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Blender 2.8 Screencast Keys Addon Tutorial

06-06-2020

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Blender screencast keys tutorial

In this video tutorial, I will show you how to set up and install Blender 2.8 Screencast Keys Addon.

I will also show you how to change the font colour, font size and enable the addon when making tutorials for Blender 3D.

Key elements we will cover in this video tutorial:

Download the Blender Screen Cast Keys addon Version 3.0
Open Blender 2.8 and go to Edit / Preferences
Select the Addons tab
Click the install button
Navigate to the screencast keys addon zip file which you downloaded and select
Click the Install Addon from the file button
Use the Addon search function to find screencast keys and click the "checkbox" to enable the plugin
Close down the preferences window
To access the screencast keys addon you need to press the letter "N" on your keyboard to open the "transform" side panel
Select the screencast keys tab
Select the "checkbox" to enable screencast keys
Change the font size and colour to make keylogging and mouse clicks on the screen more visible

Blender Screencast Keys Demo

Blender screencast keys demo

Install Blender Screen Cast Keys tutorial steps:

Step 1 - Download screencast keys addon

Click here to download the screencast keys addon

Step 2 - Open Blender Preferences

Launch Blender 3D.
Go to "Edit" Menu and then select "Preferences".

Blender edit menu preferences

Step 3 - Install screencast keys addon

Select the "Addon" tab from left side options.
Select the "Install" button.

Step 4 - Select the downloaded screencast zip file

Go to the location where you saved the screencast keys download file.
Select the file and then select the "Install add-on from file" button.

Select downloaded screencast keys zip file

Step 5 - Enable screencast keys addon

Search for the screencast keys addon.
Select the checkbox to enable.
Select the "save preferences" button.

Enable screencast keys

Step 6 - Enable screencast keys addon

Search for the screencast keys addon.
Select the checkbox to enable.
Select the "save preferences" button.

Enable screencast keys

Step 6 - Screencast keys options

Go to the Blender viewport and press the letter "N" on your keyboard to open the right-side panel.
Select the screencast keys tab.
Select the checkbox to enable screencast keys.
Adjust the options as required.

Screencast keys settings

Blender screencast keys video tutorial

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