How Stream Deck Transformed My Video Production And How to Set It Up

[00:00] you want to take the easiest way to

[00:02] record your videos If you use an Elgato

[00:04] prompter or if you record your videos

[00:06] directly on your PC using OBS what I

[00:09] will show you will make your life easier

[00:11] even when you want to increase your

[00:13] productivity or record your display to

[00:16] inspire you I will show how I use the

[00:18] Elgato stream deck and how I set it up

[00:21] of course this is a matter of preference

[00:23] and you can use it in many different

[00:25] ways for many applications but my method

[00:28] is to inspire and show you what you can

[00:30] do with this great device briefly if you

[00:33] don't know what a stream deck does it is

[00:35] a controller created by Elgato with 32

[00:38] buttons 15 or six with knobs there are

[00:42] multiple versions of this controller and

[00:44] you can set them up as you like I will

[00:46] make this entire demonstration using the

[00:49] version that has 32 buttons stream deck

[00:51] Excel if you have a smaller version the

[00:54] only difference will be about the number

[00:56] of buttons and some models also have

[00:59] knobs or small displays I consider this

[01:02] big one the best for me because I can

[01:05] have everything I want at the Press of a

[01:07] button and by the way this video is not

[01:09] sponsored I bought all the equipment

[01:11] presented in this video with my own

[01:13] money all the buttons are customizable

[01:16] via the stream deck software and if you

[01:18] are creative you can control almost

[01:21] everything with this device the buttons

[01:23] are small screens and you can also

[01:26] customize the graphic on them it's crazy

[01:29] useful now now how I use it for talken

[01:31] head video creation and how I set it up

[01:34] of course connect the stream deck to

[01:36] your Mac or PC and install the software

[01:39] and all the updates this is what the

[01:41] software looks like in the upper left

[01:43] corner you can select your device if you

[01:46] use multiple ones and under that you can

[01:49] save and select your profiles if you

[01:51] want to create multiple ones in the

[01:53] middle you can see the buttons this is

[01:55] different according to the layout of

[01:57] your stream deck if you have another

[01:58] version on the right right side you will

[02:00] see a ton of functions and you can

[02:03] install more we will get to that

[02:04] immediately how do I use it to record my

[02:07] talking head videos mainly it helps me

[02:10] to control the Elgato prompter and

[02:13] speeds up the workflow incredibly well

[02:15] on the Elgato stream deck software go to

[02:18] the Elgato market and install the camera

[02:21] Hub plugin after the installation you

[02:23] will see on the right side the camera

[02:25] Hub and various function I like to have

[02:28] a button that starts the camera H

[02:30] software to open any application from

[02:32] your computer on the right sidebar go to

[02:35] the system and drag the open function on

[02:38] the preferred button on the tab app

[02:41] files click on the folder and choose the

[02:43] application from your application folder

[02:46] or program files on Windows you can also

[02:49] add a name if you want that and now when

[02:51] you will press this button your chosen

[02:53] application will be launched in my case

[02:56] camera Hub I use the button above to

[02:58] start and stop automa atic scrolling I

[03:01] drag from the right sidebar the prompter

[03:04] Control Function and select play Das po

[03:08] when I press this button the automatic

[03:10] scroll will start and when I press it

[03:12] again it will stop I use the next two

[03:14] buttons to increase and decrease the

[03:16] brightness of the prompter screen from

[03:18] the camera Hub plugin I drag and drop

[03:21] the prompter display function I click on

[03:24] it and at the settings tab I choose

[03:26] brightness type adjust and select how

[03:29] you like it to be static and that will

[03:32] increase or decrease the brightness with

[03:34] the selected amount or slider horizontal

[03:37] or vertical I like it vertical so the

[03:40] first one I want to increase the

[03:43] brightness by 5% now I will copy this

[03:46] button select it press command C go to

