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How to Use Timers

Vision enables you to quickly add countdowns or stopwatches to your stream overlays. Let your viewers know how much time you spent in a game or when the next quiz starts.

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Getting Started

1

Create overlay

Create a new overlay or open an existing one
2

Add Timer Layer

In the left toolbar select “Add Timer” or click on the ”+” icon
3

Position

Drag the timer to your desired location
4

Configure

Choose if you want a Stopwatch or Timer and set the start or end time
5

Customize

Rename your layer or set a custom text
6

Save

Save your overlay and pause or resume the timer via the toolbar over the layer

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Letting Your Mods Help

One of Vision’s unique features is collaboration. You can grant your moderators permission to help manage timers.
  1. Go to Permissions → Roles
  2. Use a prebuilt role or create a custom one. Make sure the role has the permission to view & edit overlays
  3. Click on users and invite your moderator

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Styling

Vision allows styling all layers, including timers. You can change the font, color, background color, and in-/out-animations. Timer layers also have a Mono-Font, which is used for the numbers in the timer. Via Advanced → Theme you can select one of the other presets or style it the way you want with Custom CSS.

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Stream Deck Integration

Vision also supports Stream Deck devices. You can install the Vision Stream Deck Plugin to interact with your overlay layers and modify your timers in real-time.

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Chat-Bot

The Vision Chat-Bot feature allows you to create commands that read or modify your timers. For example, you can create a command that pauses the timer when a moderator sends it to chat.