WHY and HOW to use NESTED SCENES in OBS

[@BeckiLea]

Tell me what your plans are now that you know how Nested Scenes work? This opens up lots of fun possibilities and I can't wait for you to try!

[@erikainglasses]

I have a few things that are on all my scenes and I'm going to make them their own scene and then nest them so when I make a change I only have to do it once. This is such a helpful video!

[@Dukkie_NL]

finaly a clean simple and great explanation of nested scenes thnx

[@theScottishKoala]

Never has anyone sounded more from Sheffield than when Becki says "Audio" XD Great video, helped me out a tonne. How in the heck do you not have more subs??

[@BeckiLea]

This proper made me laugh 😂 So Yorkshire here it hurts! Really glad to help, thanks for watching and kind comment 💜

[@liam0s_au]

Thank you so much! I didn't REALLY get Nested Scenes at first or how they could be used properly but your explanation was really clear and I think will give me some good performance improvements instead of having all these different scenes, all loading the same inputs on each - when it should just be one core scene that's applied across others. Cheers!

[@BeckiLea]

Glad I could help! 💜

[@liam0s_au]

@@BeckiLea My performance tonight was AMAZING because of this, again - with a game running on Ultra and doing all the things. Cheers once more!

[@LernGuru]

Best instructional on nested scenes yet. I knew about nesred cam scenes, but i never thought about audio or alternative to grouping. Thank You very much.😁

[@BeckiLea]

Wow what a wonderful comment. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. I’m really glad it was helpful 💜

[@BaerbelBorn]

WoW! I knew the basics but not how to play with it like this... helps me SO MUCH! thank you and I wish you will get the attention you really deserve.

[@EnricoDePaoli]

Amazing video! Thank you!

[@erikainglasses]

This solved my green screen issue!! I used to add and remove it from my camera. Thank you for making this!

[@BeckiLea]

This makes my day!!! So glad it fixed your issue :D

[@connectthedots5678]

Although a setup green screen on a cam can be copied to another screen so ones you have setup the green screen it will always good. But yes you can also embed the setup green screen with a nested scene it is the same idea. I am going to use green screen and going to try it. I still have only test obs scenes setup but not yet nested scenes. So I do not really have to do so much resetting those assets but first I am going to organise and setup a structured cam and assets scene (collection) .

[@WaldoAndFriends]

Lately my OBS has become scenesception, really powerful stuff!

[@BeckiLea]

The jump to Scenesception opens so many doors - mini challenge... how many scenes can you nest in a scene?! haha!

[@Jammy_Dragon]

TYSM for this. Your tutorials have given me so much inspiration and so easy to follow. But as to the scenes and grouping aspect all I can say its a huge bother to work with, group sources are always affecting one another. I want to resize one thing in the group, oh no you cant do that, must move everything. So I will definitely be transitioning to nested.

[@BeckiLea]

Thanks so much Dzemi! Let me know how you get on once you’ve implemented the nested scenes, honestly it’s so much better. 💜

[@AviatorAdventure]

You deserve so many more views !

[@BeckiLea]

That’s super kind to say, thank you. Hopefully the YT algorithm agrees one day 💜

[@ugablackice]

I have a 9 camera DJ stream on twitch (djrichglow) . 5600, 32gb ram, SSD & 6900xt. Mega power house PC. I was getting 70-100% CPU usage with a messy year of OBS building over 90 scenes. Working on this today, re-added all 9 cameras -> getting 9% cpu usage! Used your video more for "ideas" like the rounded cam, to get my creative juices flowing on the rebuild. Scene nesting is the bomb! Thanks!

[@BeckiLea]

Your set up sounds amazing!! It’s crazy how this setup reduces CPU usage. Just think of all the headroom that’s given you to add event more 😂 Always glad to help and keep pushing those OBS/streaming boundaries!! 💜

[@connectthedots5678]

@@BeckiLea Well I saw a video or a comment where one says that nesting increases cpu use rather than decreasing.

[@BeckiLea]

@@connectthedots5678 I can only say what I’ve experienced and that was massive CPU use reduction. I had issues using groups which caused Higher CPU usage but totally opposite with nesting. It really is going to depend on what you are trying to do with your stream and what your system is capable of. If you try it, let me know how it effects your set up!

[@ArthurReload]

Great video, thanks for the tips! ❤

[@BeckiLea]

Just gotta get your streaming now ;)

[@mariel6924]

It has been a while that Im struggling with my scenes and main camera , I couldnt find a video easy to understand and so clear. It helped me a lot; funny fact I saw this video because I was learning from your other video about Blurry effect, then when you suggested this one I was like OMG! haha . You cant imagine how happy I am. Im following you right now!

