Obsidian for Beginners: Custom Themes (4/6) - How to Use the Obsidian App for Notes
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- This is lesson 4. The Obsidian app course for beginners continues. In this video, you'll see a brief walkthrough on the community custom themes in Obsidian note-taking app for complete beginners. Want to Know More? Click Show More ⬇️
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[00:00-00:13] - Review from the last video
[00:19] - Switch from Light Mode and Dark Mode
[00:45] - Exploring Community Themes
[01:43] - Nick's LYT Starter Kit and Cybertron theme
[02:54] - An alternative to the Obsidian theme - Amethyst by Cotemaxime
[03:41] - The Local Graph
[04:05] - Dracula for Obsidian by Jarodise
[04:45] - Switching to themes in Light Mode
[04:55] - Clean theme by Kmaasrud
[05:28] - Importance of a minimal theme
[05:53] - Ars Magna by Mediapathic
[06:22] - Keeping things simple and experiencing joy
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My productivity will never be where it should be until you teach me how to customize my own theme.
lol! The obsidian discord is the place for you!
so aesthetic over function?
@@murk.mp4760 i think the asethetic can help the function, ie. having different colors for different headings, bold, or itialics, to be able to look for said colors, to be able to find certain things quickly, possibly faster than without. but thats just my thought proccess
I have been using OneNote for years, I am about to do many online courses and came across Obsidian and your CZcams channel, OneNote and Obsidian are so similar, yet so different. Your Cybertron theme is so good for the eyes, thank you and I am excited in joining the journey.
This isn't just a tutorial series on Obsidian. This is a tutorial series on life
Thanks Rachel! Glad you're enjoying the series!
You are so authentic and excited about the topic, it's an absolute delight to watch your videos. Thank you for putting the time to share your knowledge!
You are so welcome!
Yessss 🙏💪
Best playlist ever. Thank you for sharing. 4/6 is done, I got 2 more to watch.
Wow, thank you!
I'm about to start my masters in a completely new subject after years out of school. I was looking for a way to learn and study that would allow me to harness my ADHD, rather than fight it. Obsidian was mentioned on a Reddit thread, so I wanted to look into it, but I was afraid that it would be like Notion and I'd waste so much time trying to figure out the app that I wouldn't actually learn. Your videos make me feel like I have a chance at succeeding in my master's, not just in using this app.
Oh, man...
Why didn't I meet this app sooner?
All my school's notes won't end as stacks of papers to forget if I use this sooner.
X'D
Thanks a lot, I am taking an online course of it but preferred to take your lectures. Hats off.
One more thing, I don't know why but I felt your inner beauty. May Allah Almighty help you guide towards the path of Islam.
Thanks for your videos! Im a brazilian viewer and i loved this. I'm a just apprentice in this world, zettelkasten, obsidian and notes, and your channel is the most valuable have i found on the internet. The subtitles are much importants, so, if i can request something, continue with this! Sorry for my bad english, a hug from Brasil!
Awesome video. I used to write my notes on small papers and put them in relevant boxes. But Obsidian really solved the problem of linking my notes and arranging them. And your explanations are also great!
I used to do the same thing but I would connect the boxes together contextually with yarn. Well, one day, my cat, high on catnip got into it. I guess unified field theory will have to wait another day.
I am switching from Roam Research to Obsidian to write my dissertation. Thank you for this playlist! I have learned exactly what I needed to. 👏🙌
@0:18 me laying down on my bed watching this at 3 AM on a TV in a completely dark room and thinking that: good thing the switch to white theme was only in the previous video and it has passed already by now. Some of the most valuable content I have yet to find though!
Really very clear, concise, and informative. Awesome job on these videos. I'm sold.
I try not to subscribe to youtube channels to protect my mental health, but this is an exception. I need this knowledge. Thanks for the videos.
This one was absolutely golden, my friend 😄
I love the intro to your videos, your content, your voice and how you show and explain things, your humble and practical edits - and particularly in this video, your enthusiasm and Cybertron theme presentation. I believe I will be using the same theme from now on. Excellent stuff, brother! 🙏✌
I'm binge watching to get to the next level; which is where we all need to be.
Awesome!
This video series and channel is amazing. It stands the test of time. Thank you!!
I found this channel today and my mind is blowing!!! Thanks for your effort!
Thank you for letting me know!
I almost didnt download obsidian because of a different CZcamsrs perspective on obsidian but I'm glad I did! I really love your take on it and so far I believe it's what I was looking for in a tool like this. Im moving fast through these videos because I am looking forward to getting started! Thank you so much.
Thanks for the aesthetics aspect.It is really good to have a theme you are comfortable with. Great video. Thanks once more.
My pleasure!
Installed your theme and I love it! Thanks for sharing!
As for me and my workflow, the Cybertron theme is entirely satisfactory in every respect.
Thanks Len! I LOVE hearing this
I love the serie !! Thanks a lot. This is a great personal upgrade gift ;)
I've just been turned onto Obsidian by a friend and your videos are really clear and have helped me get really started. This is all mainly for a D&D campaign that i'm part of. But it's an easy way to really pull together how this world links together. I can already see this as a tool that I want to use pretty much all the time, thanks for helping me get started on it!
*neeeeeerd*
@@ararune3734 boooo imagine making fun of other peoples interests. Very lame imo
@@keshi5541 Very lame opinion imo
@@ararune3734 sorry am I a mirror? Lol you have no insults, that you resorted to using mine 😆
@@keshi5541 Do you want to be insulted or something? Tbh I have no degradation kink, and if you do, you should keep it to yourself, this is CZcams.
I spent some time reading your notes in the video that dealt with attention and distraction, even though that wasn't the topic being discussed. Good stuff!
I was ready to forget obsidian as I want to use colors for my docs instead of just simple black and white mark down syntax. This video just changed my view and I learned the power of color themes. Thank very much.
🙌
What's an Obsidian theme you'd recommend for others to try? Comment below!
I'm currently using and really digging the retro 80s theme. However what I really want and would love to make is an old school dos inspired theme mostly done in green.
"Dracula for Obsidian" by jarodise is what I use.
Minimal looked neat. But your theme has the practical advantage of making me read what's on my notes instead of getting caught up with the aesthetics.
I just started with obsidian and didn't know custom themes was a thing. Personally if something looks aesthetic, it makes me want to use it more and I'm really digging your cybertron theme!
I think I will be changing the theme every other day 😅 thank youuuu
Sir, awesome video series. Great breakdowns.
Thanks - I'm really glad you've found this series useful!
I've been using the 80s Neon theme w/ Advanced Appearance plugin to darken the background a bit and change the font to a dyslexia friendly font, and I thought Obsidian was setting my neurodivergent brain off before but that was nothing compared to how my brain is with the new theme!
TLDR;
Pretty colors make adhd brain go brrrr 😌
Ha!
BRO. THANK YOU!
very grateful for this video, keep it up :)
thank you for this
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Hi I'm Korean who want to learn from you more :)
Can you possibly tell me when the next class open?
Thank you. I find it very difficult to focus in night mode so the Deep Work theme in light mode is the best for me
Man, I love your Cybertron theme.
thanks alot the tutorial it was really helpful
You're welcome!
thanks!
Like your theme 👍 Nice 👍 😊
I also loved Cybertron and I am using the same. Nice video as usual.
Hey that's great to hear! I'm certainly in love with it :)
thank you
You're welcome
Wow Obsidian is featuring your workspace on their website!
Well that's pretty cool!
Thank you so much for the useful information! I am so fortunate to watch this video for free :) I have a question about graph view. How could you add a graph view icon to the upper-right corner? (I found it from others' comments below! thanks!)
Glad to hear!
I believe the key point is with different themes, it becomes easier to avoid boredom.
Nice
Hi, I hope you read my comment. First, I've been watching several videos on obsidian, this collection of yours is so helpful, so thank you! Second, what does MOC mean? I've seen it everywhere and don't know what it entails. Thank you!
THank you so mush for this great tutorial series! Could you make a video about the zettelkasten?
probably should eventually, right now there's czcams.com/video/YWkCmR3KkLs/video.html
@@linkingyourthinking Oh my gosh, that is awesome!
Love this series!
Can you tell me what text font is being used at 4:15?
How do you get that local links graph to show up? I don't seem to have an option for it on mine but I love the look of it.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 *🚀 Introduction to Obsidian settings*
- Understanding the significance of settings in Obsidian.
- Importance of questioning the necessity of each setting and applying Gall's law.
- Emphasizing the philosophy of "less is more" and gradual growth in structuring.
01:19 *🛠️ Exploring essential editor settings*
- Demonstrating automatic settings and optional features like spell check.
- Enabling essential plugins such as the tag pane, page preview, and starred notes for efficient note-taking.
- Utilizing features like tagging, backlinks, and starring notes for better organization.
03:10 *🔍 File management and linking settings*
- Discussing file location preferences and managing deleted files.
- Highlighting the importance of enabling automatic link updating for seamless navigation and file renaming.
- Briefly mentioning dark mode, light mode, and upcoming explorations into themes and hotkeys.
05:04 *🔄 Importance of automatic link updating*
- Emphasizing the critical nature of enabling automatic link updating for efficient file management.
- Demonstrating how link updates ensure seamless navigation and consistency within notes.
- Stressing the significance of this setting in optimizing the Obsidian experience.
06:00 *🧩 Looking ahead and final thoughts*
- Teasing upcoming topics such as themes, hotkeys, and further customization.
