Free starting soon screens for OBS
The screen viewers see while you get ready. Each one has a countdown that starts by itself the moment its scene goes live in OBS, so there’s no timer to set by hand before every stream.
What you can change
- The heading and the line under it
- Countdown length, a time-left bar and what it says at zero
- A clock with the current time
- Background: gradient, solid color, your own image or GIF, or transparent
- Fonts, colors and the moving atmosphere behind the text
In every style
One in each of the 14 styles, and each style has a whole matching set. Pick one to open it in the editor.
Add it to OBS in two steps
- 1Open one above and change anything: the words, colors, fonts and size. Add your name and channels once under Your stream and they fill in by themselves.
- 2Click Add to OBS and drag the button onto your OBS preview. OBS adds it as a browser source at the right size.
Not using OBS, or dragging doesn’t work? The setup guide covers adding it by hand.
Questions
- Does the countdown start by itself?
- Yes. OBS tells the overlay when its scene comes on, and the countdown starts from the top. You can turn that off and let it run from when OBS loads it.
- Can I add time or pause it while I’m live?
- Yes, three ways: a control panel you can dock in OBS or open on your phone, Twitch chat commands like !timer +2m for you and your mods, or the keyboard in OBS’s Interact window.
- Can I use my own background?
- Yes. Paste a link to an image or GIF, or make the background transparent and put a video or game capture behind it in OBS.
- Is it really free?
- Yes. Every template is free to use and change, with no account, no watermark and nothing to install. Your settings live in the overlay’s own link.
- Does it work outside OBS?
- Yes. It’s a web page, so it works in any app with a browser source: Streamlabs Desktop, Meld, XSplit and others. Add a browser source with the link and the size the editor shows.
More pieces
Every piece comes in every style, so the whole stream can match.