In 5 steps, you're going to be on-air with Singular overlays. Let's get started!
1 - Navigate to your Dashboard
Navigate to the Singular Dashboard: https://app.singular.live/dashboard and open up your Account folder in the left panel.
Opening the Singular Dashboard and selecting the Account Folder
2 - Download a template from the Template Library
Have an area within your account folder selected and open up the Singular Template Library by selecting the "New" menu from the top left corner of the Dashboard. Then click "Template Library".
Opening the Singular Template Library
Check out all the templates that we have available for free and download one that works best for you.
Selecting and downloading a new Template
3 - Open your new Template into Studio
Studio is a Control Application that you will use to operate your live overlays. To open up your newly downloaded template into Studio, double click on it.
Theme open in Studio
4 - Learn beginners tips for operating overlays in Studio
4A. Edit the contents of your overlays to prepare for your show. Do this by clicking on whatever overlay you want to edit in the Playlist Panel and then changing the elements you wish to change in the Overlay Editor.
Overlay selected in Playlist Panel, updating contents in Overlay Editor
4B. Take your overlays on and off-air by clicking on the play and pause buttons. Live overlays will appear in the Output Window. The Preview Window is designated for viewing overlays that you have selected in the Playlist Panel.
Note
Make sure to frequently use the blue "Update" button in the Overlay Editor if you are not seeing any changes to your overlay contents that you update on-air.
If you're interested in learning more Studio tips and tricks, click here.
5 - Combine your overlays with your live (or pre-recorded) video in OBS
For the purposes of this Beginner's Guide, we are going to be working with OBS, production software that you can download for free, in order to combine your newly prepared overlays with your live video.
Note
If you are already using another encoder in your production workflow, click here to learn how to use Singular overlays with the software of your choosing.
5A. Download OBS if you haven't already done so.
5B. Navigate over to Studio and copy your Output URL from the clipboard button in the upper right corner.
Copying Output URL from "Share" menu
5C. In OBS, create a brand new Singular overlay layer by selecting the "+" button in the Scenes panel and selecting "browser". Then paste in your output URL and adjust your resolution settings.
Note
For resolution settings, we recommend typing in 1920 for the width and 1080 for the height.
Adding a Browser Source, Pasting Output URL, Adjusting Settings
5D. Lastly, you will want to add your video layer in OBS underneath your Singular overlay layer. Prepare your live video layer by adding a "Video Capture Device" within the plus "+" button in the "Scenes" panel. Or drag and drop a pre-recorded video into the "Scenes" panel. Finally, hit command or control + f to fit your video layer to frame (or you can drag the corners to resize).
There you have it, your overlays are on top of the video of your choosing. Now you can send this content "sandwich" to any live stream destination of your choosing by selecting the "Start Streaming" button in the Controls panel. Now you're ready to operate your overlays in real time within Studio.
Overlays ready for live operation
Select "Start Streaming" Option in the OBS bottom right "Controls" panel
If you aren't seeing any of your Singular overlays, check two things:
- Make sure your Singular overlay layer is on top of your video layer within OBS
- Make sure you have an overlay taken on-air in Studio
If you are a more advanced user and are interested in creating custom overlays in Composer, check out this area of our Support Portal to learn how to get started.
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