How to Add a Countdown Timer to Zoom (OBS & Ecamm)

[@iphonecreativity74]

Cat..absolutlely LOVE LOVE LOVE all the turorials. Can't get enough. Soak up ALL the information in this feable mind of mine for all the content. One suggestion. For those of us newbies that struggle with this info, You sometimes provide things like count down timers etc. but we don't know where we're suppose to download to?? Help this old man out with a little more explain please.

[@CatMulvihill]

Hi Randy. You can save the files just like any other files on your computer (I have a folder called Live Streaming Assets). Then you add the files to your streaming software (OBS or Ecamm). I recommend not moving the files to another folder after you've added them to your streaming software since they will disappear from your scene.

[@Sukalie]

Thanks Cat. Always clear and interactive 👌. I will try it on a presentation tomorrow 🤞

[@pinktink77vp]

Thank you so much for all of your tutorials. They have been a great help. I manage Zoom meetings in the background. I am not on camera. How do I do this when there are other speakers spotlighted while the timer is running?

[@CatMulvihill]

If you want to show a countdown timer while someone is speaking, you can show the countdown on your video (still hiding yourself), and spotlight both your video and the speaker. If I'm misunderstanding your question, please let me know.

[@PatPerdue]

Thank you Cat. As in all of your videos, this is such a great tutorial. As a college prof I'm looking forward to using this with my classes!

[@CatMulvihill]

Glad it was helpful!

[@waqasanwar83]

Thank you for the video, it seems to work, unfortunately, if you don't have Canva Pro the video background will not be transparent. Plus the timer will only sow in OBS when you rein studio mode.

[@henrydeleon4469]

Very awakening instruction, straightforward and very transparent.

[@freddymiguelponce]

Cat this is the first week i watch your content and i LOVE IT! AWESOME way of pay atention to details! Just subscribe. Thank you! ps: sorry for my English; I'm still learning

[@instructormatt_]

Great info as always! It's refreshing to know I'm not the only one who goofs up during a live demo :)

[@CatMulvihill]

Glad my goof could make you feel less alone 😉

[@stefanalexy3853]

Hi Cat, thanx a lot for your tutorials - very helpful. Best greetings from Germany.

[@CatMulvihill]

You're very welcome!

[@creACTivity]

Hi Cat! wonderful Tutorial! Is there any way to make the background transparent? Is there a way to mask the countdown?

[@RajashekarKrishnaraj]

Hi Cat, we could use timer in zoom webinars as well I guess and mostly when we offer something to audience with limited time.

[@TheASMRAngel]

Perfect tutorial, straight to the point and easy to follow

[@macjeffff]

That is a super-cool Keynote tip for the animation.

[@CatMulvihill]

Glad you liked it!

[@elbarca223]

One of the best. Great video!

[@lauricegajda7378]

Can the timers move over to the breakout rooms? In our event, participants move to breakout rooms and that is where we want the timers to show. Also we want to be able to adjust that time - it appears how you show it that we could edit that in real time no problem?

[@CatMulvihill]

The countdown timer is connected to a person's virtual camera, so the only way to have it in a breakout room using this approach is to have someone with a virtual camera in each breakout room running a timer. Instead I recommend using Zoom's breakout room timer that's built in and everyone can see exactly how much time is left. I show a demo in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIGUdoeiltKWopY

[@PatrickChang78]

Great video Cat. I was playing around with Powerpoint (on the Mac) and I was able to do something similar to the draw effect on the circle. The effect is called "Wheel". I wasn't able to figure out how to start the "Wheel" effect on an angle though. It always starts at the top no matter if I rotate it.

[@CatMulvihill]

Thanks for sharing, Patrick! That's helpful to know.

[@uliarts9983]

I like your stuff. A lot of useful tiips and tricks. Thanks for doing this.

[@CatMulvihill]

You're very welcome 😊

[@empireconsultants6828]

Thanks Cat, how far away are you from your camera. Experts say about two feet however I need to be about 12" away to get same face/body proportion as you in this video?

[@Soulalignmentsanctuary]

Hi, but how did you add the numbers into the one in Keynote ?

