LUT stands for Lookup Table, and it works by mathematically reassigning color values in an image or video to other values. This is an advanced tool, but is helpful to have for those of you who are going for a specific look to your video. This is an invaluable asset for morphing the color space of your media sources.
Professional photographers & YouTubers will quickly notice the “Apply LUT” Filter. This effect is heavily used by news broadcasting stations, particularly the “Breaking News” scroll bar. They can be applied to pretty much every source that isn’t a audio only source, and are useful in specific cases.Īdvertisements One popular use case is the scroll filter, which is typically used on Text (GDI+) sources to have it scroll across the screen. Select a Filter – What appears here will vary based on the source type.Įffect Filters are designed to change the appearance or display of a source in some way.
How to Add a Filter on OBS StudioĪdding a filter to OBS Studio is pretty easy: There are two types of Filters for sources:įilters that are designed to work with video affect how those sources look, and are able to change the sound that is embedded within. They can change the appearance of a source dramatically with something like Color Correction, morph sound using V S T plugins, and even provide a means to remove the background of a webcam using a chromakey filter combined with a green screen.
Questions? Ask in #the-help-desk in the Streamer’s Haven Discord!įilters in OBS Studio are modifiers placed on sources that are designed to change them in some way.