I got a Corsair keyboard as a hand-me-down from my 13 year old,. and when I asked him to show me some things he rolled his eyes (and mumbled "boomer"). This was a great basic instruction video, thanks for the education. When I showed him the color fade effect he was a bit impressed. Now I'm curious about the Macros....
@@user-tr2dh4xx6u well considering they didn't have access to Google or RUclips growing up, perhaps show some respect and help your elders. you realize as a youngster all your life you most certainly asked them immensely stupid questions for days on end? and they helped you or showed you the right way, give it and earn it young person.
I just got the K68 RGB Corsair and like most people was confused on how to set the custom lighting up. After seeing your video i am able to set up lighting effects on my key board . Thanks for making the video. I will watch a few more of your vods as i like corsair products.
Finally decided to figure out iCue after a year of just using basic pre configured settings on it. Thank you for the in depth explanation/tutorial! I can actually kinda use it now! Lol
Thanks for the help. I have the Corsair Harpoon RGB Mouse and I didn’t know you could go Full rainbow, only static, until I realized that ICUE existed.
Great video I felt soo lost with this software, just bought my K68 and I was like soo hyped then exactly how you said load up software and straight away like o.O
Thank you soooooo much. The type lighting is all I really wanted to learn because I always used it on the old iCUE and the new one makes everything so complicated. This was great.
Thank you so much for this. The layers idea made a lot of sense to me. Overlaying the rain effect onto a solid color comes out super cool. I found that the opacity adjustment helps when you're layering effects. I have a solid color under the rainbow effect, but turned the opacity down so you can still see the rain effect, but it's not as drastic as the keys being completely off.
If I could like this video twice I would have! Thanks a lot! You really helped me understand the weird interface of corsair iCUE! Keep up the good work
Great video. Macros are useful for any repetitive tasks you may do (e.g., inserting rows in excel with a single key instead of ALT+I, R). Or using the screen snip tool.
Thx. Corsair should really do a tutorial and owners manual. But I'm glad you stepped in! One question I have is whether there's an open source community where you can download profiles others have created. If so, how would you load them into the Corsair iCue software to have them on your devices?
I know when I first bought my Strafe RGB keyboard Corsair had a forum where people could upload profiles they'd created which you could download and import into iCUE but doing a quick Google search just now it looks like people have been sharing profiles they've made on Reddit and some other sites but it doesn't look like there is anything that is officially supported by Corsair anymore. I could be wrong but I didn't see anything from Corsair themselves when I Googled it just now.
Nice vid, really helped. I have corsair on my laptop and I am not able to find the settings where you can select the action to light up on the press of a key
its not, it has so many problems and corsair does a terrible job of explaining anything. Cue doesnt detect my headset and still wont after reinstalling everything (drivers, the program itsself, so many reboots, different usb ports) Cue is a poor program
I like the Seattle profile you built. By the way ......grats on the game last night. I'm a Broncos fan so you and I have history but.......... Russ Wilson is my fantasy QB in both my leagues so I pull for Seattle nowadays
You are awesome! I was , like you said, very feeling so awesome about my new K70 low profile and also like you perfectly stated, that enthusiasm quickly came to a halt when I was up till 2am trying to figur this stuff out. This vid has been a true help in getting a better grasp on the software, thanks!!
Just some constructive criticism here, in no way an attack, but it will help your channel if you don't spend 2 minutes discussing how you don't know what your about to cover in the rest of the 26 min of the video. Just say "Okay this is what I was able to figure out by myself" and go on with it. At the end of the video you can say "okay so these are the basics, let me know if you'd like a follow up video with more advanced settings" and go from there. I know I'm not "qualified" to give you this advise, but this is what I've noticed from other channels and it may help yours.
Thanks. I appreciate the constructive criticism. This is something I'm very aware of and trying to find that balance of presenting the information people are wanting to see and satisfying my desire for people to understand where I'm coming from going into the video, if that makes sense. In the end I'm not a professional content creator, I'm just a normal guy who has a love of PC's and technology, enjoys making videos and sharing things I learn with other people. Thanks for checking out the video and for the constructive criticism, it shows you care and you'd like to see me improve. I appreciate that. Cheers my man. :)
@@Maraksot78 Thank you for the reply. I actually find your video quite professional, so IMO this channel will go far. Good luck! And keep the awesome videos coming!
