A comprehensive vignette effect filter plugin for OBS Studio with advanced customization options.
Perfect for streamers, content creators, and professional broadcasters.
- ✨ Key Features
- 🎯 Use Cases
- 💻 Installation
- 🎨 Presets & Shapes
- 🛠️ Configuration
- 🎮 Usage
- 📸 Examples
- 🔧 Troubleshooting
- 📄 License
- Highly Configurable Effects:
- Adjust intensity, roundness, feathering, and opacity
- Precise positioning with center X/Y controls
- Real-time preview for immediate visual feedback
- Multiple Vignette Shapes:
- Classic oval vignette
- Rectangular with adjustable corner radius
- Diamond shape for creative effects
- Star shape for decorative purposes
Different shape options available in Vignetter
- Custom Color Options:
- Use default darkening effect or choose custom colors
- RGB color control for precise tint selection
- Multiple blend modes (Normal, Multiply, Screen, Overlay)
- Professional Presets:
- 16+ built-in presets including Cinematic, Vintage, Horror, and more
- Creative options like Cyberpunk, Neon Lights, and Retro Gaming
- Easy switching between different looks
Color customization interface
- Advanced Shape Control:
- Rotation for dynamic angle adjustment
- Shape strength for intensity control
- Aspect ratio adjustment for stretching effects
- Localization:
- Built-in support for English and German
- Easily expandable to other languages
- Automatic language detection
- Create professional-looking stream borders
- Add mood and atmosphere to gaming content
- Highlight specific areas of your broadcast
- Create distinct visual styles for different stream segments
Example of Vignetter enhancing a gaming stream
- Add cinematic quality to video productions
- Create nostalgic vintage looks for themed content
- Enhance focus on subjects with targeted vignetting
- Match visual style to branding with custom colors
- Design unique overlays with star and diamond shapes
- Create cyberpunk or futuristic aesthetics
- Develop signature looks with custom presets
- Enhance mood with color-tinted vignettes
Creative vignette effects using different shapes and colors
- Download the latest release from the Releases page
- Place the script in your OBS scripts folder:
- Windows:
%APPDATA%\obs-studio\scripts - macOS:
~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/scripts - Linux:
~/.config/obs-studio/scripts
- Windows:
- In OBS Studio:
- Go to Tools → Scripts
- Click the + button
- Select the downloaded
vignetter.luafile - Add as a filter to any source or scene
Installing Vignetter in OBS Studio
- Compatible with Windows 10/11
- OBS Studio 30.0+ recommended
- No additional dependencies required
- Compatible with macOS 11.0 (Big Sur) or higher
- OBS Studio 30.0+ recommended
- No additional dependencies required
- Compatible with most modern distributions
- OBS Studio 30.0+ recommended
- No additional dependencies required
Vignetter includes 16+ professionally designed presets for instant looks:
- Cinematic Look: Film-like widescreen appearance
- Sepia Tone: Warm vintage effect
- Oval Vignette: Traditional photography style
- Dramatic Contrast: Strong vignette with high contrast
- Vintage Look: Faded colors with subtle sepia
- Horror/Mystery: Dark with slight blue tint
- Dream Sequence: Soft with white glow
- Focus Vignette: Highlights specific areas
Standard vignette presets in action
Creative Presets:
- Glowing Borders: Inverted with golden edges
- Cyberpunk: Futuristic with blue tones
- Split-Toning: Diamond shape with warm orange
- Retro Gaming: Star-shaped purple vignette
- Old Film: Strong edge darkening
- Sunset: Warm orange tones
- Duotone: Blue-green contrast
- Neon Lights: Vibrant pink club-like effect
Creative presets for unique visual styles
- Oval: Traditional rounded vignette
- Rectangle: Squared edges with adjustable corners
- Diamond: Angular creative effect
- Star: Decorative star-shaped pattern
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Radius Controls:
- Inner Radius: Size of visible area (0.0-5.0)
- Outer Radius: Extension of vignette (0.0-5.0)
- Opacity: Effect transparency (0.0-1.0)
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Position Controls:
- Center X/Y: Position of vignette (0.0-1.0)
- Aspect Ratio: Width/height shape ratio (0.5-2.0)
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Shape Options:
- Shape Type: Select between oval, rectangle, diamond, or star
- Shape Strength: Intensity of shape effect (0.5-2.0)
- Rotation: Angle of the vignette shape (0.0-360.0)
Vignetter's comprehensive configuration interface
- Custom Color Toggle: Enable/disable custom vignette color
- RGB Controls: Adjust red, green, and blue components (0.0-1.0)
- Blend Mode: Choose between Normal, Multiply, Screen, and Overlay
- Adding the Filter:
- In OBS, right-click any source → Filters
- Click "+" under Effect Filters
- Select "Vignetter"
Adding Vignetter as a filter in OBS Studio
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Quick Setup:
- Choose a preset from the dropdown menu
- Adjust basic parameters as needed
- Fine-tune color and shape settings
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Advanced Customization:
- Select vignette shape
- Adjust position and rotation
- Set custom color and blend mode
- Fine-tune radius and opacity
Advanced customization options in action
Here are some examples of different vignette effects created with the plugin:
Cinematic vignette preset
Horror/Mystery vignette preset
Cyberpunk vignette preset
Retro Gaming vignette preset with star shape
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Filter Not Appearing:
- Ensure script is properly installed
- Check OBS Studio version (30.0+ recommended)
- Try restarting OBS
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Visual Glitches:
- Reset parameters to defaults
- Try a different preset
- Check for graphics driver updates
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Performance Issues:
- Reduce complexity of other effects
- Consider hardware requirements
- Update to latest OBS version
- Check the GitHub Issues page
- Join our Discord for help
- Submit detailed bug reports with OBS logs
This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.