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Ability to import/clone vertical canvas scenes into other vertical canvas scenes.

Dov Aloof

So I just tried using Aitum's new thing.... Waaaaay too many issues so I gotta switch back to SE LIVE. However, they did have ONE thing that I DESPERATELY need to have available in SE LIVE, and that's the ability to import/clone existing vertical canvas scenes into other vertical canvas scenes. This makes it much easier to duplicate my existing main canvas scenes in to vertical format without having to manually set up the foundations of the default scene every single time. 



Any chance we can add that ASAP?

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  • knieviltv

    Hey Dov — I went down exactly this rabbit hole and built a free stopgap while we
    wait for SE to ship a native clone button. Sharing the *why* and a tool that
    helps right now.

    Why there's no clone option today: SE.Live doesn't store vertical-canvas scenes
    in the OBS scene collection. Each canvas lives in its own "composition" JSON file
    under:

    %AppData%\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-streamelements-core\scoped_config_storage\streamelements_multi-streaming\compositions\

    SE.Live reads that file on startup, so editing it while OBS is closed works. I
    wrapped that into a small open-source PowerShell tool (no install): it closes OBS
    gracefully, shows a dropdown of your vertical scenes, duplicates the one you pick
    (same sources, positions, crops, filters), makes a timestamped backup before every
    change, then reopens OBS. It edits surgically — only the inserted scene changes,
    every other byte of the file stays identical.

    That kills the exact pain you described: you no longer rebuild the foundation of
    every vertical scene from scratch — duplicate the one you already set up, swap the
    game/scene capture, and you're done.

    Honest about scope: it duplicates scenes *within* a vertical canvas (the bulk of
    the "don't rebuild it every time" problem). It doesn't yet auto-import from your
    horizontal main canvas or copy across two different canvases — those live in
    different stores. May add cross-canvas import later.

    Download + instructions + the "golden rules" you should read first:
    https://github.com/dnsmzztt/selive-vertical-scene-tool

    One heads-up from a long night of testing: SE.Live also keeps a hidden scene
    registry and reconciles it at startup. It insists the first canvas scene is called
    "Scene 1" (that's why renames revert and it keeps respawning!), and fighting it
    (renaming/deleting scenes OBS has already seen) can bite — I lost a scene that way
    and recovered it from a backup. Duplicating with brand-new names works reliably.
    Full do's & don'ts are in the README, and I filed a detailed technical bug report
    with repro steps for the SE team (linked in the repo).

    Usual caveats: unofficial, reverse-engineered format (working as of SE.Live in
    July 2026), automatic backups always created, use at your own risk.

    And +1 to your own request — a native duplicate/clone button, plus a fix for that
    registry behavior, is the real solution. Hope this saves you (and anyone else
    landing here) from rebuilding vertical scenes from scratch!

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