[0:00] are you tired of all those boring daily
[0:02] repetitive tasks slowing you down well
[0:04] today I'm going to show you 10 stream
[0:06] deck automations that will supercharge
[0:09] your workflow and boost your
[0:10] productivity I think people often think
[0:12] of stream decks as being just for
[0:14] streamers but I've had one for the past
[0:16] few months and honestly it's been a game
[0:18] changer for me make sure you stick
[0:19] around for the last one because it's a
[0:21] game Cher for Content creators like you
[0:23] and me and I'm going to show you how I
[0:25] stream seamlessly using Riverside my
[0:28] go-to platform for all my content
[0:30] creation needs all right let's start out
[0:31] with a pretty simple but powerful button
[0:33] on the stream deck and that is switching
[0:35] audio outputs now I personally am
[0:37] constantly switching throughout the day
[0:39] between my headphones and my MacBook
[0:41] speakers particularly when I'm switching
[0:43] between just my normal everyday tasks
[0:45] and then jumping into an editing session
[0:47] or a recording session with Riverside
[0:49] and so instead of having to go through
[0:50] multiple clicks with my audio output
[0:52] setting in my Apple toolbar I've got it
[0:55] set up just as a single button on my
[0:56] stream deck that automatically switches
[0:58] between my headphones and my MacBook
[1:00] speakers this one is actually super
[1:01] easier to set up it's just a free plugin
[1:04] called audio switcher that you can get
[1:05] on the Elgato Marketplace you just
[1:07] download and install it and then you can
[1:09] select which outputs you want to switch
[1:10] between you can even set up multiple
[1:12] different switches if you've got
[1:13] multiple outputs I always prefer using
[1:15] headphones when I'm recording in
[1:16] Riverside because then I can hit
[1:18] everything in the best quality possible
[1:19] and because Riverside records all of my
[1:21] content to my computer locally before
[1:23] uploading it to the cloud I can make
[1:25] sure I'm monitoring everything in its
[1:26] native high quality audio all right so
[1:28] number two is quick toggling dark mode
[1:30] and this gets into some kind of more
[1:32] advanced but really powerful stuff in
[1:34] the Stream deck so on my Mac I've got it
[1:36] automatically set to switch to dark mode
[1:38] in the evening but sometimes again when
[1:40] I'm recording or doing some color
[1:42] grading I need my room to be really dark
[1:44] and so having the option on my stream
[1:46] neck to just switch to dark mode with
[1:47] the single press of a button is super
[1:49] handy the way I've got this set up is
[1:50] with a simple apple script if you're not
[1:52] familiar with coding and scripting and
[1:54] all that kind of thing don't worry all
[1:56] you need is chat GPT I personally have
[1:59] no background in scripting especially
[2:00] Apple scripts or anything like that but
[2:02] literally all you have to do is ask chat
[2:04] to create an apple script for you the
[2:06] togg is between the dark and the light
[2:08] mode it will create it for you just copy
[2:09] and paste it straight into Apple scripts
[2:12] editor save it as an application and
[2:14] then open that with a button on your
[2:16] stream deck I'm going to go through a
[2:17] few more automations that I created with
[2:19] apple scripts but seriously I highly
[2:21] recommend looking into this because
[2:23] there's so many different things you can
[2:24] do and it's super powerful all right so
[2:26] number three is controlling smart home
[2:28] devices so for me I personally have
[2:31] three different smart lights in my
[2:33] office and so in the morning it's really
[2:34] nice to just be able to hit a single
[2:36] button and all of my lights turn on I've
[2:38] also got a button link to my living room
[2:39] so I can turn that on and off if I want
[2:41] to but again you can link this to all
[2:43] sorts of different smart home devices
[2:44] this is just what I've got linked up in
[2:46] terms of setup this can get a little bit
[2:48] more complicated depending on the smart
[2:49] home devices that you've got I
[2:51] personally run everything through home
[2:53] kit that's running on my NZ which again
[2:55] is a little bit more complicated to set
[2:56] up but there's lots of good tutorials
[2:58] online or some brands have native
[3:00] plugins on the Elgato Marketplace like
[3:02] the Phillips Hue lighting which are just
[3:04] plug and play so that's a lot easier to
[3:06] set up all right number four is setting
[3:08] up shortcuts to your notion Pages now
[3:10] most people I know who are pretty
[3:12] organized tend to use notion and I'm no
[3:14] exception it's where I plan all of my
[3:16] content pretty much it's like my central
[3:18] hub for all of my productivity but what
[3:20] this often means is that I've got a lots
[3:22] of different projects happening all at
[3:24] once in my notion workspace and it can
[3:26] be kind of tedious having to dig through