I'm really now excited to get this for Christmas!!!! :D although can you make a video for the requirements and how to check if you have the requirements?
thanks from corsair k95 platinum XT 8:43 the outer ring helps you to get different colors expl you get brown when you make red more dark with the outer ring
@@Maraksot78 Most definitely! As you pointed out in your first minute or two..you have this thing, now..WTF. I mean I KNOW what I want it to do, but it was a little daunting. Thanks for giving me about 90 minutes back to my life by sacrificing 90 of yours! Happy New Year! I will subscribe.
I love all the functionality of iCUE but they really do need to create a manual for the app. To me they basically went "Ok here's the software it's really powerful. What you want to know how to use it too!? Sorry we can't do that, too much work!" Good video by the way.
I think the guy that created windows Vista and windows 8 got fired from microsoft and was hired by corsair to screw up their RGB keyboards with this abomination software called icue. It takes 45 minutes to learn how to do something that should take 15 seconds.
This is an interesting video, but unfortunately it didn't cover what I wanted. This was to set up my new keyboard for typing, with a static colour instead of the three pre-programmed fireworks effects, saved to a hardware profile, so I can use it with other computers which won't have iCue software running. I intend to go onto more complicated effects later. The keyboard came with impressive effects programmed into the hardware profiles, but unfortunately nothing useful for typing. (Why not?) Creating a basic typing hardware profile ought to be a very easy task. Was it easy to do in iCue? No, not all. I tried jumping in and using iCue, looked in vain for an online Corsair iCue 4 manual (there being none supplied) and found some unhelpful Corsair online help. That's why people say iCue is unintuitive. It is. I eventually found some usable help online, but not by Corsair. Looking at screenshots online, I suspect this was actually easier in iCue 3, where there seems to have been an ONBOARD PROFILES menu item.
my combo is the Corsair K55 and the Corsair RGB Harpoon. i was on a budget and it was a popular budget combo. but i wish the K55 was as customizable as the Harpoon.
Yep, if you set the RGB value less than 255 it should also do the opacity thing but it actually doesn't. Instead the RGB value only sets the color and the actual pwm is set by the opacity slider. My first effect is static white with a little bit of opacity and rippling colors, so the keyboard is always lit with white but has rippling colors
I used to love my Corsair K70 keyboard. The program it came with allowed me to switch up my RBG with ease. Recently they changed it and I no longer have any effects. I only have five compared to the 10-15 I used to have. The ones I currently have are as follows, Static, Gradient, Ripple, Solid, and wave. I want my keys to light up random colors only when pushed in again ;/
Thank you so much for your very kind comment. I'm very happy to know you found the video so helpful. I also greatly appreciate the sub. Hope you have a wonderful Holiday season. Cheers. :)
I think I figured it out. I need to click on the device first. Then choose a profile to edit ........at that point it shows Actions. However.......... I did reinstall the soft so there might have been an issue previously ........hard to tell.
I was wandering if there is a way so that when u press a key it would activate the color on that key and then after you press it it would slowly start fading away and take like 2-3 seconds to go away.
You can use iCue to control the lighting on the K55, however the K55 is one of Corsair's less expensive keyboards and does not have per key backlighting like the $100+ Corsair keyboards do, so you won't have the same level of customizability as I show in this video.
you have to click on the device you want to customize even if you only have one device. not very obvious. maybe separate lighting profiles on a per device basis with the option to lump them all into one
Like you, I'm an old guy - kids, unless you count the 70 I teach daily. I watched this video and it was informative but the only thing I'm curious about is how to save my lighting effects so that when I reboot the PC, that particular profile automatically loads. Does Corsair iCUE do this automatically? I would like to see an "apply" button? Is that too much for my simple mind to want?
