With iCUE 4 you can create custom profiles to save custom lighting, performance,
and other settings that’ll change with a single button press or even
automatically switch when you bring an assigned application into focus.
This allows you to have custom lighting effects turn on as well as allow you to do things like
ramp up your system fans and load up custom key remaps and DPI settings for your favorite game.
To create a new profile in iCUE 4, expand the Profile tray on the left-hand side of
the iCUE 4 window. Note that if you need to collapse this tray, simply click the button
again to move it back out of the way. Click the ‘+’ button under “System
Profiles” to add a new profile to the list. A popup menu will appear, allowing you to change
the name of the profile, select a profile icon, link an application to this profile, and apply
a custom background image or video file that’ll be displayed in iCUE when this profile is selected.
Profile Icons are displayed just to the left of the profile name in iCUE 4
and will help make it easier to identify the active profile at a glance..
Use the profile icon window to select an image, click the + button in this window to select a
custom image. Or click the paint bucket icon above the image selection to assign a simple
color to this profile.
To link an application, click the + button next to “linked app”
and browse to the shortcut or executable file for the application you wish to link this profile to.
Linked applications can be games, web browsers, content creation or even office programs.
Note that once a profile is linked to an application,
it’ll only be active when that application is in focus, if you switch to another application,
the previous profile you had active before running the game or application will be loaded by iCUE.
To add a custom background image or video to this profile, click the + button next to
“background image or video” and select the image or video file you wish to use for this profile.
Once you’ve finished creating your profile, click “create” and the new
profile will be ready for you to assign custom lighting, performance, and actions or macros!
Most CORSAIR gaming mice and keyboards have a dedicated profile switch that’ll cycle between
all profiles you’ve created or imported into iCUE on the fly. If you wish to create your
own profile switch, go to key assignments on either your mouse or keyboard in iCUE.
Create a new key assignment by clicking the ‘+’ button
and select the “Profile Switch” assignment type.
You can select either a single profile or a profile list for this switch to cycle through.
You can tweak the profile switch even further with the options to the right.
Once you’re done, make sure that you’ve assigned this key assignment to the desired button on your
mouse or key on your keyboard and then click “COPY” to copy this assignment to all Profiles
that you’ve added to the Rotation List.
If you wish to edit profile settings or want to import or export a profile, select a profile
in the System Profiles list and open the menu just to the right of the selected profile.
You’ll be given the option to set this profile as the default in iCUE
as well as rename, edit, copy, import, export and delete.
If you wish to organize your profiles, you can create a new folder by clicking
the folder icon near the top of the System Profiles list.
Open the menu for options to rename or delete this folder.
To add a profile to a folder, simply drag and drop the desired profiles into the folder.
If you have a long list of profiles and want to find one quickly in your System Profiles list,
click on the search button and type the name of the profile.
To import a custom iCUE profile, go to the profile bar and open the profile options menu,
click import profile. Click the “+” button and
browse to a profile that you’ve downloaded or previously exported and click “open”.
Use the toggles under “import with the profile” to select specific aspects of the profile that
you want to import. For instance, if you’re only interested in the lighting effects, toggle
everything off except for “lighting effects”. Once you’ve made your selections, click import,
and the profile will be added to the bottom of the profile stack.
To export your own custom
iCUE profile, go to the profile bar and open the profile options menu, click export profile.
Select the profile you wish to export from the drop down menu and use the toggles under
“export with the profile” to configure which parts of the profile you wish to include,
if you’re only interested in sharing a cool lighting effect you’ve created, toggle
everything off except for “lighting effects”. Once you’ve made your selections, click export,
browse to a directory you wish to save the profile to and click save.
And that’s it! iCUE 4 profiles allow you to change the behavior of your system with a simple press
on your mouse or keyboard or automatically when linked to a game or other application.
For more information about iCUE 4, check out corsair.com/icue