Free Tutorial · OBS Studio 2026

Turn your webcam into a clean circular portrait — in 3 minutes, 0 plugins.

No Chroma Key fuzz. No paid plugin. Just OBS Studio's built-in image-mixing + 1 transparent PNG. Works in 1080p, 4K, even phone webcams.

3 min total time 0 plugins required 1 PNG needed Free forever

How it works

Four steps. Three minutes.

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Prep 1 transparent PNG

Use any background-remover (remove.bg, Photoshop, or our downloadable template) to get a clean transparent PNG. Watch the video for the exact free tool we used.

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Add as image source

In OBS Sources panel, click + → Image → browse to your PNG file. Resize and position to fit your canvas.

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Use the Crop filter

Right-click the image source → Filters → add Crop/Pad → set the four sides so only the circular head area shows.

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Resize + position

Hold Shift to scale proportionally. Use arrow keys for pixel-perfect positioning. Done — your webcam is now a clean circular portrait.

Download the FREE circular head PNG template

The exact template used in the video. Just drop your headshot in and you're done. 1200×1200 transparent PNG.

⬇ Download FREE PNG

1200 × 1200 · transparent · 660 KB · no signup