{"id":81,"date":"2021-03-12T03:52:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T03:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/beginthestream\/?p=81"},"modified":"2021-03-12T03:52:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T03:52:24","slug":"tip-4-set-up-streaming-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/beginthestream\/2021\/03\/12\/tip-4-set-up-streaming-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"TIP 4: SET UP STREAMING PLATFORM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that we&#8217;ve laid down a basis for streaming research, its time to actually set up the stream! My best advice that I can give is to look at other peoples streaming setups and see which one aligns with your aesthetic! When it comes to setting up your stream, you want everything to stand out and represent you. For instance, a friend made my profile picture and banner which has brought more people to look at my stream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"544\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/beginthestream\/files\/2021\/02\/Profile-1024x544.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/beginthestream\/files\/2021\/02\/Profile.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/beginthestream\/profile\/\" class=\"wp-image-7\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/beginthestream\/files\/2021\/02\/Profile-1024x544.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/beginthestream\/files\/2021\/02\/Profile-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/beginthestream\/files\/2021\/02\/Profile-768x408.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/beginthestream\/files\/2021\/02\/Profile.jpg 1205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This picture makes my stream look more professional and helps bring people in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another thing that can be helpful when designing your stream layout is picking a color scheme! My color scheme is light pink and light purple because they are fun and not too distracting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A tool that has been super helpful in setting up my stream has been twitch studio! There I have created four layouts that are essential to my streams. They include a Gaming layout, chatting layout, and a Be right back Layout. These have been super helpful for me but may not be helpful for someone who has a music stream! It all depends on what you want your stream to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The website that has been super helpful for me was streaminglabs. <a href=\"https:\/\/streamlabs.com\/library\">https:\/\/streamlabs.com\/library<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for streaming tech, I recommend starting with what you have and building up to better equipment. I use a tonor microphone that I got as a present and an HD camera that was $30 off of amazon and that is more than sufficient for my needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope that some of this information was helpful, and Happy streaming!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi again! Now that we&#8217;ve laid down a basis for streaming research, its time to actually set up the stream! My best advice that I can give is to look at other peoples streaming setups and see which one aligns with your aesthetic! When it comes to setting up your stream, you want everything to stand out and represent you. For instance, a friend made my profile picture and banner which has brought more people to look at my stream. This picture makes my stream look more professional and helps bring people in. Another thing that can be helpful when designing your stream layout is picking a color scheme! My color scheme is light pink and light purple because they are fun and not too distracting. A tool that has been super helpful in setting up my stream has been twitch studio! There I have created four layouts that are essential to my streams. They include a Gaming layout, chatting layout, and a Be right back Layout. These have been super helpful for me but may not be helpful for someone who has a music stream! It all depends on what you want your stream to offer. The website that has been super helpful for me was streaminglabs. https:\/\/streamlabs.com\/library As for streaming tech, I recommend starting with what you have and building up to better equipment. I use a tonor microphone that I got as a present and an HD camera that was $30 off of amazon and that is more than sufficient for my needs. I hope that some of this information was helpful, and Happy streaming!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/beginthestream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/beginthestream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/beginthestream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/beginthestream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/beginthestream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/beginthestream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/beginthestream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/beginthestream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/beginthestream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/beginthestream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}