take focus in order for your layout to work thankfully we have a lot more control over what sources look like in the list first there's colors right click a source name in the sources list and you can assign a color from the list of colors or choose a custom color this changes the entire row bar background of that source to be a color great for easily identifying different kinds of sources such as images alerts video devices etc next there are groups if you have a bunch of images or sources that create a specific layout you can actually group them into one basically sub source a group of sources to move or resize all at once and collapse the group in the sources list so they don't need up space if you regularly use this kind of group across multiple scenes it's probably worth turning them into their own scene and nesting that scene as a source in other scenes instead of keeping and trying to copy the groups to other scenes and keeping those in sync if you edit that one scene that has that group on it then that affects all of your other scenes that you add that nested scene too i know that gets really redundant sounding a secret killer customization tip for scene names is you can also use html formatting to change the text bold italics underlines headers superscript subscript alignment and even colored or rainbow text the possibilities are endless i have some resources linked below on html text customization because this can help a lot for making different you know specific sources stand out i know it can seem not fun to spend a bunch of time changing this kind of thing which no one even sees in your actual content but streamlining your workflow is hugely important and should not be overlooked plus less time fumbling with scenes skipping to the wrong scene etc helps make you seem that much more professional when you're streaming and that you actually know what you're doing i say this as the guy who teaches live streams and still fumbles with my scenes during my shows as well viewers of my live shows know exactly what i'm talking about i think it works this time i think did y'all hear it this is only episode two i honestly haven't had a ton lastly please don't forget to sort your actual stream files your resource files seriously it seems easy enough to just drag a video or image onto obs and forget about where it's actually stored but keeping your files organized is hugely important you know what else is usually important our merch over at URL_TOKEN merch you can get high quality classic you know NUMBER_TOKENs blank vhs style desk mats pins and stickers the enamel pins are incredible and you can stick them on just about anything cover your desk get a nice high quality dust mat for your mouse it's really awesome stuff and it comes with a free trial to my own streaming service nebula as well this is a limited run we will be running out before too long so make sure you get in there eposvox dot gd merch and pick up yours today going back to files i recommend making master folders either by show type or file type lower thirds transitions backgrounds etc and then you can sort from there this is crucially important for keeping everything together backing up your files moving your layouts to new installations and restoring it if your computer crashes personally i have general graphics folders that i use for both streams and videos that are sorted by graphic type so transitions lower thirds
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