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02 studio projects 102 interface captures

01 PC, phone & TV

Universal Remote

A little less reaching for another remote.

A controller that fits

A local-network control hub that brings the PC, phone and TV together. Use a touch remote, build a gamepad, share files and keep a watchlist in one place.

Touch trackpad, keyboard and media controls
Custom touch controllers and a PC streaming lobby
File sharing, a watchlist and everyday shortcuts
Sentinel Cam monitoring and automation controls

A closer look.

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Your phone, a remote — Your phone, a remote
Touch trackpad, media buttons and keyboard shortcuts in the phone interface. Demonstration connection.

A controller that fits — A controller that fits
The landscape touch gamepad with movement, camera and action controls. Demonstration layout.

Sentinel camera wall — Sentinel camera wall
The camera dashboard with illustrated demo scenes. No camera footage or household information is shown.

Movie night, organized — Movie night, organized
A shared watchlist with fictional titles, demo artwork and progress controls.

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Everything in one place — Everything in one place
The feature hub connects the remote, streaming, sharing and creative tools.

Make the room your own — Make the room your own
The fireplace settings with example messages and a fictional movie-night countdown.

Files and clipboard — Files and clipboard
Drop brings file transfers and shared text into one interface. All listed files and text are examples.

Drop on your phone — Drop on your phone
The phone view for sharing files and text with a PC. Demonstration data.

A watchlist in your pocket — A watchlist in your pocket
The same shared watchlist on a phone, with fictional titles and demo artwork.

An idea for the Arcade — An idea for the Arcade
The Arcade request screen, with a sample game idea and fictional recent projects. No generation was submitted.

Create from your phone — Create from your phone
The mobile Arcade interface with the same sample game idea.

Everyday automations — Everyday automations
Describe a rule in ordinary language and review it before approval. The rules shown are examples.

Read it before it runs — Read it before it runs
An example automation proposal awaiting approval. This demonstration does not control a PC or TV.

Rules on the go — Rules on the go
Automation suggestions and example rules in the phone interface.

Set up your PC stream — Set up your PC stream
Picture quality, frame rate, audio and touch controls in the streaming lobby. No desktop is being streamed.

Ready for the small screen — Ready for the small screen
The streaming setup on a phone. This is the connection lobby, not a live PC stream.

Arrange your controls — Arrange your controls
Edit the touch gamepad layout, add controls and keep the arrangement that works for you.

The camera wall on mobile — The camera wall on mobile
Sentinel's responsive dashboard with illustrated demo scenes, not real camera footage.

A closer look at an event — A closer look at an event
The saved-event viewer with a fictional parcel event and an illustrated image.

Monitoring preferences — Monitoring preferences
Sample monitoring instructions, quiet hours and a daily review limit.

The day at a glance — The day at a glance
A demonstration daily digest linking two fictional events.

Captured from the real app interfaces with demonstration data. Sentinel scenes are illustrations; no private files or camera footage are shown.

02 Windows · Kisnt KN104

KeyLight

Make your keyboard your own.

Aurora

A lighting and control app for the Kisnt KN104 keyboard. Explore 72 original patterns, shape the colors, remap keys and let app profiles or a schedule choose the look.

72 patterns, from Aurora to music-reactive lighting
A live keyboard preview with color and motion controls
Key remapping, shortcuts, macros and knob controls
App profiles, scheduled lighting and light or dark appearance

A closer look.

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Aurora — Aurora
Slow curtains of northern light.

Keys & macros — Keys & macros
A visual key map, remapped keys, shortcuts and an extra key layer. Sample setup.

Music Aurora — Music Aurora
Northern-light curtains that rise with the bass, glow with the melody and sparkle with the cymbals. Demonstration inputs.

App profiles & schedules — App profiles & schedules
Lighting profiles for different apps, a daily schedule and shuffle controls. Sample setup.

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Macro editor — Macro editor
The macro editor with an example sequence.

Knob & media — