Lighting Overview; Part One - Corsair VENGEANCE K70 RGB Manual

LIGHTING
ASSIGNMENTS

PART ONE

LIGHTING OVERVIEW

With the Corsair Gaming Software you can create
a great variety of lighting schemes that apply to
supported mice and keyboards� For example, you
can light the movement keys for a game in red,
create a gradient lighting effect that changes a key
from green to blue when you run a macro, or cause
colorful lighting to ripple across the keyboard as you
type�
There are several types of lighting that apply to the
Corsair Vengeance K70 RGB, and it's important to
understand their differences to create the lighting
effects most useful to you�
Because lighting schemes apply to profiles, modes,
and actions, you may want to refer to those sections
of this documentation to learn how to implement
lighting schemes�
LIGHTING TYPES
• Background Lighting – Background lighting
is the default lighting while a particular mode
is active� The background lighting starts when
the mode is activated, resumes when no other
lighting scheme is activated, and ends when
you switch modes�
• Foreground Lighting – Foreground lighting
is activated in a mode when certain start
conditions are met, and ends when an end
condition is met� By default, foreground
lighting ends when you switch modes, though
you can also configure it to persist between
mode changes� When foreground lighting
ends, the background lighting returns� For
example, if your background color is green,
you can set a foreground lighting that will
change the W, A, S, and D keys commonly
used for movement to blue when you activate
a mode� Then, when you return to exit the
game and return to your default mode, the W,
A, S, and D keys will return to the background
color�
• Action Lighting – When you create an action
(e�g�, a macro, keystroke, or timer action),
you can specify a lighting for that action� The
action lighting will take precedence over both
background and foreground lighting while
the action is running� For example, if you are
in a mode where the foreground color for the
F11 key is set to green, and you have a macro
action assigned to that key that performs
some keyboard input and also sets the key
color to red, while the macro is active, the F11
key will be red� Once the macro is complete,
the F11 key will return to the foreground color
of green�
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