This week on Coffee and Content, we'll be looking at creating a livestreaming checklist. Why use a checklist for livestreaming? Often as livestreamers we wear a lot of different hats. You could be on air talent, technical producer, chat moderator and more....
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Working with scenes in OBS Studio
What are scenes in OBS Studio? How should you be using them? Scene Collections Scene Collections allow you to keep your scenes organised together. You could create different scenes for different products, businesses, brands or online presentations. From the Scene...
Why I like OBS Studio
A number of people have asked me recently why I like OBS Studio. Some of them admitted that they found OBS Studio quite daunting. It is true that OBS Studio is certainly extremely powerful. It has a lot of features and functions, but the thing I always tell people is...
Screen Share in OBS Studio
Whether you're recording a local video, livestreaming or using your virtual camera, sharing your screen in OBS Studio can be incredibly useful. Why might you want to share your screen? Sharing your screen can be quite useful for a number of different reasons. You...
The OBS Studio Challenge
When I started livestreaming, and talking and teaching about livestreaming, there was one thing I really wasn't prepared for: Just how scared people are of OBS Studio. Yes, OBS Studio is an incredibly powerful piece of software. At first glance it can look like a...
Calls to action in your Livestream
The call of the wild I saw a LinkedIn Live recently where somebody put a link to a book on Amazon on the screen. It was three lines long. 😬 Nobody is going to be retyping that URL. We need to be a little more thoughtful in how we present our calls to action. If you...
Creator Mindset
I tend to cringe when I hear the word "mindset." But the truth is metacognition —thinking about thinking— is important for us as human beings as content creators. In some ways it is not the feedback we receive about our content creation that will help us to keep going...
Answering your OBS Studio questions!
What is OBS Studio anyway? OBS Studio is free software for video recording and livestreaming. It is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. How much does OBS Studio cost? OBS Studio is free and open source. It doesn't cost anything at all. Beware of websites and social...
Video meetings
We need to talk about video meetings. Whether you're working in the office or from home, they're an important part of the daily lives of many of us. Are meetings the enemy of work? Unless you're being paid to have meetings, meetings probably don't represent the core...