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Best OBS Studio Settings 2022

January 11, 2022

Categories: Twitch Streaming, OBS, OBS Studio, StreamElements OBS.Live, Streaming Guides, StreamLabs OBS

Best OBS Studio settings have been a talking point in the streaming genre for many years. But actually not that much has changed! The basic things are the same. This guide works for OBS Studio, OBS.Live and the almighty StreamLabs OBS. I’ll try to make the whole process of finding the best setting easier for…

How To Make An Overlay For Twitch – Gimp

Niko Vittaniemi “aka” NikiTheLiger

April 25, 2021

Categories: Stream Overlay and Design, Streaming Guides, Twitch Branding, Twitch Streaming

Are you looking for a way on how to make an overlay for Twitch without photoshop and with free tools? If so! You are in the right place. There is an oldie goldie cool software called Gimp which enables you Photoshop-like image editing and of source it is FREE. If you are going to create…

How to Make Twitch Panels in Photoshop

Niko Vittaniemi “aka” NikiTheLiger

October 20, 2019

Categories: Twitch Streaming, Stream Overlay and Design, Twitch Branding

Well hello there! So, you are looking out ways how to make Twitch panels with Photoshop? I know there is quite many tutorials and guides about this subject but they are quite old and not up to par with the present day. Twitch panels made with Photoshop are quite different these days and they look…

Twitch Image Sizes – Emotes, Panels, Profile, Offline and VOD:s

Niko Vittaniemi “aka” NikiTheLiger

October 19, 2019

Categories: Stream Overlay and Design, Social Media For Twitch Streamers, Streaming Guides, Twitch Branding

Here is a handy list for you to find the right Twitch Image Sizes for your stream to use. Sizes for spots like profile, channel banner, emotes, and many more!

How to Make Any Microphone Sound Better For Free!!!

Niko Vittaniemi “aka” NikiTheLiger

July 22, 2019

Categories: Streaming Gear and Audio, Streaming Guides

I got interviewed last week by one of the upcoming brands who create software for streamers and one thing thing they asked me about was “What is the major turn off while watching a new stream”. I told them it’s definitely the microphone sound. Most of the time new streamers and content creators are using…

Ultimate Discord Server Guide for Twitch Streamers

Niko Vittaniemi “aka” NikiTheLiger

June 28, 2019

Categories: Twitch Community, Networking on Twitch, Streaming Guides, Twitch Moderator, Twitch Streaming

Discord is the most used voice chat program that streamers and gamers use these days. In this ultimate discord server guide for Twitch streamers you learn how to set up discord nicely! Oh, i still remember the times when you had to buy and set up Teamspeak servers or such to talk in streams and…

How to Stream – Harry Potter: Wizards Unite to Twitch With Layouts and Facecam

Niko Vittaniemi “aka” NikiTheLiger

June 21, 2019

Categories: Streaming Guides, OBS, OBS Studio, Stream Overlay and Design, StreamElements OBS.Live, StreamLabs OBS

Hey there folks! I think you should be aware that Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is out now! I’m pretty stoked by it 🙂 I created a guide for Pokemon GO in 2016. Which is basically still the most relevant article about this kind of IRL streaming. But there has been quite a lot of additions…

How to Get Twitch Alerts – Without PC or Capture Card – PS4, Xbox One

Niko Vittaniemi “aka” NikiTheLiger

June 12, 2019

Categories: Viewer Engagement, Streaming Guides, Twitch Alerts & Stream Alerts, Twitch Extensions, Twitch Marketing

Finally console streamers can have Twitch Alerts also! In this guide you learn how to get Twitch alerts working. Without a PC or a Capture card in between for PS4 and Xbox one. Earlier you had to use things like PS4 Remote play to get cool looking Twitch Alerts working. Less Problems with Delay and…

How to Create Animated Stream Alerts / Twitch Alerts / PhotoShop / After Effect

Niko Vittaniemi “aka” NikiTheLiger

June 4, 2019

Categories: Twitch Alerts & Stream Alerts, Stream Overlay and Design, Streaming Guides, Twitch Branding

I’m really digging into the animated stream alerts lately. The animated alerts make for a stream pop up quite a lot more! We actually did get animated alerts for a client from Fiverr earlier which were pretty cool but I wanted to learn how to do them myself also. You know we like to know…

StreamLabs Creator Sites – How to Make Your Own Website

Niko Vittaniemi “aka” NikiTheLiger

June 2, 2019

Categories: Stream Overlay and Design, Streaming Guides, Twitch Branding, Twitch Marketing

Streamlabs has just launched an awesome new tool that makes creating websites and commerce easier for streamers. Which is Streamlabs Creator Sites! I think it’s really important to note that there is a FREE version and a Premium version of the Streamlabs creator sites that you need to know about. Luckily Gael Level has been…

Twitch Offline Banner – Secrets for a Good One with FREE Template

Niko Vittaniemi “aka” NikiTheLiger

May 29, 2019

Categories: Stream Overlay and Design, Streaming Guides, Twitch Branding

Well helloo there! Did you know that offline banner is pretty important to add? Why is the Twitch offline banner spot so important you might ask also? Well the reasoning for this is that when you do advertise your stream in social media places. Your posts might appear in other peoples feeds even 11h later…

How to Make a Custom Thumbnail for Twitch and YouTube for Free!