[@byronsimilox3563]

It works perfectly, but when I try to add a second one over a different scene I cannot add a different time and If I do changes the one I already created any suggestions?

[@221b-Maker-Street]

Hi Cat. How does this work if you already have a virtual camera _in use_ - like mmhmm, for example? Obviously, you can only use one virtual camera at a time.

[@studiotips808]

Aloha, Cat. Thanks for the wonderful ideas and information! I've really been enjoying going through your videos. You're ~really~ good at juggling all the components of rich presentations while live on camera and that's not easy. A suggestion from an old audio guy, here: if you have room for it try moving your mic a bit off center - say about even with your shoulder - and angling it back towards your mouth. It sounds great but in this video it is placed right where in catches the plosives: the sharp air movements that are caused by T's and P's, laughs, etc. The foam windscreen helps a little but doesn't completely cut them out. Moving the mic off center gets it out of the path your breath and as long is its about the same distance from your mouth it should sound the same.

[@CatMulvihill]

Thank you for this tip! I was rewatching the video to grab timestamps and the plosives were bothering me, so I will definitely try this out.

[@Tommy_Boisvert]

Great video! I thought you would use a more advanced software to create the animation (like Davinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, etc.), but Keynote is a good idea and it's very simple to use. You're very creative to think about using Keynote to do that! 👍 Also, this week your volume was much better than the past two weeks. 🙌 As for Microsoft Teams, I use it daily and what you mentioned is right. You never know for sure what will be the ratio and the size, as Teams dynamically adjust everything based on number of attendees who turn on their camera. When you right-click on your camera and select "Spotlight", your video will be full screen for all participants. It's a way to force them to look at you. In that context, using a virtual camera with a timer would work, but if you don't use Spotlight in Teams, it will most probably not work as expected because you don't control anything. Also, participants can choose "Together Mode" in Teams. You don't control that feature, and it will remove everything except your face. If you use overlays with a virtual cam, they will disappear. Teams for Mac doesn't support virtual cameras, so every time you update the software, you have to remove the signature, so that virtual cameras will be available in Teams. It takes 30 seconds, but you have to do it after every software update. You can search for "OBS Studio to MS Teams Virtual CAM Fix" (from TheToroTek) on KZbin if you want to learn how to do it. But my recommendation would be to not use the virtual camera with Teams, as the image quality is garbage. A better way to do it is to share your screen, and to have the best image quality, share your whole desktop. If you use OBS, right-click the main image and select Fullscreen Projector (Preview). In Teams, do a screen sharing and select the monitor where the OBS preview is displayed. That way, you will have the best image quality (for participants), and you are sure that what people will see is your video (full screen), instead of being in a small box (random size) among all other participants. A few notes: ---------------------- - If you only have one monitor, in OBS you can choose Windowed Projector (Preview) but the image quality will not be as good as if you select Fullscreen Projector (Preview). - Don't think that what you see in Teams is what other people see. If it looks good on your side, it could looks like crap for participants. If you want to test your setup, you can start a Teams meeting with yourself, and record the session. Then, watch the recording. You will have a better idea about the overall quality that participants will see. - In Microsoft Teams, there is also a "Pin" feature. It's different than "Spotlight". Spotlight will force everyone to look at you (full screen). Pin is when you want to see someone specifically, and it doesn't impact anyone else (it's just for you).

[@CatMulvihill]

Thank you for all the Teams info!! That's really helpful to know, especially about the option to Spotlight in Teams.

[@muafaa]

hei, how to get that chat lowerthird using OBS?

[@melvingarcia8488]

Great Video & Perfect tutorial

[@JenkinsUSA]

Just found this and it's wonderful. Thanks Cat!

[@ibrahimabdeltawab6418]

Amazing! Thanks so much

[@tambayan0271]

you veer charming mam you always smiling i really enjoy watching like your video thanks for your clear tutorial.

[@bbtheatre]

Hi Cat - regarding your problem with MS Teams, the solution is that you have to ask the meeting participants to right-click on your video feed (or click on the elipses "..." on your video feed) and they should click on "Fit to Frame". This means that the aspect ratio doesn't change and cut out parts of your feed such as overlays.

