Showing different titles without adding multiple scenes

[albertocv]

I am using OBS to record screencasts and talking head videos. While I speak, I show full screen titles to start "chapters" or highlight a concept.

Now I'm adding the titles while editing. I'd like to show them while recording, to save some editing work. I know in advance what I will say, because I am following an outline.

The obvious way to do it was to create a long list of scenes, each one with a different text source. Then, after each title, go back to the original scene.
This would imply a lot of scenes for each video.

I'd like to find a way to use a single title scene and then change the text shown by the source.

Is this possible?

 

[GeeMack]

I'd consider making the titles as PNG images with transparent backgrounds, then adding them all to a scene as a single slide show source. Set a hot-key to advance through the slides instead of setting it to auto, and maybe make another hot-key to move backward through the list in case you accidentally bump the forward hot-key twice. If you need to turn off each title before displaying the next one, make one fully transparent PNG and add it to the slide show multiple times, placing them every other one between your actual titles. Keep in mind the slide show will only advance or reverse one slide at a time; you can't just arbitrarily select one.

 

[albertocv]

Genius! I think it's exactly what I'll try.


If I want to use the same slide show in different scenes, will it remember the last slide I've shown?

 

[GeeMack]

If I want to use the same slide show in different scenes, will it remember the last slide I've shown?

In the Slide Show source property settings you can choose to start over from the beginning when you open a scene that contains the source, or pause when you leave the scene and pick up where it left off when you come back. If you add the same source to another scene, it can start where it left off in the last scene, and continue to advance with your hot-keys.

 

[albertocv]

Are you referring to the Visibility behavior property?

 

[albertocv]

I tried this method. It works but creating all those images can take some time.

I was thinking if there is a quicker way. For example:
- create a text file with all the titles
- use the first line (or lines) as the source for a title
- with an external tool (autohotkey?) remove the first title after it has been shown.

Did anybody do anything similar?

 

[RichieTee]

I tried this method. It works but creating all those images can take some time.

I was thinking if there is a quicker way. For example:
- create a text file with all the titles
- use the first line (or lines) as the source for a title
- with an external tool (autohotkey?) remove the first title after it has been shown.

Did anybody do anything similar?

Have you tried using

OBS Lua - OBS Lyrics

An OBS Lua script for managing and displaying lyrics to any text source in your OBS scene. PLEASE NOTE: All documentation has moved to https://github.com/amirchev/OBS-Lyrics/ A huge thanks to DCStrato for mostly taking over this project and...

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Display Lyrics as Subtitles

Step 1: Install the script First, go the OBS Lyrics script and download the zip file. Extract it and inside you will find a lyrics.lua file. Add that file to your OBS scripts and open up the script properties. Step 2: Add a song Now, you can...

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or

Lowerthird tool

Free - Animated Lower Thirds with Dockable Control Panel

Animated Lower Thirds Animated Lower Thirds with dockable Control Panel - OBS Tool Description With this tool you can use a control panel to add and change your own lower thirds on the fly. Feel free to customize. Basic knowledge of HTML...

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They should give you an idea. Cheers!

 

[albertocv]

Thank you.
So, using the first lyrics plugin the solution would be:

• add only 2 or 3 lines titles
• set the plugin to scroll 2 or 3 lines accordingly
• hide the lyrics pressing the hotkey
• show the lyrics when I need a title
• hide them
• select next lines
• repeat last three steps

I could create an hotkey in autohotkey to hide and move to the next lines at the same time.
Is this correct?

 

[RichieTee]

Thank you.
So, using the first lyrics plugin the solution would be:

• add only 2 or 3 lines titles
• set the plugin to scroll 2 or 3 lines accordingly
• hide the lyrics pressing the hotkey
• show the lyrics when I need a title
• hide them
• select next lines
• repeat last three steps

I could create an hotkey in autohotkey to hide and move to the next lines at the same time.
Is this correct?

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Haven't used it in a while so can't recall but this video tutorial should guide you properly. Cheers

 

[albertocv]

Sorry for the late reply. Didn't receive the notification. Yes, I already watched it!
I'll try.