[03:49] where you want to paste it and press

[03:51] command V and change the value to

[03:53] decrease the value by 5% now you will

[03:56] see a slider and increase or decrease

[03:58] the brightness by by 5% this is so

[04:01] useful I use the next two buttons to

[04:04] increase and decrease the contrast of

[04:06] the prompter display because we can

[04:08] select that with the same function I

[04:10] will copy the buttons from the

[04:12] brightness and at the settings tab I

[04:14] will choose contrast instead of

[04:16] brightness at type select adjust

[04:19] vertical and increase it by 5% on the

[04:23] next one the same but decrease it by 5%

[04:26] and now I can increase and decrease the

[04:28] contrast EX extremely fast with the next

[04:31] two buttons I like to set two different

[04:34] vertical margin size sometimes I like to

[04:36] have the margins at 52 and sometimes at

[04:40] 79 to set this I need to use the

[04:43] prompter appearance function I will drag

[04:45] it to the button at setting I will use

[04:48] vertical margins you can use it for many

[04:50] other things also at type I will select

[04:54] set because I want it to jump to a

[04:56] specific percentage not to increase or

[04:58] decrease with a specific amount I want

[05:01] to jump directly to 52% and set the

[05:04] value at 52% next I copy this function

[05:08] above and set it to 79 and now when I

[05:11] press the button to trigger 52% I will

[05:14] set the margins to 52% and when I press

[05:17] the 79% button it will set the margins

[05:21] at 79% with the next two buttons I like

[05:24] to increase or decrease the scroll speed

[05:27] but gentle with 1% for this I use the

[05:30] prompter scrolling function type adjust

[05:33] I can style I like it lighter vertical

[05:36] and step size I want it to increase the

[05:39] speed by 1% I will copy this one below

[05:42] and set it to decrease the speed only by

[05:45] 1% now when I record and for some

[05:48] phrases I need a lower speed I decrease

[05:50] it and increase it as I want with the

[05:53] next two buttons I like to scroll up and

[05:56] down sometimes I need to repeat

[05:58] something and I need to go back back a

[05:59] few lines or scroll faster a few lines I

[06:03] use the prompter Control Function again

[06:05] at the setting I select scroll and

[06:08] choose to scroll up by 1% I copy the

[06:12] button and set it to scroll down by 1%

[06:15] now I can move the text faster up and

[06:17] down on the next button I like to use

[06:20] preview to prompter from the camera Hub

[06:22] functions what does this do if you have

[06:25] a camera connected to the camera Hub via

[06:28] capture card like Delgato coming 4K you

[06:30] will see in the camera tab the live

[06:33] image from the camera and if I press

[06:35] this button it will change the prompter

[06:38] display from the prompter mode where I

[06:40] see my text to the preview mode and I

[06:43] can see myself on the screen of the

[06:45] prompter remember that to have this

[06:47] preview you need to have the caming 4K

[06:50] to connect the camera to your PC the

[06:53] capture card is around $79 at the time

[06:56] of publishing this video I will add

[06:58] affiliate links in the description

[06:59] destion for the stream deck caming 4K

[07:03] the Elgato prompter and my other

[07:05] equipment if you want to invest in

[07:06] something if you click on my links

[07:08] you're not going to pay anything extra

[07:10] but I will earn a small commission and

[07:11] this will help me keep sponsors away

[07:13] from this Channel and create more

[07:14] valuable content for you thank you with

[07:17] this button I can now simply change the

[07:19] view from prompter to preview my camera

[07:21] and check if everything is okay with the

[07:23] button above I turn on or off the

[07:26] prompter screen there are some moments

[07:29] when I I have it connected and I take a

[07:31] break and I want to have it off to not

[07:34] disturb me or redirect my attention for

[07:36] this I use the prompter display function

[07:40] and at setting I choose power now with

[07:43] this button I switch between the script

[07:45] mode where I see the text and display

[07:48] mode where I use the prompter as a

[07:50] secondary display this is useful when I

[07:52] have a video call and I use it as a

[07:54] display to put the person that I'm

