Why this one: it's warm without face-cam. A friendly character animation does the social work of "I'm here, I'm setting up, sit tight" without requiring you to look presentable before stream time. Drop your channel name in the greeting copy field, set your accent color, render at 1920×1080.

Loop-cleanly tip: pick a template version whose final frame matches the first frame closely, or in CapCut, place the clip twice in a row and add a 4-frame cross-dissolve at the seam. OBS will loop the file forever — the seam is what gives away a cheap loop.

Length: 15–30 seconds. Anything longer and chat starts pinging you about whether you froze.

Step 2 — Stream Intro Card (5–8 second one-shot)

The first beat after you hit "Go Live." Bold typography, channel name front and center, no waiting around.

Template: Bold Slogan Opener (SaaS Launch Roadmap Pt.1)

This is the same opener SaaS founders use for product launch videos in a different vertical — it works here because Twitch intros are a brand declaration, not a product demo. Channel handle as the main word, tagline underneath, total 5–8 seconds, hard cut to your gameplay or webcam scene.

Audio cue: if you produce a stinger sound effect (or buy one for $3 on AudioJungle), drop it in CapCut at the 0.5-second mark on the headline frame. The whole point of an intro card is the audio + visual hit landing together.

Step 3 — Be Right Back Screen (10–20s loop)

Less critical than Starting Soon — chat has already settled — but a brand-consistent BRB screen tells viewers you're a real person taking a real break, not a frozen stream.

Template: Logo Horizontal Slide Reveal (UI Motion Assets)

Use this one to display your channel logo plus 2–4 sponsor or community logos sliding in beside it. If you don't have sponsors yet, repurpose this for "Channel Community" — Discord logo, X handle, YouTube clip channel. It rewards viewers who stayed through the BRB with a reminder of where else to find you.

If you'd rather skip the sponsor format, swap to a second instance of the Friendly Brand Greeting from Step 1 with different greeting copy ("back in 5") — same brand language, different message, same template asset.

Step 4 — Stream End Card (8–12 second one-shot)

The last 10 seconds before you click "End Stream" are when followers decide whether they hit the follow button.

Template: Social Media Follow Animation (0X100x Style Collection)

Drop your handle into the follow-button animation, add three social handles below (X, Instagram, YouTube), and end with the day or time of your next stream. The animation does the calling-to-action — your job is to verbally repeat it twice while it plays. Viewers click follow when both the visual and the host tell them to in the same beat.

Length: 8–12 seconds. Long enough that late-arriving viewers see the full follow gesture, short enough that you don't feel like you're padding for views.

Templates Used in This Tutorial

Find all four at autoae.online. Search the template name in the library, fill in copy and brand color, export 1920×1080 MP4.

Loading the Files into OBS

The clip itself is half the work. OBS has to play it cleanly inside your scene.

Option A — Media Source (simplest, best for one-shots like Intro Card and End Card):

1. In OBS, add Source → Media Source.
2. Browse to your AutoAE MP4 file.
3. Uncheck "Loop" for one-shot files (Intro, End). Check "Loop" for Starting Soon and BRB.
4. Set scene to 1920×1080 to match the export.

Option B — Browser Source (better for animated loops, lets you preload):

1. Convert the MP4 to a looping HTML5 video by hosting it (or use a service that does this for you — OWN3D's free converter and overlays.uno both have this).
2. Add Source → Browser Source → URL.
3. Width 1920, Height 1080, FPS 30.

Most beginning streamers use Option A. It works. The Browser Source trick matters when you want to preload the file so it starts on frame one — useful if you're cutting straight from BRB to gameplay and need zero delay.

Cost Reality Check

The break-even point against an OWN3D pack is one channel rebrand. If you'll ever change your color scheme, logo, or tagline — and you will — buying a fixed pack means rebuying. Template-based clips let you re-export with new copy in five minutes.

Honest Scope (What This Workflow Doesn't Do)

A few things to keep separate so the wrong expectations don't get baked in.

AutoAE is not an overlay tool. OBS owns the overlay layout. AutoAE makes the motion clip that lives inside one of your OBS scenes. If you want sub-alerts, follower goals, chat boxes, or top-donator widgets, those come from StreamElements, Streamlabs, or OBS plugins — separate stack.

