Customizable Facebook Stream Overlays

What are Stream Overlays?

There are millions of streamers out there, each with their own unique personality. Stream graphics are an additional way to represent yourself, and are very important factors when you want to transform your stream into your brand. From Ninja's iconic blue and yellow vibe, to Dr. Disrespect's red and black overload, there are infinite ways to make your stream identifiable, and eye-catching. The starting point however, is more than likely to be your overlays. StreamShift are here to bring you budget-friendly, high quality and unique overlays so you can create that stream layout you have forever dreamed of.

Why do I need StreamShift Twitch Overlays?

StreamShift care about you and your brand. We offer quality products to go with your quality stream, and a diverse range to suit all of the unique personalities that are within our community. Our team are extremely passionate about distributing products that are competitively priced (or FREE!), fully customizable to suit your brand, and easy to use. Don't waste time with the difficult installs, coding, rigid and misleading graphics. On StreamShift, you can see most of your assets, customized, before you download them, meaning there are no surprises when you install them on your stream.

Our overlays are always up to date with the latest trends and technologies, meaning you can keep coming back for more! Keep in touch with us on our socials to know when our latest free and custom products drop.

Are StreamShift Overlays compatible with Facebook Gaming & YouTube?

Yes! We take pride in providing overlays for all platforms. That means, if you are a facebook live streamer or youtube streamer, we got you covered. We also include one-click, simple installs for StreamLabs and StreamElements users to make your life that little bit easier. That way you can use your overlay for obs using the Web Source media type

What makes a good Twitch Overlay? Twitch Overlay Ideas:

An overlay can serve one of many purposes, such as:

• Provide information about the stream/streamer. This may include displaying the chat on stream, intermittently showing your other social media handles, displaying latest donations, bits, etc. Be careful not to draw the attention off your stream by including too much animations or by covering too much of the screen.
• Creating a unique viewing experience for your stream that incentivized your viewers to return. This also serves as a way to make your stream distinguishable from other streams
• Building a harmony between all your social channels - or your brand. This helps turn an individual (or stream) into a recognizable and reputable brand. This will also make it easier for users to notice you in 'discover' or 'explore' feeds if your stream is unique enough
• Adding eye catching animations to your stream to display various topics such as progress towards goals.
• Displaying sponsors or partners on your stream

Which overlay is best for me?

Choose your overlays carefully. Ensure that your brand can be well represented within the overlay. We are certain StreamShift overlays will suit your brand! To validate this, click on an overlay and play with the customize tool or view the associated YouTube video to get a gauge of what the overlay will look like on your stream. You should also have a look at our alerts, panels, emotes, and badges to create a stream bundle that is complete, for the most attractive prices on the market.

How do I customize my overlay?

StreamShift leveredge some of the top designers in the world to create the customizability that your stream deserves. All of our overlays are customizable. What does this mean? If you download any of our overlays, you can customize features such as it's fonts, colors and icons, to ensure our overlay is in sync with your brand's look and feel.

When you install an overlay onto your broadcast software of choice, you will have the option to enter text variables, colors and more. If you require assistance, please reach out to us on one of our socials, or our email!

Do I need to have overlays on my stream?

Nope. You don't need to have anything on your stream at all. However, we recommend you consider reading the above points before you go without one. Overlays for streaming are definately one of the easiest ways to add a streak of professionalism to your stream. Our free overlays are a great place to start if you are unsure, don't worry, they are trusted by over 10,000 users worldwide.