Niko Vittaniemi “aka” NikiTheLiger

May 19, 2019

Categories: Stream Overlay and Design, How to become a Youtuber, Streaming Guides, Twitch Branding

Did you know that there is actually a rumor going on that thumbnails that you use in Twitch actually affect the partnership qualifications? Whaat.. I did not know that. Well actually this is already a bit older rumor but it makes sense if you think about it. Custom thumbnails for Twitch videos make the videos…

Twitch Clips Highlights Tutorial – Video Editing for beginners (Basics)

Niko Vittaniemi “aka” NikiTheLiger

May 16, 2019

Categories: Twitch Marketing, Streaming Guides

Did you know that Twitch Clips are the most underused and actually the best tool to promote your stream on different platforms? Why is that? Every platform loves when you upload videos straight into their platform.. Like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter etc. Your posts appear higher organically than if you would just straight up link to…

How To Submit Emotes to Twitch

Niko Vittaniemi “aka” NikiTheLiger

February 15, 2019

Categories: Stream Overlay and Design, Streaming Guides, Twitch Branding

Earlier we covered 5 Best places for Custom Twitch Emotes, How to Make Twitch Emotes and what makes a good emote in the blog. Today we are going to add that for your Twitch channel! Bear in mind that you need to have completed the affiliate on board process before adding the emotes. Of source you need to…

Twitch Emote Advice – What makes a Good Emote

Niko Vittaniemi “aka” NikiTheLiger

February 12, 2019

Categories: Stream Overlay and Design, How To Make Money on Twitch, Streaming Guides, Twitch Branding

Earlier we covered 5 Best places for Custom Twitch Emotes and How to Make Twitch Emotes in the blog. Today’s topic is really interesting and really important things to take into consideration while choosing the right emotes for your channel. Emotes on Your Twitch channel have a huge impact in your stream and outside your…

How to Make Twitch Emotes – Quick and easy

Niko Vittaniemi “aka” NikiTheLiger

February 11, 2019

Categories: Stream Overlay and Design, Streaming Guides, Twitch Branding

Did you just get your affiliate status in Twitch? If so congratulations! Your Twitch channel emotes are going to be really important aspect of your stream. Earlier we covered 5 best places to get your custom Twitch emotes made. In today’s video Gael Level is going to show you how you can make Twitch emotes quick…

Custom Twitch Emotes – 5 Best places for your Emote needs

Niko Vittaniemi “aka” NikiTheLiger

February 7, 2019

Categories: Stream Overlay and Design, How To Make Money on Twitch, Streaming Guides, Twitch Branding, Twitch Community, Twitch Marketing

I was helping out a friend with Twitch streaming lately and he managed to complete all of the requirements for affiliate in Two days! That was grazy! Of source after that the viewers started to ask about subbing and custom made emotes for the Twitch channel. So i went ahead and researched a bunch of…

Ultimate Guide for OBS Studio – How to Setup Open Broacaster Software

Niko Vittaniemi “aka” NikiTheLiger

January 29, 2019

Categories: OBS Studio, OBS, Streaming Guides, Twitch Alerts & Stream Alerts, Twitch Streaming

Well helloo there friendly traveler! Welcome for this guide collection for obs studio that i have gathered for you. There is quite many things you need to know so you can get the most out of OBS Studio. I hope these video guides help you get started faster and totally grow your stream to new…

Green Screen – Twitch Stream Setup in OBS Studio or Streamlabs OBS

Niko Vittaniemi “aka” NikiTheLiger

January 17, 2019

Categories: Streaming Gear and Audio, Stream Overlay and Design, Streaming Guides, Twitch Branding, Twitch Streaming

So you are looking for ways to turn your Twitch stream up a notch with a green screen? Amazing! On this post Pete will show you how to remove a green screen background with OBS Studio or StreamLabs OBS. There is quite a lot to cover so let’s get started! Links he mentions in the…

How To Use Twitch Extensions

Niko Vittaniemi “aka” NikiTheLiger

January 6, 2019

Categories: Twitch Extensions, Stream Overlay and Design, Streaming Guides, Twitch Branding, Twitch Community

Twitch Extensions are really good to add some bazaang for stream tiles. Twitch extensions can be used for example to add custom schedules, leader boards, Twitter feeds, Instagram feeds, Top Clips, Game specific information like Hearthstone cards. Now you can even get pretty cool looking about me, contact, hardware and social media panels through the…

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