Twitch for dummies
Twitch For Dummies will get you up to date with Twitch, the breakthrough streaming platform where you can set up a channel, increase your viewership, and find your people. Step-by-step guides and helpful, real-life examples get you ready to go live and, who knows, maybe even earn a little money whil...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
[2022]
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Edition: | Second edition |
Series: | --For dummies
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009724225306719 |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- About This Book
- How to Use This Book
- Icons Used in This Book
- Beyond the Book
- Where to Go from Here
- Part 1 Getting Your Game On
- Chapter 1 Welcome to the World of Twitch
- Creating a Twitch Account
- Press X to begin: The basics
- "New Twitch, who dis?": Completing the Profile
- All in the details: Channel and Videos settings
- Controlling the signal: From privacy to connected third parties
- Learning at the Feet of Masters: Following and Subscribing to Twitch Channels
- Following on Twitch
- Subscribing on Twitch
- Other Twitch Resources
- Chapter 2 Turning a Console into a Streamer's Studio
- What's Your Preferred Platform?
- PlayStation
- Xbox
- Nonessentials . . . That Are Essential
- Video cameras
- Audio gear
- Laptop computer or mobile device (on a stand)
- Green screen
- Virtual assistants
- Chapter 3 Making First Impressions
- Creating a Complete Twitch Channel
- Creating an Info Panel
- Deciding which Info Panels to create
- Editing and deleting Info Panels
- Streaming Off Your Console
- Setting up your PlayStation for streaming
- Setting up your Xbox for streaming
- Chapter 4 And We're Live! (Wait, We're LIVE?!)
- Streaming Your First Gameplay
- OMG! I'm live! What do I do now?!
- Wrapping up your stream
- Post-Show Production: What to Do After a Stream
- Take a bow: Social media shout-outs
- YouTube: Your content, on demand
- Creating a highlight
- Chapter 5 Setting Schedules and Managing Social Media
- Same Bat-Time, Same Bat-Channel: Setting Your Schedule
- From start to finish: A basic schedule
- Your own pocket of time: The length of your stream
- Consistency and Communication
- Notifications on Twitch
- Notifications on Social Media
- Notifications on Discord.
- When Life Happens: Changes in the Schedule
- Chapter 6 Improving Your Stream: Being Your Own Harshest Critic
- G, PG, PG-13, or R: What's the Rating?
- Setting the Mature Content option
- The parameters of adult content
- Popularity Versus Pleasure: What Are You Streaming?
- Streaming popular games
- Streaming games you enjoy
- Streaming retro games
- Beyond Consoles: Streaming without Video Games
- Part 2 Creating Your Broadcasting Studio
- Chapter 7 Streaming without Constraints: Streaming from a PC
- Looking under the Hood: What a PC Needs
- The computer processor
- Cooling systems
- Random access memory
- Graphics card
- Capture card
- Power supply
- Setting Up Your Console
- Making Creativity and Interactivity Happen with StreamElements and OBS
- Downloading a template from Nerd or Die
- Setting up OBS with StreamElements
- Incorporating your template
- Customizing your template
- Adding a camera to your template
- Adding a console to your template
- Setting Up Audio: Easier Said than Done
- Setting up your audio in OBS
- Using Discord as your Party Chat solution
- Chapter 8 Bells &
- Whistles: Nifty Add-Ons for Your Twitch Stream
- Stand By for Stream: Introduction and Intermission B-roll
- Second-in-Command: Channel Moderators
- StreamElements: Your Friendly Neighborhood Virtual Assistant
- Say it again and again: Using custom commands
- Locking it down: Spam protection
- Complete Control: The Elgato Stream Deck
- Chapter 9 All the World's Your Stage
- Quiet on the Set: A Critical Look at Your Twitch Studio
- Couchcasting
- Streaming from the office studio
- Streaming from the set
- Twitch on the Go: Streaming from a Mobile Phone
- Setting up your mobile stream with Streamlabs
- Customizing your mobile stream on Streamlabs
- Live from the Metaverse: Streaming in Virtual Reality.
- Setting up your PC for VR streaming
- Launching a VR stream
- Part 3 Levelling Up with Twitch
- Chapter 10 Let's GOOOOO, Chat: Welcome to the Show!
