A tour of the studio

The sidebar

Down the left edge:

• Studio: where you build scenes, record and stream.
• Clips: your saved clips and recordings. A number shows how many new clips arrived.
• Montages: your montages and the montage editor.
• Chat: your stream chats, one tab per platform.
• Settings at the bottom (also Ctrl+,).

The top bar

• Setup menu: switch between setups, make a new one, rename or duplicate. It also shows the canvas size, like 1080p60.
• Undo / redo (Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Shift+Z). Almost every change in a scene can be undone.
• Search (Ctrl+K): run any action by typing its name, or jump to a scene or source.
• Studio mode, the theme switch, automation (lightning), Clips, Settings and the virtual camera.
• Record and Go Live. The arrow next to Go Live lists your destinations.

The Stage

• Canvas tabs above the preview: one per canvas, plus Add canvas.
• In this scene: the scene’s layers. Select one to change its settings next to the preview.
• The preview: drag, resize, rotate and crop sources right on it.
• Scenes along the bottom: click to switch, hover for rename, duplicate and delete.
• Transition: the transition used when switching scenes.
• Sound knobs on the right: one per sound source (see Sound).

The Live deck

While you’re live, the Studio turns into the Live deck: stream time, viewers, connection health, a large program picture with a clip button, big scene buttons (F1–F9) and the sound knobs. Edit layout takes you back to the Stage without stopping the stream.

The status bar

At the bottom: frame rate, render time, health and your graphics card. Click the health to open Stats.