Elgato Stream Deck MK.2 (Must Have Tech)

I recently bought an Elgato Stream Deck MK.2 which I should’ve made long ago. It’s an expensive piece of a great tech which I never thought I needed.

I hesitated to get one before because of the price but until I knew that the deck can be used just fine without the “unchangeable” height stand. And also, the time-save it can bring definitely helps in daily tasks.

Unboxing, where?

Unfortunately, I never got to take a video or even photos of the unboxing. The box contains the device, the detachable USB-C cable, and the stand. Sadly, it does not include a free faceplate to interchange the default black plain plate.

Setting Up

The device requires the Stream Deck application to actually setup what actions the buttons will do.

There are also lots of useful community-made plugins inside the Stream Deck’s Store that you will find very useful.

Setting the device is technically easy but I felt that some icon designs (the ones I needed) are very basic and were not standard.

So I try to make my own minimal but on-context (for me) icons.

Making Custom Icons

After reading Elgato’s Style Guide Documentation for making Stream Deck Icons, I decided to start doing my key icons.

Icon	Size	@2x
Key Icon	72x72 px	144x144 px

Elgato's Key Icon standard size

Thankfully, I use Figma for wireframing/designing graphics so it is the best tool to create these icons. Plus, it has an export button that upscale the design @2x.