- Reinforcing the primary focus on writing, thinking, and linking ideas in Obsidian.
- Encouraging engagement with the video content through subscription or comments.
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Thank you for the great tutorials. I was wondering if you can show us how to do the dash into bullet point with lines. Please and Thank you.
it requires css: forum.obsidian.md/t/cybertron-theme/1227/18?u=nickmilo
Hi. I REALLY love your customized themes. But I really don't know how to resize the fonts in your themes. By resizing I mean to change the actual size of the fonts, not zooming in. Thank you for putting such great effort into your work!
Hello
I want to ask how I can find the Amethyst theme that Nick describes in his fourth beginner video. It's very cool. But when I type Amethyst into a search, it doesn't find anything. Thanks.
Hi, do you know the name of the Obsidian pluglin that makes the headings in different colors and size? I mean like the ones in Dracula theme that you show. I have that funtion in one of my vaults but when I tried to install it in my second vault I could't found it nowhere
I like your Chanel
Thank you Reed!
[[ LOCAL GRAPH note ]]
You can enable local graphs when you select a note BY assigning the hotkey: "Open local graph", which was the topic starting at 03:41
Thank you
I'm new here and enjoying a lot this beginners' series. Thanks! Just one question: what should I do to go back to Obsidian's original theme? Again: thank you a lot! Your vids was the reason I started testing Obsidian.
I just found these sw PKS. Initially I thought about starting with Roam Research, but today there is no free version. Roam seemed to me to have an intuitive and interesting way of working.
Searching for options to Roam I found Obsidian, Remote and many others.
RemNote seems to be a great tool, but it seemed a little complicated to use. I am not familiar with flashcards for instance, so watching your vids I decided to start with obsidian. Cheers from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Cheers Roberto!
7:50 As long as it is constant time, as long as you only spend it once, it is well worth it.
I'm completely new, how to get the graph in the upper right corner????!!!!! please advice
Hi there, I really like the Amethyst theme, however when I use it now it has that kind of side border. Is it an update of the theme or is there any way to turn of the side border thing.
Anyways, I've just downloaded obsidian and started using it with the help of your videos. Thank you.
If you wanted Obsidian to display all your notes in Times New Roman, how would you do it? Or, have Times New Roman as the default font that's used by Obsidian?
At 2:26, how did you on double clicking opened the pane in edit mode?
I really loved the Cybertron theme its very CyberPunk2077 like the colors and font and its overall pleasing to the eye.
Another Dark Theme i liked was Minimal by kepano. its crisp.
Exactly yess!!
kepano is a CSS jedi
Nice vid.
Could have explained how to create a custom theme though.
CSS is not that hard should it be to style a few elements.
I also went into settings and found a few more I am interested in to have a closer look and experience to VS Code.
Disable Readable line length
Enable show line number
Switch Default editing mode to source mode
Tab indent size to 3 (personal pref)
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I like the theme called: Clair de Lune by Jamie Brynes, on dark mode.
Glad to see you've made your Obsidian space your own! Thanks for sharing!
Do a tutorial on how I can link OBsidian to running apps. In an earlier video I remarked lightly on that. But first, lets see how responsive you are to my suggestions.
I watched the first three lessons and in the beginning of this video I was thinking 'okay now I'm out AS IF I COULD DO THIS' but now my theme is Dracula :)
Lol!
What's the difference between a higher-order note and a tag? It seems to me that they have the exact same end result?
Is Blue Topaz Good to use
Excellent video!, a query, how do you use the zoom in Obsidian? That is, how could I increase or decrease the size of the text with the mouse or keyboard? Thanks for the reply :)
On a Mac, it's cmd-+ and cmd--
On a Windows machine it's probably control-+ and control--
Thank you! In windows I have problems but I hope to solve it :)
Very instructive :) I now use the Cybertron theme. How do you display/toggle the local graph?
I'll hit cmd-shift-w (to close all panes except one), then I'll hit cmd-g (to open graph view). That's my hotkey solution
@@linkingyourthinking Thank you for responding to my questions :)
Question, I notice a lot of the notes in LYT kit arent created. Such as the "How the LYT System enriches Spaced Repetition" note. Is this on purpose or is this an error?
Hi, I learned a lot from watching your videos, appreciate. I got one question: How do I know which theme I am using now? I plug in a theme and forget its name. Now, I want to use the same theme in another file but fail to recall it name.
Go to Settings > Appearance
@@linkingyourthinkingOk,thanks. I was there at Appearance last night. I will pay closer attention. 👍🏻
whats the difference between cybertron and lyt mode?
How do you make your own theme? I would really love a video on that.
Inside your Obsidian folder is a file called Obsidian.css
By editing that, you can edit how your theme looks.
That's a whole 'nother thing though, not for beginners!
