Browser Screenshare joins the Gamer project!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtZmowcymCc Today we’re excited to announce we’ve added the Screenshare layer to our Gamer projects! Screen sharing is now an available feature across all of our products! Including Lightstream Studio gamer and creator projects and Lightstream Studio 2. A lot of you may be wondering: “Does this mean we can stream computer games in the Gamer project?” Unfortunately […]

5 Essential Health and Wellness Tips for Streamers

It’s no secret that as a Twitch streamer, we love spending time with our community. Whether it’s playing your favorite game in front of your followers or building up hype through an IRL stream, many streamers (especially new ones) can find themselves entertaining their audience for a significant amount of time. This means it can […]

How to Make Your Channel Appealing to Stream Sponsors

One of the most important milestones streamers will reach in their careers is to collaborate with brands and sponsors. Content creators who make a full-time wage typically make most of their money through sponsorship deals to their channel. It is important to know what it takes to build your channel in a way that companies […]

Stream Checklist – 5 Things to Do Before Going Live

When it comes to creating content on Twitch, experienced streamers will tell you that the job doesn’t start when you click the “Go Live” button. In fact, many successful streamers will often spend the same amount of time planning and preparing for each stream that they do actually broadcasting. This post will cover 5 things […]

We’re joining The Vitec Group

Today, we are proud and so very excited to announce that we are joining Teradek and the other incredible brands of Creative Solutions and The Vitec Group. We started Lightstream in 2014 (Infiniscene back then!) with the goal of making the authentic medium of live video more approachable and powerful for storytellers. It was our […]

Changelogs: April 2021

April 21st Changelog Fixes Fixed an issue where video files would play their audio inside of users’ projects Resolved an issue where adblock extensions could prevent the subscription payment form from loading Users should know be able to upload images once again when using the twitch.golightstream.com subdomain Uploading images directly to a slideshow layer will […]

Tutorial: 3rd Party Integration Layers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-uq7agWYto What are 3rd Party Integrations? 3rd Party Integration layers allow you to bring in dynamic content from other websites. Custom URL overlays like Rainmaker and StreamElements are a great way to showcase recent subscribers, donations, stats from your game, and more! They are available to use for both Studio 1 and Studio 2 users. Personalized messages are a great […]

Gamers for Giving 2021 & Lightstream Crew – Join the Team

The Lightstream Team have been long supporters of Gamers for Giving, and this year is no different. We are doing things a little bit differently this time around, we are asking for your help to reach our donation goal. We would love for you to join our Lightstream fundraising team! You don’t need to be […]

Developer Guidelines: Lightstream Browser Sources

If you’re developing a tool for streamers, follow these guidelines to ensure that your service is compatible with Lightstream browser sources. User Experience In Lightstream Studio, streamers will be adding your service as a 3rd Party Integration layer called Browser Source. They must include a URL to load into their project. This URL must be […]