Keep Your Images Playing on Stream with the Slideshow Widget

Your photos should not need a fresh button press every time you want another one on screen. Slideshow Widget keeps a collection of images playing continuously, giving your audience something to look at while you host the stream. It is a free overlay that starts with placeholder images and lets you replace them with your own uploads through Meld Spark.

Use it for images that belong alongside the conversation rather than as a separate presentation you have to operate. A set of personal photos can accompany a community catch-up, while artwork can give viewers a selection of your work to discuss. Choose images that make sense together, then let the slideshow play while you concentrate on the people watching.

Replace the placeholders with your own images

Add Slideshow Widget to your canvas before you prepare the image collection. The initial images are placeholders, not a requirement for the final look of your stream. Upload the images you want to use to Spark and ask it to replace those samples.

Use this prompt exactly:

Take out the placeholder images from the Slideshow Widget and replace them with the images I’m uploading now.

This tells Spark which widget you are updating and which images should take the place of the placeholders. Once the replacement is ready, check the slideshow on your canvas before going live. Watch the images appear in the space you have given the widget and make sure the important parts are easy for viewers to see.

A slideshow that keeps playing without chat commands

There are no commands for viewers to memorize and no stream events needed to start each image. Slideshow Widget plays constantly on stream. It fits scenes where you want an ongoing image rotation without turning it into a chat activity or a manually advanced slide presentation.

Leave room around the widget for your camera, captions, and any information that needs to stay visible. During a photo discussion, give it a prominent position so viewers can follow along. For artwork alongside a creative session, choose a placement that shows the images without obscuring the work you are doing live.

The widget supports Twitch, YouTube Live, Kick, and TikTok Live. Your image collection appears as part of the scene across every platform you stream to, without a separate set of viewer instructions for each service.

Download Meld Studio and add Slideshow Widget to your canvas, then upload your images to Spark with the replacement prompt above. Streamers keeping an existing OBS production can use Spark Plug for OBS as the alternative way to include the slideshow in their setup.

How it works

1. 1 Add the Slideshow Widget to your canvas.
2. 2 Upload your images to Spark and use this prompt: "Take out the placeholder images from the Slideshow Widget and replace them with the images I'm uploading now."
3. 3 The slideshow plays continuously on stream. No chat commands or event triggers are needed.

Use cases

• Photos alongside a community conversation

  Upload a collection of photos that fits your conversation and let the slideshow keep them on screen. You can focus on talking with viewers while the images continue playing.

• Artwork during a creative stream

  Replace the sample images with your own artwork before going live. The continuous slideshow gives viewers a rotating selection to look at while you discuss your work.

Frequently asked questions