Thanks for checking out the video and for the question. iCUE just uses the first profile in your profile list as the default profile. So whatever lighting effects you have set to your components in that profile is what will load up when you start your computer. :)
The K55 is a less expensive model and doesn't have the same level of customizability that Corsair's more expensive keyboards have. The more expensive keyboards have per key backlighting which allows you to set specific individual keys to whatever color you want. In contrast the K55 has 3 lighting zones, as I'm sure you already know, and gives fewer options and customizability.
6:06 to get to the actual lighting phase.
Thanks...
Thanx so much your truly awesome
I got a Corsair keyboard as a hand-me-down from my 13 year old,. and when I asked him to show me some things he rolled his eyes (and mumbled "boomer"). This was a great basic instruction video, thanks for the education. When I showed him the color fade effect he was a bit impressed. Now I'm curious about the Macros....
ok boomer
that's heart hurting.
i wish my parents and grandparents would figure out how to use youtube and google so they stop asking me simple questions...
@@user-tr2dh4xx6u well considering they didn't have access to Google or RUclips growing up, perhaps show some respect and help your elders. you realize as a youngster all your life you most certainly asked them immensely stupid questions for days on end? and they helped you or showed you the right way, give it and earn it young person.
@@BadLuckBinks yes, my grandparents didnt grow up with these platforms, and im happy to help them.
I just got the K68 RGB Corsair and like most people was confused on how to set the custom lighting up. After seeing your video i am able to set up lighting effects on my key board . Thanks for making the video. I will watch a few more of your vods as i like corsair products.
Finally decided to figure out iCue after a year of just using basic pre configured settings on it. Thank you for the in depth explanation/tutorial! I can actually kinda use it now! Lol
Thanks for the help. I have the Corsair Harpoon RGB Mouse and I didn’t know you could go Full rainbow, only static, until I realized that ICUE existed.
Great video I felt soo lost with this software, just bought my K68 and I was like soo hyped then exactly how you said load up software and straight away like o.O
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Thank you soooooo much. The type lighting is all I really wanted to learn because I always used it on the old iCUE and the new one makes everything so complicated. This was great.
Awesome. You're welcome. Happy to hear the video helped you out. Cheers! :)
Thank you so much for this. The layers idea made a lot of sense to me. Overlaying the rain effect onto a solid color comes out super cool. I found that the opacity adjustment helps when you're layering effects. I have a solid color under the rainbow effect, but turned the opacity down so you can still see the rain effect, but it's not as drastic as the keys being completely off.
nice, and pretty colours. I got the corsair k40 and love it, wish i had got the k50 with that wrist rest but all is good
as always, thanks so much for checking out the video Tom I really appreciate it. Cheers to you bro. :)
*_cries in Corsair K55 RGB_*
it's actually compatible with iCUE. But it's restricted to the 3 zones
why would you choose RGB>mechanical switches tho
I just bought one
same :(
@@bennybtw5084 If you don't like mechanical switches lol
You are a really underrated youtuber. Thanks for the video man!
thanks for this great video. I could not figure out the layers until I saw your video. subed!
If I could like this video twice I would have! Thanks a lot! You really helped me understand the weird interface of corsair iCUE! Keep up the good work
Video was extremely helpful. Just purchased a keyboard and mouse. Thanks!
its so true - I have this keyboard for at least half a year and don't no anything except making one color - you make me lough :-)
You make me super uncomfortable making those faces
just a dad making dad faces
i agree
I like making the faces. Makes the video more interesting.
Just like how I felt getting my k100.
Thank you, I finally set my keyboard in orange
Lol
i got a k60 rgb pro
and this really helps
I have heard lots about icue crashing on people’s pcs has that happened to urs before i get icue
Thank good that this video exist. You helped me so much thx
Thanks for the video, I figured out what I needed very quickly and it was clearly explained. Go Sounders FC!
Thanks for this video, it helped me decide which new keyboard to get!
Thanks for checking out the video and for the comment! Cheers! :)
Great video. Macros are useful for any repetitive tasks you may do (e.g., inserting rows in excel with a single key instead of ALT+I, R). Or using the screen snip tool.