[@BeckiLea]

Woop! That's awesome Mariel! Thanks so much for taking the time to comment and let me know this was helpful - it really put a smile on my face!! 💜

[@THE.MICHAEL.ANGELO]

Thank you for the link to this video!! Again, WOW!!! I've got a whole restructuring and reorganization to do! This is amazing and again, you're an absolute GEM!!!!! I've also hit the notification bell! I don't want to miss any of your videos now!

[@BeckiLea]

Glad to have you on board 🎉 Good luck with that restructure, it’s 1000% worth the work! Do let me know if there’s any video topics you would like to see as I’m always adding to my list :) 💜

[@musicmelon9663]

thanks so much, very very helpful!

[@BeckiLea]

Glad to help. Thanks for taking the time to comment and be kind 💜

[@bryandying96]

Thanks so much for this! I was racking my tiny little brain trying to figure out how to have multiple camera sources with different effects and this answered that in an easy to follow and implement way. Great work!

[@BeckiLea]

That’s brilliant to hear this was helpful! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment ⭐️

[@keypatgaming5291]

You explained this so well! I'm so glad I found your channel. It's so easy the way you put it!

[@BeckiLea]

Thanks Keypat! Really hope this helps 💜

[@Deimus.]

Hey thank you so much. I was actually looking for some feedback on whether it uses more resources and this video was very useful in that regards.

[@BeckiLea]

No worries Deimus! If anything I’ve found this to actually reduce my CPU usage which is awesome. Others have reported the same in these comments so it’s a win win all round!

[@BeckiLea]

No worries Deimus! If anything I’ve found this to actually reduce my CPU usage which is awesome. Others have reported the same in these comments so it’s a win win all round!

[@MrSveinnOskar]

You are very pro. Thx.

[@BeckiLea]

Thanks so much Svenin, I hope it was useful :)

[@rolestream]

Great videos Becki. Thank you!

[@BeckiLea]

Appreciate you checking them out, thank you!!

[@codexmemetica]

@@BeckiLea No problem. I've been film making for a few years and recently started (a very different) youtube channel about Dungeons and Dragons and started streaming live games with a group of actors. This has caused me to spend a lot of time on OBS (and Streamlab actually) and so when your channel popped up it was immediately useful and I subscribed! Great work! Keep it up!

[@codexmemetica]

Note-this is my youtube test account.

[@Andilippi]

Solid video babbeh!!!! I think you explained to better than I do... I’m like ermmmm scene, scene, scene scene? 😂

[@BeckiLea]

No way dude! It's a difficult one to try explain isn't it? I checked it about 10 times to make sure I didn't ever mix up 'scene' and 'source' - imagine the confusion haha!

[@sofarsogod]

Great video.

[@BeckiLea]

Glad you enjoyed it, hope that stream went well :D

[@PugZtop]

Super useful! Will put this into action ASAP!

[@BeckiLea]

Can't wait to see what you do with your stream next!!

[@deuxtrainsderetard7902]

Thanks a lot :)

[@BeckiLea]

Most welcome 💜

[@KarlWitsman]

This was a good video. I use nested scenes all the time and don't understand why more people don't use them. This video was good because you told WHY people should use them. Hopefully that will help people.

[@BeckiLea]

Thanks so much Karl. I personally sometimes struggle with understanding some more complex tutorials so once I nail it I try to explain to others in a way that I would have more easily understood, this includes the ‘why’ we do things a certain way. Appreciate the awesome feedback and I too hope it helps people 💜

[@DjAlizay]

I love this explanation. Can't wait to hop on my PC and get to it!!!! will let you know how much time I save lol

[@BeckiLea]

Thanks Dj Alizay! 🙏 Hopefully you managed to get it all set up and saved all the time 💜

[@DjAlizay]

@@BeckiLea omg I did. and my cpu usage has gone down tremendously! thank you! are you on twitch I'll follow

[@BeckiLea]

@@DjAlizay awesome news!! I would have made the change way sooner if I had realised the impact on CPU usage too!! 🎉 You can find me at twitch.tv/Bekzness 💜

[@TokeSignals]

Really enjoyed this vid. Subbed. Please do a vid showing how you do that rounded cam at the end. Its beautiful. I love my rgb and soft rectangles. I have just got a new Elgato Cam and now going to nest some sceens. Thank you 💯🍰🌹

[@BeckiLea]

Thanks so much TokeSignals! The RGB border is on my todo list for vids so will be coming! It’s actually made entirely in OBS! 💜

[@TokeSignals]

@@BeckiLea thanks for your reply. I found a website that lets you make them for free and import as a browser. Looking fresh now with these nested sceenes. Much cleaner.

