Live Stream Overlays and Alert Templates
A stream graphic is the only kind that arrives because something happened rather than because an editor put it there. Somebody follows, somebody donates, and the alert fires while you are mid-sentence.
So they come in from an edge and leave the same way. An alert that fades up over the middle of the picture is an alert covering the game, and the streamer finds out about it from chat. These slide in from the side, hold for a few seconds, and go — four to six seconds end to end, which is long enough to notice and thank somebody by name and short enough to be gone before the next thing happens.
The name is always the largest thing on the card. That is the whole function of an alert: telling one person in the chat that they were seen. Everything else — the amount, the month count, how many a raid brought with it — is a supporting line, and each is a layer you can delete if your stream does not use it.
The scene cards are the other half of a stream kit and the half an audience spends the most time looking at. Starting soon, back shortly, thanks for hanging out: nobody is waiting for those to get out of the way, so they are centred, unhurried, and built to be read for minutes rather than seconds.
Every template here is free to open, free to change and free to watch back, with no account needed to browse. Exporting the finished file costs $5 once for that project, or a plan covers every export.
All 20 Live templates
- Follow AlertSlides in from the edge, names the follower, leaves.
- Subscriber AlertA tier-coloured alert with the month count beside the name.
- Donation AlertAmount set large, message underneath, held long enough to read.
- Raid AlertNames the channel and how many arrived with it.
- Facecam FrameA frame for the camera corner, with a live dot and handle.
- Starting SoonThe card people watch longest. A title and a countdown.
- Back ShortlyAn interval card that says what is coming when you return.
- Stream EndingA sign-off with the handle and where to go next.
- Chat CalloutPulls one message out of chat, big enough to read on a phone.
- Now PlayingTrack and artist in a corner strip that stays out of the way.
- Member AlertNames a new member and the tier they joined at.
- Super ChatA paid message held long enough to read out loud.
- Goal BarA member or donation goal that sits along the bottom.
- Top SupportersThree names ranked down the side of the stream.
- Live PollTwo options and a running split, for asking the chat.
- Break TimerA corner countdown for a break you said would be short.
- Stream Title BarWhat the stream is and how many are watching it.
- Command PanelThe chat commands, listed where nobody has to ask.
- Milestone StripA number the stream just passed, said once and loudly.
- Giveaway CardWhat to do to enter, in three lines.
Using live graphics
- Will these work in OBS or Streamlabs?
- Yes. Export with transparency — ProRes 4444 or a WebM with alpha — and add it as a media source. An ordinary MP4 arrives with a black rectangle behind it, which over gameplay is the one thing you do not want.
- How long should an alert stay on screen?
- Four to six seconds. Long enough that you can finish your sentence, notice it and say the name; short enough that two alerts arriving together do not stack into a queue. The ones here default to five.
- Can I make one alert per tier?
- That is what the colours are for. Save the alert as a project, change the accent and the wording, and save it again under another name — the export is unlocked per project, so a second tier does not cost a second payment on the same one.
- Do these export with a transparent background?
- Yes, which is what makes them usable as a browser source or a media source in OBS and Streamlabs — the alert sits over your gameplay rather than on a black card. No After Effects is involved: you set the colours and the wording in the browser and export the file.
Next
- Make it yoursChange the words, the colours and the timing without breaking the animation that was built for the shape.
- Export it with transparencyWhich format your editor actually reads, and why a black rectangle behind your graphic means the wrong one was chosen.
- Get it into OBSA stream alert has to sit over the game with nothing behind it, which is the one thing an ordinary MP4 cannot do.
- What exporting costsOpening this template, changing it and watching it back are free. Getting the finished file out is $5 once for this project, or a plan if you make them often.