This video is super clutch. Great job! :)
Thanks so much for the comment/compliment. :)
This video was super helpful, thank you!!
Thx. Corsair should really do a tutorial and owners manual. But I'm glad you stepped in! One question I have is whether there's an open source community where you can download profiles others have created. If so, how would you load them into the Corsair iCue software to have them on your devices?
I know when I first bought my Strafe RGB keyboard Corsair had a forum where people could upload profiles they'd created which you could download and import into iCUE but doing a quick Google search just now it looks like people have been sharing profiles they've made on Reddit and some other sites but it doesn't look like there is anything that is officially supported by Corsair anymore. I could be wrong but I didn't see anything from Corsair themselves when I Googled it just now.
Really useful video, will save me hours (or just giving up!), thank you.
Recently got a K100 and this helps a lot! Lol
Just got the K 70 MK 2 low profile and i needed this, my previous was a K70 non RGB.
This was actually very usefull! Thank you!
Thank you - - very helpful for a beginner!
Nice vid, really helped. I have corsair on my laptop and I am not able to find the settings where you can select the action to light up on the press of a key
thank you this saved me al lot of time
Thanks for the help, CUE doesn't seem really accessible to start with
its not, it has so many problems and corsair does a terrible job of explaining anything. Cue doesnt detect my headset and still wont after reinstalling everything (drivers, the program itsself, so many reboots, different usb ports) Cue is a poor program
I like the Seattle profile you built. By the way ......grats on the game last night. I'm a Broncos fan so you and I have history but.......... Russ Wilson is my fantasy QB in both my leagues so I pull for Seattle nowadays
Thank you so much, I wanted to make a custom rainbow wave and for the life of me couldn’t figure it out
Great video, thanks for the help.
You're welcome. Have fun! :)
High Quality and Thorough
I'm not sure if you noticed or brought it up, but there's actually a dedicated effect for type lighting. I use it myself on my MK2 lol
You are awesome! I was , like you said, very feeling so awesome about my new K70 low profile and also like you perfectly stated, that enthusiasm quickly came to a halt when I was up till 2am trying to figur this stuff out. This vid has been a true help in getting a better grasp on the software, thanks!!
Just some constructive criticism here, in no way an attack, but it will help your channel if you don't spend 2 minutes discussing how you don't know what your about to cover in the rest of the 26 min of the video. Just say "Okay this is what I was able to figure out by myself" and go on with it. At the end of the video you can say "okay so these are the basics, let me know if you'd like a follow up video with more advanced settings" and go from there. I know I'm not "qualified" to give you this advise, but this is what I've noticed from other channels and it may help yours.
Thanks. I appreciate the constructive criticism. This is something I'm very aware of and trying to find that balance of presenting the information people are wanting to see and satisfying my desire for people to understand where I'm coming from going into the video, if that makes sense. In the end I'm not a professional content creator, I'm just a normal guy who has a love of PC's and technology, enjoys making videos and sharing things I learn with other people. Thanks for checking out the video and for the constructive criticism, it shows you care and you'd like to see me improve. I appreciate that. Cheers my man. :)
@@Maraksot78 Thank you for the reply. I actually find your video quite professional, so IMO this channel will go far. Good luck! And keep the awesome videos coming!
I'm really now excited to get this for Christmas!!!! :D although can you make a video for the requirements and how to check if you have the requirements?
thanks from corsair k95 platinum XT
8:43 the outer ring helps you to get different colors expl you get brown when you make red more dark with the outer ring
Thank you VERY much for this tutorial!
You're welcome. Happy to know you liked it and it helped you. Cheers. :)
@@Maraksot78 Most definitely! As you pointed out in your first minute or two..you have this thing, now..WTF. I mean I KNOW what I want it to do, but it was a little daunting. Thanks for giving me about 90 minutes back to my life by sacrificing 90 of yours! Happy New Year! I will subscribe.
