Create Your Account

Note

This covers creating your account and initial setup. For everything else about SE.Live once you get there, see SE.Live.

Log in and authorize

1. Log in to your Twitch, YouTube, Kick, or TikTok account.
2. Go to streamelements.com and connect with that account, authorizing access.
3. You’ll land on your new dashboard.

Your dashboard and Activity Feed only populate from events going forward — while your existing totals (followers, subscribers) show up right away, individual past events won’t backfill.

Complete initial setup

The top bar of your dashboard walks you through initial setup. Click Continue to start the wizard.

1. Activate the chatbot

Clicking Activate adds the bot to your channel and grants it moderator permissions. Check your chat’s user list to confirm — it can take a few minutes to show up under Moderators.

2. Set up tipping

1. Enter your PayPal email and click Connect (see Tipping for SE.Pay and other options).
2. Download one of the suggested tipping panels and copy your tipping page link.
3. On Twitch, toggle on Edit Panels, add a text/image panel, upload the panel image, and paste your tipping link.
4. Toggle Edit Panels back off and click the new panel to confirm it opens your tipping page.
5. Back in the setup wizard, click Continue on the Tipping Panel Settings step.

3. Set up your overlay

Choose one:

• Create — opens the Overlay Editor to build one from scratch.
• Pick — opens the Themes Gallery to start from a preset.
• Import — brings in overlays you already have on another platform.

Importing from Streamlabs

Assets over 30MB will fail to import. Streamlabs overlays also use a different native resolution — re-adjust imported overlays to 1920x1080 and reposition widgets as needed. For web-based services, keep both the source service and StreamElements open in separate tabs during import.

For now, pick Create, keep the resolution at 1080p, and click Start. Save your overlay once you’re happy with it, then return to the setup wizard.

4. Install SE.Live

The last step downloads and installs SE.Live in OBS. See Install and connect for the full walkthrough.

Once you click Download, initial setup is complete.

FAQ

Does this work the same on every platform? The wizard is shown for Twitch here, but the same four steps — account, tipping, overlay, SE.Live — apply on YouTube and Kick too, even though which features are available afterward can differ per platform.