#Alerts

Alerts are on-screen pop-ups that celebrate stream events, like a new follow, sub, or tip. Each alert is a transparent image plus a line of text that animates in over your scene through the OBS Browser Source, so your viewers see it live.

#Alert types

Each alert type fires on a specific event, and the events available depend on the platform.

#Configuring an alert

Open an alert type in your dashboard and set:

• Image - The transparent visual that shows on screen. The image is always displayed.
• Text - The message shown for the event, for example "Welcome {username}!".
• Text position - Where the text sits relative to the image: above, below, left, or right. This is the only layout control.

The alert enters with a Pop animation and a Ripple splash. You can also set the accent color, text color, splash color, font, and how long the alert stays on screen.

#Tiers by amount and media

For events that carry a value (tips, gifted subs, and similar), you can add tiers so bigger contributions get a bigger reaction. A tier is simply an amount plus its media.

• The amount is a free numeric value, so special numbers like 69 or 4.20 work.
• There is no minimum or exact match-type selector. Rows with the same amount auto-group into a random pool, so one of several media items plays each time that amount fires. This is the media "gacha".

#Video and sound

The image slot accepts a picture, GIF, or video. Video is detected automatically from the file's content type, so there is no manual video toggle.

• When an alert uses a video, its sound is disabled automatically because the video carries its own audio.
• Overlay video is capped at 60 seconds. GIFs loop for the alert's display duration.

Manage your images, GIFs, videos, and sounds in Media.

#Testing

Each alert type has a Test button in the dashboard. Click it to fire a preview on your overlay so you can confirm the image, text, position, and media all look right before going live.

#Positioning the alert

Set on-screen placement in the Appearance, where you drag and size the alert layer in your scene.