FIELD NOTE 09 / CHOOSING YOUR THEME

Choose an OBS overlay theme for your stream.

Compare visual styles, preview your channel text and choose Regular or Premium membership for hosted OBS sources.

By the FWG Studio team · 5 min read
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Choose a visual direction for your channel

A cozy game, an art session and a fast-paced retro game can suit different palettes. Preview the scene states together and choose artwork that fits the channel you want to present.

For a light floral direction, Petal’s pastel floral OBS theme pairs warm cream with rose. Arcade’s pixel-inspired theme uses deep navy and yellow for a retro-game direction. Dune’s warm desert overlays bring sand and terracotta to a relaxed setup. These three themes are included in Premium membership.

Premium also includes six game-inspired themes with original artwork: Overworld, inspired by Minecraft; Skybound, inspired by Palworld; Northlight, inspired by Valheim; Moonbloom, inspired by Terraria; Riftlight, inspired by League of Legends; and Strikepoint, inspired by CS2. These are unofficial themes with no affiliation to the games or their publishers.

Use the theme comparison to inspect the same scene and channel name across all styles. Check your name against light and dark options at a size close to your actual broadcast.

Check how membership access works

Each membership theme has four hosted OBS Browser source states at 1920 × 1080: Starting Soon, Be Right Back, Stream Ending and Currently Offline. Trial access starts after our server verifies Regular trial activation and eligibility; paid access starts after a completed PayPal payment is verified. Approval alone does not confirm access. Use the private membership portal to personalise a source and copy its new private URL into OBS. Hosted sources require an internet connection and remain available through your verified trial or paid period.

Membership does not include downloadable PNG, SVG, HTML or ZIP packs, webcam frames, channel panels, automatic scene imports, alerts, stinger transitions, audio or emotes. Earlier one-time orders keep their existing files and private order links. The separate free Gridline sample is a static PNG download. See the official OBS Image source and Browser source references for source settings.

Preview your channel text and scene framing

Try Petal with your channel name, then switch to Arcade or Dune without changing the name. Public previews help you inspect the look; they do not save changes to your private membership.

In your membership portal, save the settings you want to use on the hosted source. In OBS, check the scene at your actual canvas size. Full-screen artwork can cover gameplay or camera sources placed underneath it, so rehearse the source order and scene changes before a broadcast.

Choose the plan with your themes

Regular offers a 7-day free trial, then bills automatically at US$30/month for Gridline, Cobalt, Mono, Ember, Tidal, Verdant, Orbit, Signal and Prism. PayPal authorization is required; one trial per verified PayPal account. You can also choose Regular without a trial at US$30/month, billed from the start. Premium is US$50/month, billed from the start with no trial, for all eighteen themes, adding Petal, Arcade, Dune, Overworld, Skybound, Northlight, Moonbloom, Riftlight and Strikepoint. Neither plan has a setup fee. Cancel before the Regular trial ends to avoid the first charge; hosted access continues until the verified trial end. After payment, cancel anytime to stop future renewals, with access through your paid period. Existing agreements retain their original billing terms.

The original Gridline, Cobalt and Mono collection is a way to explore that trio, which is included in both memberships. It is not a separate current purchase. The non-exclusive licence covers channels and social accounts you own or run as one creator or business, including monetized streams. Read the licence and membership terms before subscribing.

Try the OBS workflow

Download the free Gridline sample to test its static Starting Soon PNG as an OBS Image source. Its matching About panel is for your channel page. The files work offline after download; they contain no personalizer or webcam frame and do not test the hosted membership connection.

For a hosted membership, personalise a scene in your private portal and create its private source URL. Add a Browser source in OBS with Local file off, paste the URL, and set the rendering size to 1920 × 1080. Keep the URL private. Record a short rehearsal to check text, framing, scene changes and audio before your first broadcast with the new look.