Design and Render Keycaps for Mechanical Keyboards - Easy Beginner Guide
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- čas přidán 5. 08. 2024
- Thought I would share some knowledge that I gained while starting the process of putting a keycap design concept together. This a very basic level of this process, and there is so much more to get your set into production. I hope some of you out there will find this helpful. If this ends up inspiring you to render your keycap ideas, I would love to see them!
KAT Sunburst details and renders: / kat_sunrise_details_re...
Color tool resources:
coolors.co/
paletton.com/
color.adobe.com/create
www.canva.com/colors/color-pa...
Keyboard Layout Editor (KLE): www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/
KLE Render Tool: kle-render.herokuapp.com/
Blender keycap design tutorial: • How to design and 3D r...
Blender Download: www.blender.org/download/
Keycap Blender Templates: www.dakotafelder.com/keycap-d...
(The board template is no longer available, but you can still find the template for the caps!)
DIY Cable Store: cruzctrl.gg/collections/diy-c...
Socials:
IG: / cruzctrlcables
Discord: / discord
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Twitch: / cruzctrl_tv
Web: cruzctrl.gg/cables - Věda a technologie
shoutout to the nico in the thumbnail
Nico Yazawa is best girl
CruzCtrl NICO NICO NIIIIIIIIIIIII
Miraie XD nice seeing you here Miraie, speaking of which; what keyboard do you use?
RaveN Somen www.google.com/amp/s/h5.aliexpress.com/item/32386414370.html assuming this one
@@CruzCtrl what preset did u use in KLE
ahhh thank you so much for making this! i have been wanting to create keycap renders and designs for so longgg. as soon as i found this video i made my first set and i'm in loveee already!
I needed this in my life, i was planning to design a green QK65 themed set and name it "birch forest" or something along the lines, now I can make my wish come true.
Thank you.
I love the vibes of this video, your voice is so pleasant to hear, and the content is VERY helpful. Thank you so much for sharing!
Really useful tutorial! I was looking at those kinds of resources and this is the perfect video to explain it. Thank you!
Wow this is exactly what I needed! Thank you so much and good luck with your own cap set!
Thank you so much! I'm currently using this tutorial for a school project :)
Thank you so much! I’m happy I can actualize an idea I have for potential custom commissions!
Thank you, you made an awesome video for being new at the process, I will be trying this!
Thank you so much for helping me get started! Video tutorials are the best
this is such a great video, i'm so glad i found this channel! side note: i LOVE the sunburst keycaps
So glad I found this, I’m an artist looking to somehow create cool stuff for my fellow keyboard enthusiasts and this helped a lot! Also your voice is so nice and soothing to listen to. Great video! Definitely subbed
great video thanks for the help! made me want to create my own designs
Awesome video and very helpful
super helpful, thanks for making this!
Dude thanks so much for this video, this is very helpful!
I loved the video it was so helpful! It helped me finally visualize what I was thinking haha
this video made me happy and helped
I would literally kill for a Love Live themed set. But thank you for the tutorial!
Just found you recently and I'm glad you did! Thanks for putting out tutorials and sharing what you've learned on your journey
it's a pleasure :)
Thanks for checking out the vids
Super helpful! Thanks!
you are the one, dude. Best one in the game!
Oh My God, this is the best! thank you!!
Thanks man just in time
Great video. Dope keyboard. Keep it up! Found this channel from reading through reddit. Your tutorial on making cables has been super helpful as well!
ah thanks for checking out the video :) uwu
@@CruzCtrl ayo, keyboard egirl?!
This was a well done video.
Subd! Really wanted to try and create my own set of keycaps. Thank you for this tutorial!
Thank you great vid!!!
Great video/resources
Thanks for this! For the past couple of weeks I've been thinking I wanted to try my hand at designing a keycap set. These are great resources to start with :)
i loved this video im binging a bunche of keyboard videos to learn more and i came across this i kinda want to try to design some this was amazingly helpful !!
i cannot find the keycap on keyboard blendert model did you?
@@RossHannaa i dont have a computer that can run blender right now so i haven't looked sorry about that good luck tho! 👍
Wow this vid was great
Thanks a lot for your videos men.
This is super cool! Could you make a video on how to make novelty keys?
great video! really usefull :)
hey man awesome video i am curious if u have anymore great videos related to keyboards on your channel thanks
Thank you, you legend.
Ima drop a comment bc u said so, this helped me so much:)
I would always think about typography and layout first and then about colors.
Nice vídeo dude
THANK U
This is so great! any tips on making a keyset in other profiles that aren't available as a template?
i like your videos thank you for the tips :)
Thank you for the video! Can you also show us how to put custom image on the keycaps?
