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Stream Designer

Live stream overlays, layer by layer

Put your logo, the song that's playing, a clock, a visualizer or a whole web page over your stream. Drag them into place in the Stream Designer and they update on their own.

Start Streaming Free 24 hours each month on the free plan. No credit card.

Overlays that update on their own

The song, the clock and your reminders change by themselves while the stream runs.

Now playing, on screen

Show the song's title, artist and cover as it plays. Upstream reads them from the file, and the overlay changes with every song.

mellow_fox-paper_lanterns_final.mp3Paper lanternsMellow FoxWarm teaMellow Fox
Track settings
File name Track metadata
Format track display{title}
{artist}

Appears every few minutes

Give any element an entrance, a time on screen and a gap. A QR code or a follow reminder slides in every 10 minutes, then gets out of the way.

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20:0020:0520:10
Animation SettingsEntrance AnimationSlide Up Show Duration (seconds)15Show every 10 minutesWait time after the element hides before showing it again

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NBCUniversal MS logo NBCUniversal MS logo NBCUniversal
Pinkfong MS logo Pinkfong MS logo Pinkfong
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Disney MS logo Disney MS logo Disney
Eurovision MS logo Eurovision MS logo Eurovision
NBCUniversal MS logo NBCUniversal MS logo NBCUniversal
Pinkfong MS logo Pinkfong MS logo Pinkfong
Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull
Disney MS logo Disney MS logo Disney
Eurovision MS logo Eurovision MS logo Eurovision
NBCUniversal MS logo NBCUniversal MS logo NBCUniversal
Pinkfong MS logo Pinkfong MS logo Pinkfong
Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull
Disney MS logo Disney MS logo Disney
Eurovision MS logo Eurovision MS logo Eurovision
NBCUniversal MS logo NBCUniversal MS logo NBCUniversal
Pinkfong MS logo Pinkfong MS logo Pinkfong
Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull

Any widget, changed while you're live

Bring in StreamElements alerts or any web page, and move things around without stopping the stream.

Any web page or widget

Paste a link to a StreamElements alert, a donation goal or any web page, and it plays on the stream like in OBS, live.

Embed a Website or StreamElements
Stream canvas (1920x1080)
mira_k just followed! Delete Duplicate OptionsClick and drag to draw your element
Zoom100%Fit
URLhttps://streamelements.com/overlay/5f2c…/alertsRefresh interval (seconds)0

Edit it while it's live

Move things around while the stream plays. Save as you go and publish when it looks right. Nobody sees a restart.

StreamingPreview PSave SSaving changes won't publish them livePublish changes
1 Late night sax04:32
2 Rooftop flow06:00
3 Late study08:12
4 Cottage morning05:47
Stream successfully published

The upstream is amazing, and the stream designer is a really great tool! I can rest assured that the live stream is performing perfectly 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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FAQ

Live stream overlay questions

Open your stream in Upstream and go to the Stream designer tab. Pick an element from the toolbar, like an image, text, a clock or now playing, drag it into place on the canvas and save. Click Publish changes to put it on the live stream.

Images, slideshows, videos, text, icons, GIFs, QR codes, shapes, a clock or countdown, video and audio playback timers, audio and video track info, audio visualizers, HLS streams and web pages. There are also ready-made lower thirds, social and widget components.

Yes. The audio track info element shows the current song from the file name or from the file’s own tags (title, artist, album, year, genre), with or without the cover, and it updates by itself as the songs change. You can also show the next song.

Yes. The Browser element embeds a website or a StreamElements overlay by its link, the same way a browser source works in OBS, and it runs live on the stream.

Yes. Every element can have an entrance and exit animation, a time on screen, and Show every N minutes, so a QR code or a subscribe reminder comes back on its own. Loop animations like Pulse or Float keep it moving while it’s up.

Yes, with 32 presets like Classic Bars, Neon Graph, LED Matrix and Radial Rainbow, or your own colours, bars, peaks and mirroring.

No. Edit while it’s live, save as you go, and click Publish changes when you’re ready. The stream keeps running and viewers see the new design.

Yes. Save the stream as a playlist preset and load it into another stream with the Stream Designer Layout option, which brings the whole design across.

The same as your stream, 1920 x 1080 by default, and anything from 720p to 4K, landscape or vertical.

More features

Related features

All features are included on all plans, including the free plan.

Playlists Separate audio and video playlists Songs on one playlist, videos, images or GIFs on the other, plus an ambience channel. See playlists Stings and jingles Stings, jingles and ad inserts Play stings, jingles, ads and sponsor reads between videos or at an exact time. See stings and jingles Playback controls Skip or play any file while live See what is playing and what comes next, then skip, queue or play a file right away. See playback controls
More features and guides
  • Schedule a stream to run on its own
  • Share streams without a password
  • Live streaming FAQ
  • Stream length limits by platform
  • Free live streaming

Design your stream once, keep it live forever

Drag your overlays into place, publish, and let the stream run. The free plan includes 24 hours of streaming every month.

No credit card 1 stream included 24 hours/month Full functionality
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Scheduling Streams that start and end on their own. Multichat Every platform's chat in one feed. Overlays Layers and widgets in Stream Designer. Stings, jingles and ads Inserts that play between your videos. Playback controls Skip or play any file while you stay live. Audio and video playlists Loop music and visuals separately. Team access Invite your team, each with their own role. RTMP server Stream in from OBS or any encoder.
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