I didn’t know they were yours. I’m currently using your theme and starter I think. I like the look but the windows get stuck sometimes horizontal. The colours for sizes I reall like as a benifit.
Just one comment I use the checkboxes a lot and have given them more space and colour tweak as like them clearer and not fuzzy :)
How do they get stuck exactly? The theme has vertical panes that you can scroll horizontally. Hot tip: hold shift while using the mouse scroll wheel.
Oh cool. That makes sense. Maybe I'll have to re-consider the checkboxes. Feel free to share your CSS checkbox settings. Maybe we can make it the default for the Cybertron theme (no promises).
Hi! I love the style and the colours of Cybertron. Keep up the good work!
I want to change one minor thing:
I want to set the background of ==marked== text (with two pair of equal signs) to yellow as default. I tried it with a Snippet, but I am not a CSS pro, so my solution didn't work:
mark {
background-color: yellow
}
Can you please tell me how to solve this?
That’s a tough one so your best bet is jumping into the forums. forum.obsidian.md/
The community can be incredibly helpful in situations like this.
@@linkingyourthinking : Thank You 👍
Hey, thanks for the video! I have a question, I've installed Amethyst , but I didn't get this cool local graph view :( can it be because of the 0.9 version or smth? How to create graph view, that follows you? Thanks!
By "Amethyst" do you mean "Obsidian" lol! I guess you would have to help out the awesome developers with a $25 "Catalyst" payment: obsidian.md/pricing ..... Or you can just wait until it's released publicly.
@@linkingyourthinking No, I mean what I mean :) Yes, I have a Catalyst licence, I just don't understand how to create an local graph panel. Can you explain it? P.S. I have found it, thanks for showing this option :) Great chanel, top obsidian content I've seen. Will wait for new videos :)
@@sirEdelas Happy you found it. Sorry I couldn't help in time. For those wondering, it's in Settings > About > "Receive insider builds"
Hi, probably the wrong place to ask but I'm here already, so. I have been using the Cybertron theme for obsidian, which I found amazing. The only qualm I have with it is that it cuts embedded links at a fixed point (which I think it's stock with obsidian) but doesn't allow you to scroll through it (Which the base theme allows).
I know I can edit the CSS of the theme to personalise it, but I don't know CSS so I can't figure out where to edit to add the feature back. Could you please point me to it? Thanks.
sorry, I don't know the answer, but the obsidian discord folks would
lol my eyes started hurting when u turned on light mode
What (if any) is your relation to good folks at Obsidian?
It would be fun to have Room Rater do Nick’s room
😆
2:30 How to use toggle like this, in new update
Can you use GIF, videos, sound, etc. or it's only text?
Hi Anthony - You can use a lot more than text within it. You can add any of those files listed to your vault (or link to an external link). If you're playing them locally and want to preview rather than link to them, put an exclamation mark before the link like ![[this]]
@@linkingyourthinking show how you can do that
06:50 about JOY
😄
hello :)
How can I download other people's template?
I think obsidian is different from the way it looks now and the way it used to be like in your CZcams video
does I have to download GitHub Desktop too?
oh sorry I solved out :)
But I still have a one question
what's the difference between Theme and plug-in?
Plugins add functionality. Themes just change the look
So you can't change colors of each sentence or highlight some sentences etc?
You can highlight. But if you want to color different words and sentences all sorts of colors, maybe stick with Microsoft Word ;)
Why can't change the text font sizes in Cybertron? It's too small for my liking.
Hi!
I download your template but on the graph view It's quite different.
The point color is not same as yours.
Can you help me?
I think I have to select color groups, right?
can you tell what it is?
make sure you have Cybertron activated in settings > appearance.
how do i detach the graphy view and open in new window.
You can drag and drop the icon to the side bar
Hi. Around 1:00 you reduce the size of the entire thing and tell us that you'll show us that hotkey later. What's that hotkey? D:
On a mac, it's cmd-- to reduce and cmd-+ to increase sizing
@@linkingyourthinking thank you. great series btw!
How to make our own or edit the Obsidian css?
When you turn on css it is obsidian.css
Thanks for everyone's responses!
What is the hotkey for enlarging the entirety of Obsidian? Anyone?
Hi George, if you're trying to make all of Obsidian larger, you can try cmd and the + key if. you're on Obsidian on a Mac (or ctrl and the + key if you're on Windows) which will enlarge not just the text but the toolbars as well. If it gets too big, you can zoom back by using cmd and the - key instead (or ctrl instead of cmd if you're on Windows).I hope that helps!
@@linkingyourthinking Yep, it's ctrl and + on Linux as well. Thanks.
ah, the most important thing when it comes to productivity.
Just curious. Are you a stoic? Cheers.
I know you warned, but I still spent 3 hours finding the perfect theme LOL
🙋🏻♀️ hi
Hi
Ok, use Cybertron - gotcha 🌝