Beginners Guide to Creative Livestreaming using OBS - Horsforth

About this event

LEEDS 2023 are excited to be working on a series of free workshops that aim to make creative software training more accessible to Leeds communities.

Image Editing with GoDaddy Studio

Hosted at the Horsforth Community Hub, the next session is on using Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) to show you how to make creative Livestream’s that can be broadcast to multiple platforms including YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook.

OBS, is a free live streaming software for Mac and Windows that enables you to build unique creative streams. Allowing you to do anything from making lower thirds and scroll bars for live news broadcasts, to having on-screen pop-ups during gigs to show the band name and song title.

OBS allows live broadcasts to several popular streaming services including Youtube, Facebook Live, Twitch, Twitter, and Mixer with the built-in ability to stream to your own custom server as well.

Led by Ora Ataguba and Balie Ali from Sable Radio, the workshop will provide a step-by-step guide on how to use OBS, from opening a project, adding different scenes and streaming to the platform of your choice.

The workshop will be interactive, where you will follow what Ora and Balie are doing on your own laptop as they take you through a step-by-step guide to using OBS. No previous experience is necessary, we just ask you to come with a laptop and be eager to learn something new with the rest of the group!

Requirements

Attendees will need to bring a laptop. To streamline the workshop, please download OBS from here before you arrive. OBS is free and does not need a powerful laptop to use it, but may not work on all laptops.

Please download and test and opening OBS on your laptop before the workshop to make sure your laptop can run it.

Please make sure that your laptop has permission to join public Wi-Fi.

About the workshop series

Each workshop in the creative digital storytelling series will give you new ways to share your own stories and the stories of the people you work with using free and easy to use digital tools.

Across the series we’ll cover:

Video editing using DaVinci Resolve

Audio editing using Audacity

Image editng using GoDaddy Studio

Please keep an eye out on LEEDS 2023 social accounts for more updates and follow LEEDS 2023 on Eventbrite to book onto more upcoming workshops throughout the year

Access information

Bus stop

The number 50 and 50a bus stop is situated on Town Street – approximately 150 metres from the Hub. The number 97 bus stop is situated on Broadgate Lane – approximately 150 metres from the Hub.

Disabled parking

Disabled parking is situated in the library car park. This is around the corner from the main entrance. There is a slight incline from this to the main entrance.

Entrances

The main door is on the main road. There is a ramp leading up to the main doors, which are automatic, opened by using a touch button.

Lifts

A lift is available if needed to access the meeting room and ballroom.

Support dogs

Support dogs are welcome.

The venue has:

Baby change facility

Disabled access toilet

Public toilets

Free WiFi

This series of workshops have been developed with the support of 100% Digital Leeds

 100% Digital Leeds is led by a team in Leeds City Council, working with partners to make Leeds the most digitally inclusive city for everyone.   

The approaches they advocate and the resources they provide are informed by their knowledge of common barriers to digital inclusion but they understand that everyone’s digital inclusion journey is different. The reasons for being offline, the motivators for doing more, and the support needed to make the most of digital are always unique, whether thinking about an organisation or an individual.

Host or Publisher LEEDS 2023