[@CatMulvihill]

Thank you so much! It's helpful to hear from people who use Teams regularly 😊

[@SCOARTGLASS]

Great Tutorial Cat! I am a PowerPoint User and think I can do one in there.

[@montokyo2001]

I love your video !!! I really would like to participate in live one day !! Thank you Cat ! Could you just tell me the dimension of the model for Canva, because when I choose "for Instagram", I have just a big square model... Thanks again !!

[@CatMulvihill]

I chose an Instagram Story blank template (as opposed to Instagram Post). But you can do custom dimensions as well!

[@montokyo2001]

Thank you !!!

[@RonClifford]

You are so good at live demos! I love how you just roll with it.

[@CatMulvihill]

Thanks Ron! One of the best things I've learned over the past year is to laugh at my mistakes and not take myself so seriously 😉

[@agonzalezug]

The effect to make the circle appear as if it is being painted is called "Wheel", and is is just the same than in keynote. It is listed under animations, you use the entrance annimation "wheel" to draw the line, and then an exit animation "wheel". The only thing you can not make is for it to start at an specific angle of the circle, it starts always at the top of it. ;-)

[@hiram9337]

Nice tutorial, I have a Question, I use canvas to make the same animation Circle you have. I did it with a white background. When I paste it to OBS I still have the white background. How do I get rid of it and have the animated Circle only

[@CatMulvihill]

You need to use a format that allows video files with transparent backgrounds.

[@JohnPullum]

You are such a great teacher. :)

[@CatMulvihill]

Thanks, John 😊

[@JohnPullum]

@@CatMulvihill You're welcome. :)

[@kjohnson4642]

Great presentation.

[@CatMulvihill]

Thank you!

[@marvinsmate]

So helpful, thank you x

[@prm3678]

May I suggest for those making videos that you practice first then make the videos? Presentation is everything. Toastmasters can help you.

[@CatMulvihill]

David, most of my tutorials are recorded live, so if seeing an error-free video is what you want, this may not be the channel for you.

[@stayleky10]

You mention you didn't know how to do the 'draw line' in PowerPoint, perhaps you could use the 'Wheel' animation to similar effect.👍

[@CatMulvihill]

Thank you for the suggestion!

[@dalebowley]

There's no built in scripts for OBS on Linux. 🙁

[@PaulMcElligott]

Can you do a count-up or elapsed timer?

[@CatMulvihill]

Ecamm has a timer option built-in. OBS would require downloading a script, but then you would add it the same way you add the countdown script.

[@JohnJordache]

Can you add music with the timer ? Sound effects ? 🙋‍♂️

[@kerstinkrause3975]

Is it possible to integrate a timer into each breakout session in zoom? Guess no, but maybe you have an idea...

[@therefuge617]

Hey Cat, I downloaded your package and am unable to download your timers for some reason! What format are they in? Normally there’s no problem.

[@CatMulvihill]

Oh no! The timers are .mov files. If you email me, I can send you an alternate format.

[@claudiamkramer]

I love this Cat, thank you for this tutorial!

[@CatMulvihill]

You are so welcome!

[@chanelleatkinson9499]

Is there a way to use zoom on my phone or tablet and stream a timer so my laptop is free to be used for my video and audio?

[@CatMulvihill]

I have not tried that option, and it might be difficult since you are more limited on the mobile Zoom. Instead I would consider having a countdown video on your phone that you bring into Zoom on your computer.

[@AlexRiemer]

Great - Thank you

[@Michael64633]

can you show how to make a countdown timer in Vmix?

[@CatMulvihill]

Unfortunately my Dell is not really powerful enough for Vmix. But, the Vmix channel has a tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWKoc6uPoqmsgLM

[@deirdrewhitten8278]

Deidre's ilkethisslown

[@tranjan989]

Too much.... You took 10 mnts to start.... by talking things.. no meaning... Do you feel people have that much time to listen to you.....And very critical to understand. You have to be a techo guy.... liked the smile & attitude only.....

[@vinsarathy]

is it not possible to export a keynote presentation in movie format with a "Transparent Background" over an iPhone?