like and add them to your scene and a great thing you can add to this is a countdown timer for letting your viewers know when exactly you will be online and also to make sure that your stream isn't empty when you go online so that there are people to talk to immediately when you go online that's great for engagement also for yourself for just jumping right into it being energetic from the start so if you want to add this to your scene then click on that guide because there I explained exactly how you can add this countdown timer to your stream so now a question for you that you look to all these seeds and did you find something you like or are you still going to use your own theme or let someone else make one let me know in the comments because I'm really curious if people are taking these themes or not and if you want to learn to set up these settings with your stream or add custom graphics to your stream or anything else stream laps OBS related click on that playlist right there because does this stream loves OBS master course playlist and if you still aren't subscribe to the channel and you want to grow your influence with gaming then do that right now because this channel is just perfect for you thanks for watching and I will see you in my next video have a good daywhen creating your own overlay you have more customization options but it teams and witches in stream ops OBS look amazing and they are completely free so let's set up a beautiful stream right now what's up everyone yelling here with the video nerd and welcome to these stream lapse OBS master course if this is your first time on the channel and you want to grow your influence with gaming then make sure to click the subscribe button and turn on the notification bell because this channel is perfect for you without wasting any more time let's go to stream nerves OBS and then go to the themes on top so on this page there are two tabs one for the scene themes and one for the widget themes these scene themes are the graphics like a webcam overlay or a starting soon screen etc and then the widget themes is for example for alerts a donation taker a viewer count etc something important to mention is that some scene themes also have widget themes that are in this same style for example when we look at these themes right here you see Facebook gaming circuit and when we click on the theme we can see that this theme has a life seen a starting scene and a be right back screen and then when we go on top to widget themes we can see right here that this is the widget theme Facebook gaming circuit alert box so this is the same theme but it's for the alerts but not every team has a widget theme that comes with them for example when we go back to seen themes right here this is an amazing team by nerd or die it looks great it is very advanced but it doesn't come with a widget dream at least not for free because right here on top we see get a full animated version for 20% off and when we click on that we can go to their website where you can buy the full team including the alerts but of course that isn't necessary because we can use this free team right here and then search a widget dream so an alert box that looks kind of the same and then used those two together and that's what we are going to do right now so right here on top let's click on install overlay and then it will just create a new Cena collection and install the team right there so right here in our editor we can see that there is a new scene team called stealth read by nerd or die and it's a tree because it's the for time that I'm installing this because I did some testing before creating this video then on your left in the scene window we have a stream starting scene an in-game scene an intermission seen a be right back scene and a stream ending scene I will show you one by one how to set them up and what will need to be changed first let's start with a stream starting scene what needs to be changed well the your name should be your name than your media links and then your schedule and for the stream starting scene we can set up everything right here directly in these sources so first of all your name let's click on it and then we see it appearing right here in these sources so your name let's double click it and then for me I will write the video nerd okay let's click done then position it in the middle and you can use the pixels on the side to position it exactly like you want it and you can use your arrows to move it pixel by pixel so it's perfect then the social links I will show you one so you click on it you search it right here you double click it and you change the name right here okay click done and I will do the same for the other two okay so now that's done let's change the schedule and it's actually the same way just double click it right here in the sources and then change the information for me this is perfect so now let's setup the in-game scene so let's click on end game and right here there is a lot of stuff but of course we don't need everything because the team just gives us a few options if we separate all the things a bit we can get an overview this is the alert box we can get an overview of what is added to the team so we have a widescreen webcam border and we have a 4 by 3 webcam border let's start by deleting the 4 by 3 webcam borders so just click delete under and now we have to choose between these two webcam borders I like to add my socials to the border so let's delete this one and then we see two options for the support bar right here but I don't know if it's because of my resolution but there are two support bars that are hidden or that are outside of the screen and you can see them in these sources right here the horizontal bar you see that when I click it it's highlighted so we can drag it and right here SD bar let's make it a bit smaller okay and then another bar right here it was outside of this screen and now we have to choose one of the four and I will go for the horizontal one with three tabs so let's delete the other ones and position this one at the bottom and something that's amazing about this team is that the labels are already added so you can see right here the most recent follower is phantom freek the top tip and the new tab aren't filled in because the video notes twitch channel is kind of new and I haven't streamed much on it so I don't have a top tip or a new tip but you can see that the follower is working so the other ones will be working for you too now we need to change