Have you found something yet, I need this
thanks
I can't afford shit but still I'll be watching these customer keyboard videos forever. Great video btw !!
same here
I need to have KAT Sunburst !! Please let me know if you make this a reality for others lol
thanks for the video. do you know how to change which keys are classified as the alpha/base and accents? i want to change a set of keys but it is different from the presets
dude purple pigeons have been my grail for the longest time . I should have copped when it was like 200 but now it's crazy. Didn't know you were into sneakers!
Lol I copped when they were like $120 in 2006
@@CruzCtrl bro can you make one and then buy them I want to make one for my setup and then make it but idk how
FILES USE IN THIS VIDEO (DELETED LAYOUT) - drive.google.com/file/d/1TqoAEYrcjxGWwHkPXYfyTN5W_5phObGm/view
thx man
awesome tutorial, is there a way of making parts shine-through like in pudding keycaps? i'm interested in making my own low-profile puddings with cherry mx compatibility since i've yet to find anything
id buy those
Very nice job, where would you go if you wish to have these keycaps made?
how could i add novelties to the keycap set
Thanks for the tutorial, but i have one more question, where can i order my own keycap set with my designs
Is there something similar for designing custom usb cables?
Hi! Great video! I didn't know there was a way to render KLE files! That's awesome!
Do you know how to change the Legend font in KLE?
Also, if I design my own keycaps do you know who give the maker service? Thanks for sharing!
Please please please do one on designing novelties
I love you but it'ss 7AM here, gonna watch this tomorrow lol
haha. sweet dreams
so how do you purchase your custom keycaps after you make them?
Would you happen to have the file for the template with the keyboard? Would be really cool if you could upload it somewhere so we can have something to work with!
Hi, can you tell us how to add custom legend?
How do you select multiple keycaps and change their colors together in blender? I've tried selecting multiple but then clicked new material and only the last keycap selected will change color.
Did you have these keycaps custom made IRL? If so, where? Thankssss
Is there a way to change a character of a keycap to let's say a japanese character or a custom-font character? I am very new to blender
Hey Cruz, any idea how to design novelties?
how do I make the keycap my own layout?
i cannot find the keycap on keyboard blender model on the website its for me the just caps on can someone send me the files or a link to them on github or something? I would really apreciate it
Anyone know if the color scheme he was designing ever came to be or where to buy one close to it?
Im new to using blender, but does anyone know why I don't have the close up render option?
Quick Question: is there any way to get .blend files with hiragana sub legends? My original idea for a keyset was to have them and I don't know a way to render them with the sub legends, thanks
Bro your voice is super nice to hear
Is there any way to change the font of the keys on keyboard layout editor
can you change the fonts right?
Do you know how I would go creating sublegends?
You ready to do another one of these using KRK?
How do you change the font?
How would you go about getting them produced?
Can I buy em like how do I get them
If I made my own where could I get them made for me?
How could I add some images to the keys?
What if I want custom legends?
I can't render it always says Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request. Either the server is overloaded or there is an error in the application.
Hey Dudes I am German and must be change some keycab numbers and Names in the Keyboard Layout Editor. how can i use this in Blender ?
is there a way to make these actual keycaps?
KLE render site is giving error 500 every time I try to render JSON :(
Help pls Cruz the website only has ansi layout keycaps and not all the cool ones u showed
Do you now hot to change one of the legends to something custom made? I want to change the sec key to a novelty I designed but I can't figure out how.
you will have to design it in blender
the link that you put in for the templates doesn't have the keyboard downloads anymore. It just has caps. Where can I find the download for the keyboard?
drive.google.com/file/d/1TqoAEYrcjxGWwHkPXYfyTN5W_5phObGm/view
got you fam
@@tsuki2000 yo do you happen to have all the keycap variations of that file too?
Thanks man! Much appreciated
@@AndrewTran sadly not. i just took the time to type out the link he showed in his video
How do you design like kat profile or sa profile keycap?
Is there any way to add fonts?
i guess my files saved to /tmp but i can't find them! my renders)
Now where to order the rendered keycaps?
Hey, I have a question. Where'd you find the blender templates for the KAT profile?
I went to check his reddit post. He used dsa profile since that was closest to KAT
where can i find blender templates
lov u
Can I 3d print them?
what name for this keyboard?
Is there anyway you would be able to provide the keyboard blender file via mediafire or dropbox that way we are able to use it?
You can obtain it from the website shown in the video at 7:10 . I think the download now sends you to gumroad where you are requested to pay a fair price.
Does anyone know where I can find the keyboard renders? The site that is linked in the description only has stand alone key cap templates. Thanks :)
The keyboard renders were removed from the site :(
@@CruzCtrl Aww, do you know anywhere else I can download a template that has the case and key caps together?
drive.google.com/file/d/1TqoAEYrcjxGWwHkPXYfyTN5W_5phObGm/view
@@CruzCtrl drive.google.com/file/d/1TqoAEYrcjxGWwHkPXYfyTN5W_5phObGm/view
@@jensennwong drive.google.com/file/d/1TqoAEYrcjxGWwHkPXYfyTN5W_5phObGm/view