Can you add a border to a window?

[Kareem Lanier]

I kinda thought OBS had this basic feature.... No?

I want to add a stroke or border around a Source. But not sure how to achieve this...

Does anyone else?

 

[qhobbes]

A border for a window source would be just be image(s) above the window source. If it's a single frame image, then the inside needs to be transparent.

 

[Kareem Lanier]

That's a terrible idea. Using an image just uses up resources and memory.

A border for a window source would be just be image(s) above the window source. If it's a single frame image, then the inside needs to be transparent.

 

[qhobbes]

Yes, all sources use memory. A border over a source is just another source. I added a 24px border over a source and OBS used 4 more MB of RAM. The GPU usage didn't increase.

How much RAM do you have?

 

[jmluettgen]

How about putting a Color Source behind the Source you want to border? You can crop the edges of the source you want to border or make the Color Source a bit larger. I haven't tested this to see how it impacts memory usage.