How to add Stream Labels via Stream Elements?

Stream labels are a great way to show your preferred events during your streams. Adding them to your stream for the first time might be hard, but no worries! We are going to show how to add stream labels to your streams using Stream Elements to Twitch Studio, OBS and Streamlabs Desktop.

If you prefer to implement them via Streamlabs Desktop, click here.

Text Only Version

1. Go to https://www.streamelements.com.

2. Login with your stream account.

3. Click on your profile and select “Dashboard”.

4. Click “My Overlays” under “Streaming Tools”.

5. Click “New Overlay”. Set “Overlay Resolution” to 1080p.

6. Click the “+” sign, and hover over “Static/Custom”.

7. Select “Video” for animated labels or “Image” for static labels. (Animated Labels will use more CPU)

8. Click “Change Video/Image” under the “Settings” tab and select “Upload”.

9. Click “Select Files” and select your label.

10. After the upload is complete, hover over your label and select “Submit”.

11. Resize the label to your liking. You can use the “Position, size and style” settings on the left or change these settings manually.

12. Click the “+” sign, hover over “Labels” and select the label text that fits the label.

13. You can change the text in the “Message” section under the “Settings” tab.

14. You can change style and size under the “Text Settings” tab.

15. Repeat the process to add other labels.

16. Click “Save” to save the overlay. Press “Copy Overlay URL” (which looks like a chain) to copy the link to use on your streaming software.

17. Head over to this section to add the labels to your streaming software.

Go to https://www.streamelements.com.
Log in with your stream account.
Click on your profile and select “Dashboard”.

Click “My Overlays” under “Streaming Tools”.
Click “New Overlay”. Set “Overlay Resolution” to 1080p.

Click the “+” sign, and hover over “Static/Custom”
Select “Video” for animated labels or “Image” for static labels. (Animated Labels will use more CPU)

Click “Change Video/Image” under the “Settings” tab and select “Upload”.
Click “Select Files” and select your label.
After the upload is complete, hover over your label and select “Submit”.
Resize the label to your liking. You can use the “Position, size and style” settings on the left or change these settings manually.

Click the “+” sign, hover over “Labels” and select the label text that you prefer.
You can change the text in the “Message” section under the “Settings” tab on the left.
You can change style and size under the “Text Settings” tab.
Fit the text to the label background.
Repeat the process to add other labels.

Click “Save” in the top right corner to save the overlay. Press “Copy Overlay URL” (which looks like a chain) to copy the link to use on your streaming software.

How to add Stream Elements overlay to your Streaming Software?

Click "+" sign under the "Sources" section and select "Browser Source".
Enter the name of the Browser Source (Optional) and click “OK”.

Paste the URL to the "URL" section.
Set "Width" to 1920 and "Height" to 1080.
Turn on "Control audio via OBS".
Click "OK".

Click "+" sign next to the "Sources" section, select "Browser Source" and click "Add Source".
Enter the name of the Browser Source (Optional) and click “Add Source”.

Paste the URL to the "URL" section.
Set "Width" to 1920 and "Height" to 1080.
Turn on "Control audio via Streamlabs Desktop".
Click "Close".

Select your scene and click "Edit" next to it.
Select "Browser Source" and click "Add".

Copy the link into the "Webpage" section.
Turn on "Custom Page Resolution" under the "Additional Options" and set "W" to "1920" and "H" to "1080".
Resize the browser source to your liking.
Click "Save".

If you still have issues implementing your Stream Labels, please contact us via email. To see our Stream Label options, click here.