I love all the functionality of iCUE but they really do need to create a manual for the app. To me they basically went "Ok here's the software it's really powerful. What you want to know how to use it too!? Sorry we can't do that, too much work!" Good video by the way.
Nice tutorial, you are very fun
Thank you. :)
I think the guy that created windows Vista and windows 8 got fired from microsoft and was hired by corsair to screw up their RGB keyboards with this abomination software called icue. It takes 45 minutes to learn how to do something that should take 15 seconds.
omg this helped me sooo much thanks for making this video!! !!!
Wery god tutorial.Thank you.
Thank you so much this was really helpful
1st thing I did was add some seahawks colors as well!
This is an interesting video, but unfortunately it didn't cover what I wanted. This was to set up my new keyboard for typing, with a static colour instead of the three pre-programmed fireworks effects, saved to a hardware profile, so I can use it with other computers which won't have iCue software running. I intend to go onto more complicated effects later. The keyboard came with impressive effects programmed into the hardware profiles, but unfortunately nothing useful for typing. (Why not?) Creating a basic typing hardware profile ought to be a very easy task. Was it easy to do in iCue? No, not all. I tried jumping in and using iCue, looked in vain for an online Corsair iCue 4 manual (there being none supplied) and found some unhelpful Corsair online help. That's why people say iCue is unintuitive. It is. I eventually found some usable help online, but not by Corsair. Looking at screenshots online, I suspect this was actually easier in iCue 3, where there seems to have been an ONBOARD PROFILES menu item.
Actually thank you. I bought my K95 Platinium today :D
YOO THAT COOL MAN, I got mine for Christmas and I love it, hope it’s the same with you man!
my combo is the Corsair K55 and the Corsair RGB Harpoon. i was on a budget and it was a popular budget combo. but i wish the K55 was as customizable as the Harpoon.
thank you for helping me
very helpful thank you sir
Opacity is there to mix the effects, not just dim a color
Yep, if you set the RGB value less than 255 it should also do the opacity thing but it actually doesn't. Instead the RGB value only sets the color and the actual pwm is set by the opacity slider.
My first effect is static white with a little bit of opacity and rippling colors, so the keyboard is always lit with white but has rippling colors
That's what's I was searching thx man
extremely good video
Thank you! I appreciate that. You're very kind. Cheers. :)
I nedded this :D
tysm man this really helped me
What A Useful Video, Thanks.
You're welcome. Thanks for checking it out. Enjoy! :)
I used to love my Corsair K70 keyboard. The program it came with allowed me to switch up my RBG with ease. Recently they changed it and I no longer have any effects. I only have five compared to the 10-15 I used to have. The ones I currently have are as follows, Static, Gradient, Ripple, Solid, and wave. I want my keys to light up random colors only when pushed in again ;/
After spending several minutes messing with the program, I discovered a way to mimic my old setting.
Dude, Icue is easy to use. I was havin' a good time playing around in it without a tutorial. But still, good video.
@Jay L Are you havin' a stroke?
I am getting ready to return this keyboard just because of the software
Thank you so much! Your amazing
very helpful viedo thank you! Earned a new sub!
Thank you so much for your very kind comment. I'm very happy to know you found the video so helpful. I also greatly appreciate the sub. Hope you have a wonderful Holiday season. Cheers. :)
@@Maraksot78 Yeah you too, didn't know how to get a static 2 coloured lighting now i know!
this video helps me so much thank you
you're welcome! Thanks so much for watching. Enjoy! :)
Wanna skip to a particular part of the video? Use the Time Stamps. :)
-- Time Stamps --
0:00 - Video Intro
1:49 - Where do I download iCUE?
2:37 - getting started - iCUE Home Screen
3:50 - Creating a Profile
5:54 - Creating a Lighting Effect
7:18 - Predefined Lighting Effects
8:03 - Custom Lighting Effects - Static Color
9:15 - Custom Lighting Effects - Solid Color
12:25 - Custom Lighting Effects - Gradient
15:25 - Adding Multiple Lighting Effects
18:34 - Custom Lighting Effects - Ripple
21:19 - Custom Lighting Effects - Wave
24:30 - The Lighting Library
25:26 - Thanks for Watching! Like, Share, Comment & Subscribe! :)
is it compatible for mac? the keyboard & icue?
the k55
how do i save this
Super helpful! Thanks!
