The Poll overlay displays the current poll you have going on and updates in real time, along with instructions for users on how to vote. You can even display multiple sources of chat if you stream to multiple platforms, such as YouTube or Facebook.

The Chat overlay takes chat as it comes in and displays it on your stream. The Event List overlay is a summary of recent Events that have occurred displayed in a neat little list. Play around with the settings and use the 'TEST EVENT' button to see if you like the changes you've made. You can customize the appearance by changing the message, how long it appears on the screen, the font, and what images and sounds play when it occurs by using URLs. The Events overlay is an alert system that triggers when specific events occur, such as when you get a new follower, when a streamer hosts you, when you get a donation of bits, etc. Tip: Every overlay has a ' CUSTOMIZE' option, where you can change up the text size, color, and font in your overlay, and change the background color as well (Leave the BG blank if you want to keep it transparent) What Different Types of Overlays Are Available?įrom Queues, to your Music Player, there are a variety of Overlays you can add to your stream and change to your liking. Once you've got your Overlay up, feel free to resize and customize it to your liking.

Hit ' OK' and boom! If you followed the steps correctly, you should see your Overlay appear in your scene.

(Side note: If you're on OBS, clear out that box that says ' Custom CSS', otherwise you might have issues)

Once you hit OK, you'll see this window. Since I have the URL for my Poll Overlay already copied, I'm gonna go ahead a paste it into the text field marked ' URL'.

Name the source whatever you'd like, we're just gonna name it Poll in this example.

In OBS, click on the ' +' icon to add a new source, and select ' Browser Source'.

For this example, we'll be placing a poll into OBS.

Once you've got your URL, you'll need to place it in your streaming software as a new Browser Source.

How Can I Place an Overlay Into My Stream?Įasy! Just copy the URL for the Overlay you'd like to add, and follow these steps: Through Botisimo, you can display new follower alerts, polls, the chat, and other elements for all to see. The Stream Overlays are a series of features you can implement to enhance your stream for your viewers. In this article, we'll be going over how you can add Botisimo's Overlay features to spice up your streams, and also go over a bit about what each of the overlays functions are.

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