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Overlays

The overlay studio, button by button: the editor, every widget, alerts, testing, publishing to OBS, automations, sharing, transitions and OBS panels.

Overlays overview

Build OBS browser-source overlays from widgets, shapes and your own files — the starting point of the overlay studio.

26 settings · 8 min read
The editor

Every button in the editor's top bar, the canvas, rulers, safe zones, the two editor modes, shortcuts and live collaboration.

35 settings · 8 min read
Layers & elements

The add panel, the layer list, groups, alignment, and every property of text, shapes, paths, images, video, browser sources, color fills and sound.

65 settings · 10 min read
Design & animation

The Design & animation tab: corners, borders, masks, blend modes, shadow, glow, glass blur, color filters, entrance/exit/looping animations, event-only visibility and custom CSS.

26 settings · 5 min read
Widgets

Every live widget explained: what it shows, where its data comes from, and each of its settings.

32 settings · 8 min read
Alert box & designer

Design an alert per event — text, GIF/video, sound, colors, amount-based variants and text-to-speech — with a live preview.

26 settings · 6 min read
Testing & live data

Try everything without going live: the event simulator, burst mode, replaying real events, test chat, and test vs live preview data.

14 settings · 3 min read
Publish & add to OBS

Draft vs published, versions and rollback, the OBS browser source settings, one-click OBS setup, and approving an artist's changes.

19 settings · 5 min read
Automations

If-then rules that show, hide or toggle layers and switch OBS scenes on events or chat commands.

11 settings · 4 min read
Brand kit, library & templates

Your colors, fonts, logo and name in one place; your upload library; and the template styles and packs.

16 settings · 4 min read
Sharing & Market

Share an overlay with a code or a .dabovl file, import someone else's, and install or publish overlays in the Market.

19 settings · 4 min read
Transitions (stingers)

Design your own OBS scene transition (stinger) with your colors, logo, text and sound, rendered as a transparent WebM.

13 settings · 3 min read
OBS panels

Four DAB panels you dock inside OBS: Control (your buttons), Activity, Stream info and Team picker.

20 settings · 4 min read