I think I figured it out. I need to click on the device first. Then choose a profile to edit ........at that point it shows Actions. However.......... I did reinstall the soft so there might have been an issue previously ........hard to tell.
Cool. Glad you got it figured out. :)
Thank you so much!!
You should remake this video for 2021 but also include a camera of what it looks like on your keyboard
I'm writing with k68 and ur the best!!!!!
Thank you. Cheers! :)
Very well explained. Thank you
Good tutorial :)
I had trouble with downloading the iCUE software, and it kept opening it with iTunes. Mind to explain the download in more detail plz.
I dont have this lighting Link there where you can Change effects Help pls
Me too
find anything yet?
would be nice if they had a promotion where they would buy back what you had bought.
lmao
thank you it helped a lot
Glad to hear! :)
helped a ton thx bro.
you're welcome. Enjoy! :)
I was wandering if there is a way so that when u press a key it would activate the color on that key and then after you press it it would slowly start fading away and take like 2-3 seconds to go away.
What Corsair keyboards does this work with, and whixh ones does it not, I use the K55, does it work for this?
You can use iCue to control the lighting on the K55, however the K55 is one of Corsair's less expensive keyboards and does not have per key backlighting like the $100+ Corsair keyboards do, so you won't have the same level of customizability as I show in this video.
@@Maraksot78 ohhh alright that makes sense thank you, will have to upgrade then I didn't know that!
this sounds so good but im still getting used to thwe layout as you can likely see
Do you have a video describing how to do fans and pumps and ram and strips?
Great video bud, it was very informative even though I am a logitech fan boy not Corsair :)
Thanks for checking it out anyway. I greatly appreciate it. :)
Nice job dude, keep up the good work!
i have the k55 and i have like none of those options i only have a static color and thats it for custom
The K55 is one of Corsair's less expensive keyboards and does not have all the customizability that their more expensive keyboards have.
Corsair ICUE is mindboggleingly frustrating. Corsair! Why can't I hit the profile button & then start hitting keys I want to light up?
Best tutorial😋Thank you a lot
when i go in lightning effect is show only 3 options in the predefined section please help : C
Same here but Idk what to do
Same
why that not work with my CORSAIR Strafe Mechanical Gaming Keyboard ?
you have to click on the device you want to customize even if you only have one device. not very obvious. maybe separate lighting profiles on a per device basis with the option to lump them all into one
Like you, I'm an old guy - kids, unless you count the 70 I teach daily. I watched this video and it was informative but the only thing I'm curious about is how to save my lighting effects so that when I reboot the PC, that particular profile automatically loads. Does Corsair iCUE do this automatically? I would like to see an "apply" button? Is that too much for my simple mind to want?
Thanks for checking out the video and for the question. iCUE just uses the first profile in your profile list as the default profile. So whatever lighting effects you have set to your components in that profile is what will load up when you start your computer. :)
Thank you!
Do all the devices automatically show up in icue or do I have to put in a product number, like in Razer’s synapse?
i got the corsair k55 i only see 3 predefined and 1 custom i dont have all those you have
The K55 is a less expensive model and doesn't have the same level of customizability that Corsair's more expensive keyboards have. The more expensive keyboards have per key backlighting which allows you to set specific individual keys to whatever color you want. In contrast the K55 has 3 lighting zones, as I'm sure you already know, and gives fewer options and customizability.
S A M E
Same 😢
are you able to turn the whole keyboard pink tho ?
"Beginner's guide" normally means a guide for beginners, whereas this was a guide from a beginner.
Hi. Can you combine a predefined light effect on top of a static light effect, and save it as one light effect on the hardware profile?
nice vid, how can you switch profiles with a shortcut instead if a key ?
thx dude
no problem. enjoy. :)
very helpful ty ty
You're welcome. Enjoy!