AutoAE is not a stinger transition tool. Stinger transitions (the animated wipe between scenes) are technically possible with an MP4 + alpha channel, but AutoAE's standard MP4 export doesn't include alpha. Use this kit for full-screen scene cards, not for transitions.

AutoAE doesn't replace your face-cam frame. The webcam border with the camera-shaped cutout? That's a static PNG or PSD job — Canva, Photoshop, or a $5 Fiverr ask. Different deliverable, different tool.

The clip itself is the deliverable. OBS is where it lives.

FAQ

Can I use these screens commercially / monetize the stream they appear on? Yes. AutoAE templates render with full commercial use rights on any paid plan or the $2.90 single-use option. Sub revenue, ads, sponsorships, donations — all covered. See autoae.online for the current license text.

Will OBS lag if I run all four screens as separate scenes? No. Each scene only plays its own MP4. Modern OBS handles four MP4 sources fine — the bottleneck is your encoder (NVENC, x264), not the file count. A 1080p H.264 MP4 at 30fps is roughly 10–15 MB per file — negligible system load.

What if I'm a vertical-format streamer (TikTok Live, Kick portrait)? Set the AutoAE export to 1080×1920 instead of 1920×1080. Same templates render at portrait aspect. Map to the same four screens — Starting Soon is even more important on portrait because phones don't show stream title as prominently.

Should the four screens share a color and font? Yes. Pick a single accent color (your channel's "signal color") and use it across all four templates. Same with the typography — Bold Slogan Opener and Logo Horizontal Slide Reveal both support custom color and font, so a 30-second pass through each template before export keeps the kit consistent. This is the difference between a "channel" and "four random clips."

Can I make these screens for someone else's channel as a service? The single-use $2.90 option includes commercial use, so yes — if you're building motion clips for a client streamer, you own the deliverable. Pricing it as a $40–80 service is standard given the time you save vs. learning AE.

Do I need a stinger sound for the Stream Intro Card? Strongly recommended. A 1–2 second stinger from EpidemicSound, AudioJungle ($3–5), or a free Pixabay clip lands the brand moment. The visual + audio hit together is what separates a hobby intro from a channel that looks like it knows what it's doing.

Why not just use Canva? Canva works for static stream graphics — offline screens, panels, social posts. For animated screens, Canva animations are exported as MP4 but the motion library is generic (fade in, slide, pop) without character or kinetic-typography templates. AutoAE's templates are designed as motion pieces first. If you only need a static "BRB" image card, Canva is fine. If you want any of these four screens to actually move with intent, you want a motion-first tool.

Will the Starting Soon loop seam show? It can, if you don't handle it. Two fixes: pick a template whose final frame is close to the first frame, or duplicate the clip in CapCut and add a 4–6 frame cross-dissolve at the join. OBS will then loop the merged file without a visible cut. Most viewers don't watch the loop point closely, but on a slow-pre-stream chat it can get noticed.

Can I add my webcam over the Starting Soon screen? Yes — that's normal OBS scene composition. In your "Starting Soon" scene, add the AutoAE MP4 as a background Media Source, then add your Video Capture Device on top with a webcam-border PNG framing it. Two layers, one scene, viewers see both.

The 20-Minute Channel Rebrand

The combined work, end to end:

1. Pick your accent color and font once. Five minutes.
2. Open AutoAE, render four templates with your channel name, color, font. Three to five minutes per template, so 12–20 minutes total.
3. Drop each MP4 into a new OBS scene as a Media Source. Three minutes per scene, so 12 minutes total.
4. Switch from scene to scene to verify each loads. Five minutes.

Total time: under an hour for a first pass. Second pass — when you want to change colors or update the channel tagline — is fifteen minutes because you just re-export the templates with new copy.

That's the case for template-based motion. You don't build it once and live with it; you re-render it whenever your brand evolves. After Effects can't compete on iteration time. Pack purchases can't compete on customization. AutoAE sits exactly in the gap between them.

Your Starting Soon screen has thirty seconds to keep viewers from leaving before you arrive. Use them.