{"id":11068,"date":"2022-07-14T05:58:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T05:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=11068"},"modified":"2022-07-14T05:58:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T05:58:21","slug":"how-to-live-stream-on-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-live-stream-on-facebook","title":{"rendered":"How to Live Stream on Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f34a7112dcf\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f34a7112dcf\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f34a7112dcf\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-live-stream-on-facebook\/#How_to_Live_Stream_on_Facebook\" title=\"How to Live Stream on Facebook\">How to Live Stream on Facebook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-live-stream-on-facebook\/#Create_a_custom_thumbnail_image\" title=\"Create a custom thumbnail image\">Create a custom thumbnail image<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-live-stream-on-facebook\/#Upload_a_custom_video_overlay\" title=\"Upload a custom video overlay\">Upload a custom video overlay<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-live-stream-on-facebook\/#Restrict_your_audience_by_location\" title=\"Restrict your audience by location\">Restrict your audience by location<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-live-stream-on-facebook\/#Upload_a_highlight_reel\" title=\"Upload a highlight reel\">Upload a highlight reel<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Live_Stream_on_Facebook\"><\/span>How to Live Stream on Facebook<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"how to live stream on facebook\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/6q4sEmB.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p>To learn how to live stream on Facebook, read these tips first. You&#8217;ll learn how to create a custom thumbnail image, upload a highlight reel, and restrict your audience based on location. After you&#8217;ve learned these tricks, you can begin live streaming right away. But before you do, make sure you&#8217;ve read the Facebook&#8217;s privacy rules first. Publish your video on a personal profile with privacy settings set to &#8220;only me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Create_a_custom_thumbnail_image\"><\/span>Create a custom thumbnail image<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One of the best ways to grab attention while live streaming on Facebook is to create a thumbnail image that is informative and appealing. When creating your thumbnail image, try to stick to a 16:9 ratio and make sure that the text is easy to read. You can also increase color contrast and saturation. Another effective design tip is to use negative space or whitespace. Negative space is the space surrounding subjects. These two areas can make or break the visual presentation. For example, the Skullcandy thumbnail uses negative space and whitespace to its advantage.<\/p>\n<p>You can create a custom thumbnail image for your live streaming video by uploading a screenshot. The new thumbnail image can be up to 5MB in size. It will replace the default thumbnail on Facebook. When creating a new live video on Facebook, remember to use the custom thumbnail. If you&#8217;d like to use another image instead of a screenshot, be sure to use a crop frame. A custom thumbnail is only available for videos uploaded to Facebook and YouTube.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Upload_a_custom_video_overlay\"><\/span>Upload a custom video overlay<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Adding custom graphics to a live stream on Facebook gives it more production value and improves engagement. Logos, names, and other graphics are easily added with the Live Video Overlays feature of Shakr. Lower thirds are also a good way to promote upcoming activities or recognize sponsors. You can even use them as a title or name. Below are some simple steps to add a custom video overlay to a live stream on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>To upload a custom video overlay to a live stream on Facebook, you can use a professional editing software to create a custom video overlay. This software includes many features and allows you to combine multiple layers of video, images, and text. It also supports multi-track audio, volume envelope control, and 3D transitions. Additionally, you can draw directly on the video using the Movavi Clips app.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Restrict_your_audience_by_location\"><\/span>Restrict your audience by location<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re live-streaming on Facebook, you probably have many followers. If so, you can limit the audience by location. Facebook has recently added a feature that allows you to specify where your viewers will be able to see your stream. This feature works in conjunction with the age restriction and location rules, so you&#8217;ll need to set restrictions on your location when you broadcast your content. In addition, you can choose to restrict your audience by gender and location based on your location.<\/p>\n<p>While you can restrict your audience by location on Facebook, you&#8217;ll want to be as specific as possible. You can specify up to 25 countries, but you can also limit your stream to specific regions or zip codes within a particular country. Besides limiting your audience to the countries you&#8217;re currently in, you can also restrict your broadcast to certain age ranges or gender. For example, if you&#8217;re streaming to a high school, you can restrict the audience to only students from that age group.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Upload_a_highlight_reel\"><\/span>Upload a highlight reel<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When broadcasting live, you might want to make a highlight reel from certain moments during the stream. You can either tag them in the video index or clip them directly from the live stream. Unlike the normal video stream, however, you must download and edit the video somewhere else before you can re-upload it. To do this, you must first upload a video on Facebook and then use its highlight editor.<\/p>\n<p>First, you need to grant permission to Facebook to access your microphone and camera. Next, you need to switch the camera mode to &#8220;live&#8221; and then select your privacy settings. You can also choose how the video will be published after the live stream, if you want it to be private. You can also add a description, tag friends, and select filters and image overlays, depending on the type of video you are uploading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Live Stream on Facebook To learn how to live stream on Facebook, read these tips first. You&#8217;ll learn how to create a custom thumbnail image, upload a highlight reel, and restrict your audience based on location. After you&#8217;ve learned these tricks, you can begin live streaming right away. 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