- Announcing Who, What, Where: Your Show Intro
- Gittin' Gud at Multitasking: Responding to Chat
- Checking in with Chat in real time
- Checking in with Chat at specific points
- Creating Content for Two (or More): Hosting Interviews
- Extending interview requests
- Asking really great questions
- Avoiding really bad questions
- Taking a Bow: Ending Your Stream
- Chapter 11 In between the Streams
- Meanwhile, at Penguin's Secret Lair: Your Channel between Streams
- Why host other streamers?
- Selecting other streamers
- Twitch on Demand: Past Broadcasts
- Past broadcasts on Twitch
- Past broadcasts on YouTube
- Highlight Reels, Revisited
- Creating highlight reels with iMovie
- Leveling up: video editing with HitFilm Express
- Chapter 12 From Hobby to Side Hustle . . . to Full-Time Job?
- Semi-Pro: The Affiliate Streamer
- Expressing yourself: Emotes
- Patrons of the Arts: Subscribers
- Expressing your loyalty: Subscriber badges
- A penny for your thoughts: Bits
- Skipping the intermediary: the Tip
- Achievement Unlocked: Partnership
- Why become a Twitch Partner?
- The checklist for a Twitch Partner
- Show Me the Money: Revenue Opportunities
- This Twitch stream is sponsored by . . .
- Affiliate programs: Working together
- So, Chat, let me tell you about this amazing product from . . .
- Show me your swag!
- Don't Quit Your Day Job Just Yet
- Part 4 Beyond the Console
- Chapter 13 Building Your Twitch Community
- Check Me Out Now: Publicizing Your Stream
- TikTok
- Hover
- YouTube
- Creating a social media strategy
- Who Is "The Fam" and Why Do They Matter?
- Oh hai, Mark: Talking to Chat
- The Fam includes other streamers too.
- The Community Board: Discord
- Setting up channels
- Share with the class: Talking to your Chat
- Family Matters: The Unseen Community Members
- The significant other
- When your kids want to stream
- Chapter 14 Twitch Etiquette
- Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out: Bad Behavior on Twitch
- Yo, check out my stream . . .
- Hey, Streamer! Hey! Listen! Pay attention to ME!
- Well, I support this stream, so you owe me
- They See Me Trollin' and Hatin' . . .
- You just earned a timeout, kiddo: Muting trolls in stream
- Hate raids
- Not-So-Merry Melodies: Twitch, the RIAA, and the DMCA
- What the DMCA is
- When the DMCA leveled up
- The simple (but complicated) relationship between the RIAA and Twitch
- Where to find stream-safe music
- Positive Impressions: Putting your best foot forward on Twitch
- Chapter 15 Game Over: Twitch Outside of Gaming
- Game On: The Rise of Esports
- NASA TV: Going Live in the Sky
- The Food of Love on Twitch: Music
- Harping on a passion: Meadow Fox
- Sing a song: Ashley Abbink and Camila Knight
- The Sounds of Serenity: ASMR
- Phasmo for Real: Old Spirits Investigations Live
- Gaming for Good: Charity Streaming
- Remembering rule 1: Charity streaming is not about you!
- Setting up a Tiltify profile
- Doing a little prep before you get started
- Part 5 The Part of Tens
- Chapter 16 Ten (or More) Life Lessons from Twitch
- Twitch Enabled Me to Take Center Stage
- Twitch Opened the World to Me
- Twitch Helped Me Realize I Am Not Alone
- Success Is Waiting for You If You're Willing to Work for It
- Twitch Encourages Me to Look for Improvement
- You Always Have Someone Watching Your Back
- Twitch Can Surprise You in the Best of Ways
- One Life Lesson from Twitch
- It's a Glimpse of How Good We Can Be
- Twitch Took My Education and Leveled It Up
- Twitch Restored My Faith in People.
- To Thine Own Self Be True
- Twitch Doesn't Believe in a Comfort Zone, and That's a Good Thing
- Twitch Opened Doors I Didn't Know Existed
- There Are a Lot of Good People in the World - Connect with Them
- Twitch Taught Me the Power of Community
- If You Have Something to Share, You Have to Make It Happen
- Twitch Proves the Power of Paying It Forward
- Chapter 17 Ten Final Thoughts from a TeeMonster on Twitch
- Five Lessons from Five Years
- Grow at your own pace
- Don't let life pass you by
- Stream fearlessly
- Make yourself your stream's top priority
- Stream because you love it
- Five Goals for the Streams to Come
- Don't define yourself by analytics
- A good mantra to focus on: My stream is a fun place to be
- Remember, there's no silver bullet to success
- To thine own self be true
- Partnership is not the endgame
- Index
- EULA.