[@BeckiLea]

@@TokeSignals ah yes I know of a couple and they work great! Can use them for game borders as well as cam borders and look superb. Nested scenes are like having an epiphany when you start using them! So much better!! 🤩

[@BigNick3466]

Looks like i have some reworking to do this week haha, loving the vids tho

[@BeckiLea]

This is one of those things you don’t realise you NEED until you try it. Probably the biggest tip out there, 💯 worth implementing! 🙈

[@MainlyDiego]

So I've recently started using rested scenes before I even knew that they were called, all I've noticed a huge improvement in obs cpu wise also. Groups just don't work the same for some reason.

[@BeckiLea]

I'm glad that you found this also - I'm not sure why it works but it does for sure!!

[@muriel810]

I learned something new today and I love it, but I'm having trouble setting it up, maybe I didn't get the explanation right. When I create a Main Cam scene and put it in my existing scene like Just Chatting and put a Filter on it, it also affects the main cam scene, not just the nested Cam scene that was added in the Just Chatting scene. I don't know if I need to create extra Camera scenes for all scenes but I love getting it like you and everyone else in your comments maybe someone can help me.

[@BeckiLea]

Hey yeah you will need to create a new scene to nest for each different effect you want to apply if that makes sense? Also make sure you are applying any effects the the scene itself and not the actual source.

[@muriel810]

@@BeckiLea I created new scenes and it is working now. Thank you. ^^

[@BeckiLea]

@@muriel810 that’s brilliant news!! Glad you got it working 🤩

[@TheB0FH]

So nested scenes seems a good way to have all the interactive stuff on your “main scene” (such as animation spam) and have all your game sources etc as a nested scene within? That way Lioran etc only ever needs to trigger on one scene if it’s always in the same space?

[@BeckiLea]

Exactly! This is why I have all my animations on either a 'full screen gif' scene or a 'cam gif' so I can just nest that into all my live scenes :)

[@TheB0FH]

See I didn’t understand you before now when you’d said about that, but after this video I get the theory 😁 Just need to put it in to practise now!

[@BeckiLea]

@@TheB0FH This is why I was like.. I need to make a vid on this so you can see haha!

[@mjhcsta]

I've spent hours trying to get this to work unfortunately i can't seem to get the webcam to not apply the filters to the previous main scene, I've followed this tutorial several times and i dunno if something's changed in the most recent version of OBS Studio! I can't figure this out, it just doesn't wanna let me change anything everything remains the same regardless :( for example - I want one scene to have a cropped webcam and my second scene to have a full screen webcam but it won't retain the changes i make on the second nested scene :(

[@BeckiLea]

Hopefully I can help! Make sure when you are applying any changes or filters that this is done on the actual scene as opposed to the original source. For your example, create a scene called ‘Full screen camera’ and in this add just your normal camera source. Now create another new scene called ‘Small Camera’ (the names can be what ever makes sense to you of course, such as Cam 1 and Cam 2) and in that scene add the “Full Screen Camera” scene. You can the. Use those two new camera scenes in your existing gaming of just chatting screens independently and apply the crop once you have added those nested scenes in. Basically you need to create a new ‘nest’ for each variation of the camera you want and apply the changes to the scene and not the source. It’s harder to explain in writing but I do hope this works!

[@mjhcsta]

Okay so i've played around with this for 10 plus hours...I can crop the webcam manually and resize it but that's about it, it seems adding a lut or a mask applies to all sources to the webcam regardless if ive made it into its own nested scene, Can someone else try playing around with a lut file or mask to see if this is possible its driven me crazy :(

[@BeckiLea]

@@mjhcsta another option could be using the virtual cam feature as a second view to apply the LUT. You can add a filter called ‘virtual cam’ to the cam scene and then that gives you a new camera source as a separate camera. I use this method when using Snapcam filters. I think you can add one (might be upto four) virtual cam in OBS now but if you need additional ones there is a plug-in called Virtual Camera that lets you add loads more.

[@mjhcsta]

@@BeckiLea So far a bit of progress, I managed to do the lut for my webcam but it seems i have to as you suggested i need to create a new nesting scene everytime i add a filter and each filter i add its making the webcam image smaller and smaller also really difficult to work with, defiently seems like i've hit the end of the road, I was trying to finish it off by crop.pad the webcam so it fits nicely with my rounded border but it's just not happening unfortunately.

[@BeckiLea]

@@mjhcsta so I built my entire webcam with boarders into its own nested scene so that I could drop it on any other scene as needed and also use the move items to have the whole thing jump around my screen with commands. That worked for me really well but it may be better to try using the Virtual Cam option. It’s really strange it’s not seeming to work like that for you :/