You can add a Custom Text overlay to customize your live stream program by adding simple on-screen text. This is helpful for creating any non-graphical text on the spot within Airmix.
In the Overlays Pane, tap Add New Overlay.
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Tap Custom Text.
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Tap on the Edit Text field to add your own text.
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Tap Update Text to save your custom text. You’ll see a preview of your text in the right window.
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Change the justification, bold and italic settings by tapping on the formatting options below the Edit Text field.
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Scroll and tap on your preferred font from the list.
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Tap, hold and drag the white Scale handle to change the font size.
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In the preview window, tap, hold and drag and pinch to zoom to choose the text’s position on the screen.
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Tap the Rotation plus or minus signs to rotate your text.
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Tap, hold and drag the Opacity handle to customize the opacity.
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Tap on the Colors Tab to change text color settings.
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Tap on Text color to enter Text Color Settings.
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Tap, hold and drag the circle at the center of the color wheel to choose your color.
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Tap, hold and drag the Opacity and Brightness setting slider handle bars to adjust the respective text color settings.
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There are some basic color and opacity presets below.
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Tap the green check mark to save your settings, or the red X to cancel.
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Tap the Shadow Color button for the same color controls for your text’s drop shadow.
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Tap the Background Color button to add a background box to increase visibility.
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Tap hold and slide the opacity and brightness sliders to enable the background. The rest of the color controls are the same.
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Tap Border Color to add a square border around your text.
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Increase the opacity and brightness to enable the box. The rest of the color controls are the same.
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Tap Done to save your Custom Text.
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