[3:27] all my different pages to find specific
[3:29] spefic pages that are linked to certain
[3:31] projects and so I've set up links to my
[3:33] frequently used notion pages right on my
[3:35] stream deck it's really easy you just
[3:37] use the website action button and then
[3:39] copy the link from your notion page into
[3:41] that website action button and you're
[3:42] good to go it seriously saves me so much
[3:45] time searching through all of my
[3:46] different notion pages to try and find
[3:48] the ones that I want all right so Ida
[3:49] number five is kind of the next logical
[3:51] step from the notion shortcuts and
[3:53] that's creating entire folders for
[3:56] specific projects so again you can use
[3:58] this for literally whatever you want in
[3:59] terms of your own projects for me I've
[4:02] organized a few different things on my
[4:04] stream deck into folders including video
[4:06] project files all of my notion files and
[4:09] all of my Riverside recordings for
[4:11] example I have a folder dedicated to my
[4:13] Riverside podcast recordings I can just
[4:15] hit a single button and it automatically
[4:17] opens up my Riverside Studio where I'm
[4:19] ready to record my podcast in high
[4:21] quality or even live stream to multiple
[4:23] platforms all at once in terms of
[4:25] setting it up it's actually really
[4:26] straightforward you just create a folder
[4:28] in the Stream deck software and then
[4:30] within that you can have pretty much as
[4:31] many links as you like and a pro tip you
[4:33] could actually even link your smart home
[4:36] automation with one of these buttons so
[4:38] for example I could set up the stream
[4:40] deck so that when I open my Riverside
[4:42] Studio it will automatically switch up
[4:44] my lighting scenario so it's ready for a
[4:46] recording for example all right number
[4:48] six is one of my favorites and this is
[4:50] focus mode now if you're like me
[4:51] sometimes you might find it a little bit
[4:53] hard to stay focus might be a bit
[4:54] distracted by notifications popping up
[4:56] on your screen or certain apps you might
[4:58] find particularly distracted and so I've
[5:00] set up a button on my stream deck that
[5:02] activates a fully custom Focus mode so
[5:05] what happens when I press my focus mode
[5:07] button first of all it puts the Mac into
[5:09] Do Not Disturb mode so I don't get any
[5:10] notifications then it sets my audio
[5:13] output to my headphones because again
[5:14] when I'm focusing I like to use my
[5:16] headphones to block out distractions
[5:17] next it'll open Spotify and
[5:19] automatically play a rain sounds
[5:22] playlist that's what I personally like
[5:23] to focus but you can set it to whatever
[5:25] you like and then last but not least it
[5:26] opens a Pomodoro Timer in my web browser
[5:29] I find pomodora Tim is really helpful
[5:31] for just focusing for a certain amount
[5:33] of time and again you can set this to
[5:34] whatever you want so if you have a
[5:35] dedicated pomodora app you could get the
[5:37] app to open this guy is really the limit
[5:39] like for example if you're a streamer
[5:40] combining this button with Riverside
[5:42] could be a game changer for you because
[5:44] you get even link opening a Riverside
[5:45] studio with the focus mode so that when
[5:47] you're live streaming to multiple
[5:49] platforms there's no distractions and
[5:51] you can just be really dialed into what
[5:52] you're doing plus with Riverside it's
[5:54] really handy because you can see all of
[5:55] your chats from multiple Platforms in
[5:57] the one place and it will record your
[5:59] entire ire stream into your Riverside
[6:01] studio and I've personally found this to
[6:02] be much easier than using OBS for
[6:04] example to stream because you can manage
[6:06] everything in one place and then later
[6:08] when your stream is over you can
[6:10] automatically edit clips from your
[6:11] stream using the Riverside editor which
[6:13] again just really streamlines your whole
[6:15] process and helps you be more productive
[6:17] in terms of set up this one uses a
[6:19] multi-action switch on the stream deck
[6:21] the way it works is it's got two modes
[6:22] on and off and then you just set up all
[6:24] the different actions you want to happen
[6:26] when you've got it switched on or when
[6:27] you've got it switched off again I use
[6:28] an apple to activate the Do Not Disturb
[6:31] mode but you can fully customize a multi
[6:33] switch with whatever you want all right
[6:34] so number seven is kind of fun and that
[6:36] is adding frequently used emojis now
[6:38] personally I actually really miss the
[6:40] old MacBook Pro Touch bar from like 2017
[6:43] or whatever it was because I really
[6:44] liked being able to just quickly add
[6:46] emojis and this finally brings that
[6:48] feature back I personally actually hate
[6:50] having to manually open the Emoji menu
[6:52] and scroll through or search and find