these social links for the webcam border let's start by making it a bit smaller and now we need to change the Twitter and the YouTube URL but we can't do that right here because the only thing we have here in these sources is the webcam as a whole and this is because you can find it in these scenes right here on the Left right here you can see webcams sixteen by nine and when we click on it we go to this scene and now any sources we can see every port so now we can click on the Twitter handle and then right here double click it and change it so the video nerds of YouTube okay then do the same for the YouTube URL so slash the video nerd okay let's click done and this is changed and now when we go back to our in-game scene you will see that this has been changed when I make it bigger you can see it better so we are done for this scene let's go to the next one the intermissions scene right here there are a few things to setup you should add your webcam right here in the back window then add your gameplay capture right here and is small and then here the chat is already working when we click on this arrow to show our chat and we type something you can see that it appears right here in the chat so this is already linked that's great and then of course the same thing change the Twitter YouTube and Facebook URL and then right here edit this text for your schedule then to add your webcam to the screen in these sources click on the plus icon and choose video capture device then call it webcam click on add new source and then I will be using this virtual webcam because usually I'm using my DSLR as a webcam but right now I am filming this with it so I will choose this one right now and then if your proportions aren't right of your webcam for example if it's 4 by 3 like this one and actually your webcam should be widescreen then double click at any sources right here select custom and then select your resolution in the next drop-down I will choose this one right now so that it's widescreen clicked on and then we should position it correctly right here but first we want to make sure that it's below the intermission overlay and to do that in your sources scroll to the bottom and right here you can see intermission screen dot PNG when we hide it we can see that this is the overlay so our webcam should be beneath that source so grab your webcam drag it completely to the bottom below the intermission screen and then just make it bigger so that it fits correctly and this will work then you want to add your gameplay capture right here in this window but I will not do it right now because my OBS program that's recording this will crash when I add another capture source so then let's go to the next scene d be right back scene and right here again changed your name change the URLs right here and then the screen is done ok so I changed everything and it looks great now so go to the next scene this dream ending scene then here again changed everything like this and now let's set up our alerts now if you want the basic alerts like this one on your stream then you should click on that guide right there because there I explained everything in detail but we right now will be adding a widget theme so let's go to the themes on the top and then we will go to the widget themes and right here we can see a bunch of widgets now on the Left we can select which widgets we are looking for so let's select the alert box so this same theme that we were using doesn't come with a free widget theme so we will have to look for one that will fit within the team and that is free so right here we see widget theme colors and we can select these same colors of our seed team so that we can look for something that will work so let's select red gray and white because that are the colors that are in our scene theme and then you need to look for something that you think will work I think that on the second page right here this glow widget theme that looks pretty great so let's click on it this is simple but I kind of like it so then right here on the top we see which it's zero when we click on that we can select the wages that we want to install and then it will install only those and if you hover over them you can see a preview of the widgets I will only install the alert box right now but you can of course install other things and then play with it and see what will work but right now for the tutorial let's select alert box and then click on install so now the widget theme is installing it's ready and it should be added to our scene so let's test it let's go to the in-game scene and then click on follow if you don't see this you should click on test widget to make it appear and then click on follow and as you can see it's a bit small so let's click on it and this is our alert box so let's make it bigger and then position it in the middle again by using the pixels on the side and down our arrow keys to move it pixel by pixel or let's try again click on subscription right now so the alert is working of course now that I see it I don't like it with this team but that doesn't matter it's just to show you how you can add it and how everything works so I think you have an ID now and you can search your own widgets that you like and add them to your scene and a great thing you can add to this is a countdown timer for letting your viewers know when exactly you will be online and also to make sure that your stream isn't empty when you go online so that there are people to talk to immediately when you go online that's great for engagement also for yourself for just jumping right into it being energetic from the start so if you want to add this to your scene then click on that guide because there I explained exactly how you can add this countdown timer to your stream so now a question for you that you look to all these seeds and did you find something you like or are you still going to use your own theme or let someone else make one let me know in the comments because I'm really curious if people are taking these themes or not and if you want to learn to set up these settings with your stream or add custom graphics to your stream or anything else stream laps OBS related click on that playlist right there because does this stream loves OBS master course playlist and if you still aren't subscribe to the channel and you want to grow your influence with gaming then do that right now because this channel is just perfect for you thanks for watching and I will see you in my next video have a good day