I think this would be cool to see in some tournament settings. Imagine WCS EU where they have the cam shots of the players keyboards, now you see this for a period of 10 or 30 seconds when APM is high.

nanaoei

3358 Posts

May 17 2013 04:13 GMT

#144

If the OP is still in current version, you could probably use a condense keyboard layout instead. I sorely doubt that anybody uses their numpad for starcraft2. Try TTesports meka keyboard, the arrow keys cushion themselves right under the enter key to form a flush rectangle keyboard setup.
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or KBC poker:
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This is also done for seemingly 3d images of playstation and xbox controllers in case anybody was wondering. If the program gave the ability to edit the images i'd take it up.

nanaoei

3358 Posts

May 17 2013 04:17 GMT

#145

On May 17 2013 13:13 TeslasPigeon wrote:
I think this would be cool to see in some tournament settings. Imagine WCS EU where they have the cam shots of the players keyboards, now you see this for a period of 10 or 30 seconds when APM is high.

What's even cooler is when the camera-view cuts into first-person of each player. I don't know if you've ever watched korean BW, but that was always really cool to see, and i've been waiting for that to happen. Dreamhack usually experiments with a lot of cool features (heartrate monitor?) and i would see them doing something like this. I also believe MLG has a separate display (and stream) for player FPV, but it would still be very cool to be lead into FPV on the main screen.
These days, you could have the whole shabang... FPV together with keyboard cam as an overlay.

shindigs

United States4795 Posts

May 17 2013 07:23 GMT

#146

Ahh I should update the OP with more relevant information and alternatives.

So I saw CatZ stream with a daskeyboard skin. It would be awesome if he or someone from ROOT could release it because I would totally use it as well as many others, as daskeyboard is pretty popular among SC2 players. Would be a good way to gain a little exposure for the brand too!

verne

United States43 Posts

May 17 2013 17:05 GMT

#147

I cannot get OBS to work so I'll probably stick to Xsplit but I dont see how to add software capture.. anyone have an Xsplit tutorial???

OBS won't let me resize my camera and I still can't figure out how to tell it where to stream my stuff.. why does this stuff always have to be so overly complcated with no instruction.

KrazyTrumpet

United States2520 Posts

May 17 2013 17:08 GMT

#148

On May 18 2013 02:05 verne wrote:
I cannot get OBS to work so I'll probably stick to Xsplit but I dont see how to add software capture.. anyone have an Xsplit tutorial???

OBS won't let me resize my camera and I still can't figure out how to tell it where to stream my stuff.. why does this stuff always have to be so overly complcated with no instruction.

This is all in the guides section of the forum, stickied at the top...

https://obsproject.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=642
https://obsproject.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=410
https://obsproject.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=402
https://obsproject.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=665

Some things are slightly repositioned/renamed in newer versions, but the basic concepts are all there. If you still can't figure it out after reading this then...idk. The software isn't complicated =/

Qntc.YuMe

United States792 Posts

June 11 2013 05:38 GMT

#149

so what do people do about it expiring and randomly shuts down in 30 minutes... I just dont think its worth the money

joofro92

United States108 Posts

June 11 2013 05:41 GMT

#150

On June 11 2013 14:38 OpTiKDream wrote:
so what do people do about it expiring and randomly shuts down in 30 minutes... I just dont think its worth the money

For CatZ's stream, he just restarts it every 30 minutes lol. There doesn't seem to be a permanent fix for this unless you wish to buy it.

Slayer-

United States113 Posts

June 13 2013 21:23 GMT

#151

Do people really enjoy this in streams? or would they prefer streamers to just uncover the bottom right command card? I was about ready to implement it into my stream but shortly realized I dont want every single one of my keystrokes to be registered to god knows where- perhaps even when the program is closed. Keyloggers circa 2001 stealing all your diablo 2 items :O

DreamEater

United States6 Posts

June 21 2013 18:44 GMT

#152

On April 02 2013 02:43 tuho12345 wrote:
pretty cool idea, kudos!
But I'm not sure how helpful it is to the audience, seems a little too much distractions for them

I think it's great because you can always check VoDs

Avos5

27 Posts

July 08 2013 06:46 GMT

#153

I dont really want to revive an old thread here, but it seemed important enough to have 8 pages.

I found a key visualizer with a keylock hotkey, free, developer seems to make it geared for starcraft streaming.

http://twofx.github.io/EZKey/

pretty easy to do, pretty easy to set up, and use, works with OBS pretty well, seemed pretty decent on my stream
It looks rather ugly how I had it set up, I was just antsy to test it and see how well it logged everything. so my edges just dont line up that well and I dont have it worked into any overlay.

with that disclaimer
http://www.twitch.tv/avos5/c/2542128
you can change the colors on basically everything, ideal for chroma keying it out, you can change the sizes of everything, even font type, you can change the shape of your keys and make them round or square or anywhere between. plus, FREE.

hope this helps.

Finn_

50 Posts

August 01 2013 23:02 GMT

#154

How do i get it so the virtual keyboard is not on top of my screen all the time with one monitor?

Avos5

27 Posts

August 08 2013 22:52 GMT

#155

there should be a setting that allows you to check "always on top" and make sure its off.

i know with EZ key, its automatically not always on top. but which visualizer are you using?

ArroW.LionS

Switzerland10 Posts

August 09 2013 09:04 GMT

#156

Is that normal when i have the virtual keyboard and i tab out to my second screen, the programm shutting down? is there anyway to fix that with Xsplit or not ?

thejames10

Canada1 Post

August 13 2013 01:42 GMT

#157

For people with a dual PC streaming setup, is there a way that you could get this to work?
I know the auto scene changer program for Starcraft 2 and League Of Legends does take that in mind by having the "Dual Compter Mode"

Would this be an idea for the future?

~Panda

NightVision

Canada7 Posts

August 31 2013 22:36 GMT

#158

Hi there, I have the program called '' HOT virtual keyboard '' but how do I put it on my stream overlay ? I just kept searching for 30 minutes for this and I have no idea how to put it on..

I use OBS

Thanks !!

FetusThrower

United States50 Posts

September 01 2013 03:08 GMT

#159

I don't really care for things like this. It's distracting and kind of useless to watch people's hands/face/etc. I'd rather watch what they're doing, because it's a lot more summarized and less confusing to follow (if that's what you're actually trying to pull off by watching the keyboard).

I don't find APM all too amazing unless you're like, Madbull or someone else.

guruPanda

Germany32 Posts

September 30 2013 15:22 GMT

#160

Hm, I really like this, I don't like having to have it in the corner of my eye though. Does anybody know of a way where OBS can capture this aside from a screen-capture? Some things obs can capture even when they're in the backround.