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Stream Design Guides
OBS setup, overlay sizes, and the craft of making a channel feel like a place - written between commissions by the studio behind 127 overlay worlds.
July 17, 2026
How to Add an Overlay to OBS (in Under 5 Minutes)
Image source or media source? Loop on or off? Here's the exact 5-minute setup for static and animated overlays in OBS Studio - plus the three mistakes that make overlays look broken.
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Twitch Overlay Size Guide (2026): Every Dimension That Matters
1920×1080 for the overlay, 320px for panels, and a handful of numbers in between. The full dimension table, plus the safe-zone rules that keep your art out from under the chat window.
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Animated vs Static Stream Overlays: Which Actually Keeps Viewers?
The screens where viewers decide to stay - starting soon, BRB, raid landings - are exactly the screens where motion earns its keep. And the one place animation can genuinely hurt you.
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Kick Stream Overlays: Setup Guide + What's Different From Twitch
Good news: your overlay files don't care which platform you stream to. What changes on Kick is alerts, panels, and a couple of UI quirks worth designing around.
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VTuber Overlays: How to Frame Your Model Like a Pro
Your model is the centerpiece - the overlay is the stage. Layer order, transparency, and the scene-mood trick that makes a 2D model feel like it lives somewhere.
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What Is a Twitch Overlay? Everything a New Streamer Needs
Every piece of a stream package explained in plain language - what screens, frames, alerts and panels actually do, and the order a new streamer should get them in.
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