[6:54] the different ones that I want this one
[6:56] is also really easy to set up I've got
[6:58] all the Emojis set up in a folder and
[6:59] then it's easy as using a text action
[7:02] button to just quickly insert emojis I
[7:04] personally find this really helpful when
[7:05] I'm replying to all of your comments on
[7:07] my YouTube videos because it's super
[7:08] easy for me to just quickly tap and add
[7:10] some more emotion to my replies speaking
[7:13] of which make sure you leave a comment
[7:14] and hit the like button if you're
[7:15] finding these ideas helpful all right so
[7:17] idea number eight is one of my new
[7:19] favorites and that is ejecting
[7:21] particular USB devices so again because
[7:24] I'm constantly moving in and out of my
[7:26] office doing different types of work I'm
[7:28] also constantly having to eject my
[7:30] external drives my SD cards because I
[7:33] have so much footage that I'm managing
[7:34] between different storage locations but
[7:37] again I use chat PT to set up some apple
[7:39] scripts that allow me to eject
[7:40] particular drives so I've currently got
[7:42] two buttons set up one is designed to
[7:44] eject all of my USB devices all at once
[7:47] and then the other one is designed to
[7:48] just eject SD cards so if I'm working at
[7:50] my computer and I finished transferring
[7:52] some footage for example I can just
[7:53] eject my SD cards or if I want to leave
[7:55] my desk all together and go and work in
[7:57] a different room I just hit the all
[7:58] devices eject button and I'm good to go
[8:01] number nine is Spotify controls
[8:03] particularly a play and pause button
[8:05] I've got this on my home stream deck
[8:07] screen and the reason I like this so
[8:08] much is that when I use the play pause
[8:10] button on my keyboard it actually
[8:12] doesn't always seem to know which media
[8:14] source to go with so if I've got a
[8:16] YouTube video open plus Spotify open
[8:19] sometimes it'll play pause Spotify
[8:21] sometimes it'll play pause my YouTube
[8:22] video and I never know for sure which
[8:24] one is going to pick so be having the
[8:25] button on my stream deck I know for sure
[8:27] it's always going to play or pause my
[8:29] music this one's super easy to set up
[8:30] there's a native Spotify integration
[8:32] plugin on the elgo marketplace it also
[8:34] shows the album artwork on the button
[8:36] while it's playing which is kind of nice
[8:38] and you can even map other buttons like
[8:39] next or previous for even more control
[8:42] all right so last but definitely not
[8:43] least I highly recommend adding some
[8:46] Final Cut Pro shortcuts to your stream
[8:48] deck if you're a video editor like me or
[8:50] whatever platform using to edit whether
[8:52] it's Riverside or Premier Pro anything
[8:54] like that you can set up heaps of
[8:56] different shortcuts all the way from
[8:57] basic up to really advanced personally
[9:00] I've got my stream deck set up so that
[9:01] when I open funnel cut it automatically
[9:03] opens a whole bunch of different
[9:04] shortcuts that I frequently use this is
[9:07] actually really easy to set up it's
[9:08] pretty much as simple as adding a hotkey
[9:10] shortcut for some more advanced controls
[9:13] you can combine it with command post
[9:14] which is what I've done which is another
[9:15] free Mac app and then from there I've
[9:17] personally got it set to do a whole
[9:19] bunch of different things including
[9:20] stabilize footage copy and remove
[9:22] effects from Clips add basic titles loot
[9:25] playback you can really get super
[9:27] Advanced especially if you're using mult
[9:29] action shortcuts for more complex edits
[9:31] the guy is really the limit I say it all
[9:33] the time but if you're looking to
[9:35] increase your productivity when it comes
[9:36] to video editing shortcuts are really
[9:38] the way to go and then once you finish
[9:39] editing your video to speed up your
[9:41] workflow even more again I like to use
[9:43] Riverside to create short form Clips I
[9:46] just upload my edited video into
[9:47] Riverside and then let the AI decide
[9:49] which parts of my long form video are
[9:51] best for short form Clips then I just
[9:53] need to download them and then I can
[9:55] reupload them to YouTube and Instagram
[9:57] so there you go there's 10 ideas for
[9:59] automation to hopefully boost your
[10:01] productivity and your content creation
[10:02] let me know in the comments if you've
[10:04] got other suggestions I'm really Keen to
[10:05] continue fleshing out my stream deck for
[10:07] even more shortcuts and make sure you
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[10:10] the description if you're looking for a
[10:12] centralized content creation platform
[10:14] that let you record live stream
[10:16] repurpose and edit all of your content
[10:18] in the one place it's a huge time saer
[10:20] especially for live streamers and
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