Make your video and photo content shine with Elgato lighting solutions

Make your video and photo content shine with Elgato lighting solutions
If you're creating video or photographic content, whether professionally or not, light is one of the most important factors no matter the quality of your camera. Here are two Elgato lighting solutions that will absolutely brighten your day. Elgato makes an impressive array of high-quality professional gear for content creators, including the Wave:3 microphone, Stream Deck, and HD60X video capture unit. The company also provides a range of lighting solutions. Two of its top-end models are the Elgato Key Light and the Elgato Ring Light. Sure, you may have overhead lighting in your office or studio, but a professional lighting source can make a huge difference, even when video conferencing or using webcams. In fact, I asked ChatGPT what some of these are, and it produced this list. Improved visibility:...

Elgato Stream Deck Mk.2 review: Functionality on deck

Elgato Stream Deck Mk.2 review: Functionality on deck
It’s not often that we delve into the kind of hardware targeted at Twitch streamers. The brilliance of the Stream Deck, however, is that it has many uses beyond playing a police siren sound effect to a watching audience.The Stream Deck is a 15-button panel that can be used to control all manner of things: Windows PC or Mac, Photoshop or PowerPoint, Spotify or Slack. Anything that accepts keyboard shortcuts is basically compatible with the Elgato Stream Deck Mk.2. This second version is a minor upgrade to the model we reviewed last year, and is now only part of a range of Stream Decks that span from the six-button Mini version right through to the 32-button XL. This 15-button panel hits the sweet spot on the price/utility axis as far as we’re concerned, although others will prefers the XL’s greater flexibility.The Mk.2 addresses one of the...