Stinger transitions are custom transitions between scenes
that many streamers use to add a more personal and professional effect to their
streams. Today, I’ll be focusing on using them in OBS, which can be downloaded
here. Streamlabs OBS operated very similarly.
First, you’ll need to design the image or video you’ll be
using between transitions. If you want the text to have separate animation (like
in my example that I use), then leave out the text for now. Your image/video
should be at least 1280 by 720 pixels. Try to have something that coordinates
with your existing scenes.
Next, load up your video in your favorite editing software.
I’ll be using Adobe Premiere Elements, which is a simpler (and much cheaper)
version of Adobe’s popular Premiere Pro. I highly recommend this for people
just getting into video editing.
Now, apply the Chroma Key filter to your video. If your video has no black, select black as the color, and adjust the settings until nothing looks different in your picture/video. If you have black in your picture/video, you’ll need to do a couple of extra steps, which I’ll explain now.
If using black:
Add two images at the beginning and end with a color that’s
not in your video. I chose a neon green. Apply the Chroma Key filter to all
images, and select neon green (or whatever color you chose) as the color to key
out. You should not see that color when you play the video.
Now, apply your transitions between the green image and your
main image.
Tutorial continued:
Choose a transition you like. I recommend doing the same
transition for the beginning and end to keep it consistent. Apply the
transition to the beginning and end of your video.
Now, if you want to add text, add some in the middle and
apply a transition to that as well.
Play your transition and see if you like it. Try to keep it
about 3 seconds or less.
Export your video as a .MOV file. This may be listed under
Quicktime, and you may need to download it for this to work. Make sure when you
export, you check the option to preserve the alpha. For me, this was listed as “8-bpc
+ alpha”.
Once you’ve exported, go into OBS and add a new transition.
Select Stinger. Load up your video file, and change the transition point time
to 1000 ms. Preview your transition. If it looks good, you should be good to
go!
Let me know if you have any questions, or anything you’d
like to add to this tutorial. I hope you find this helpful – if so, tag me at
on social media @ BoopCreate so I can see what you made!