[07:56] speaking with on the prompter and look

[07:59] into the lens while speaking for this I

[08:01] use the function prompter mode type

[08:03] toggle State One display and state two

[08:06] text and here I need to select one

[08:08] script the next button I use is to go to

[08:11] the next page of the stream deck if I

[08:13] want more functions and I don't have

[08:15] enough slots you can add this from

[08:17] navigation and next page this is how I

[08:20] control my Elgato prompter easily and

[08:23] fast with the buttons above I also

[08:26] control my OBS Studio when I record the

[08:29] video using OBS the first button will

[08:31] launch the OBS you can set it the same

[08:34] as you set it to launch the camera H and

[08:36] to have the functions for OBS install

[08:39] also from the marketplace the OBS plugin

[08:42] with this button I like to start and

[08:44] stop the recording I just drag it here

[08:47] and with the next one I pause and resume

[08:49] the recording with the next three

[08:51] buttons I trigger my OBS profiles I have

[08:54] one with all the settings to record 4K

[08:57] another one to record full HD D and want

[09:00] to record my laptop screen so from the

[09:02] OBS functions I drag the profiles

[09:04] function and choose what profile I want

[09:07] to trigger you need to have the OBS open

[09:09] to see the profiles the next button will

[09:11] turn on and off my search with the

[09:14] camera and the last one for OBS just

[09:17] opens the folder where I have my

[09:19] recording from the system I use the open

[09:22] function and choose the fold I have a

[09:24] full tutorial about how I record my

[09:26] videos in OBS if you are interested in

[09:28] this topic and I will add a link in the

[09:30] description this is all I control when

[09:33] it comes to OBS player simple and fast

[09:36] with the buttons above I create print

[09:38] screens and I record my lepton screen

[09:40] fast and if you find this video useful

[09:42] until now don't forget to press the like

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[09:46] thank you with the first one I create a

[09:48] print screen of the full display on Mac

[09:51] you need to press command plus shift

[09:53] plus three to do that so I drag and drop

[09:56] a hot key click on hot key and press the

[09:59] buttons combination and now when I press

[10:01] this button it will press three buttons

[10:03] for me and directly make a PR screen if

[10:06] I want to capture just a portion of the

[10:08] screen on Mac you need to press command

[10:11] plus shift+ 4 so I have another hold key

[10:14] with this combination I press the button

[10:17] and select the portion that I want to

[10:19] capture with the next button I will

[10:21] launch the QuickTime Player if you press

[10:23] command plus control+ n you will create

[10:26] a new screen recording so I press button

[10:29] to open Quick time and another one to

[10:31] create a new screen recording I press

[10:33] enter on the keyboard and it will start

[10:35] to record my laptop screen the last four

[10:38] buttons are for productivity I have

[10:40] three buttons that set timers for 15

[10:43] minutes 30 minutes and one hour

[10:46] sometimes I take a short break and

[10:48] sometimes I want to take a break to read

[10:49] for an hour so I will just press one

[10:52] button go to my reading chair and after

[10:55] one hour this timer will alert me to set

[10:58] this timer go to stream deck drag a

[11:01] timer set the amount of time and choose

[11:04] a sound now just press a button and the

[11:06] timer will start running and on the last

[11:09] button I have a clock I installed a

[11:11] plugin from the market called surprise

[11:14] clock dragged it to the button and

[11:16] selected a face you can customize much

[11:19] more things play with them and find your

[11:22] style but you can have the stream deck

[11:24] control everything have a ton of

[11:27] shortcuts and still record the video in

[11:29] a longer session than you wish this is

[11:32] why the Elgato prompter it's a blessing

[11:34] and I will give you a dedicated video

[11:36] where I show you how I use it and what

[11:39] you can do to speed up your recording

[11:41] sessions like crazy this device is Magic

[11:44] check it and transform your workflow

[11:46] into something incredibly fast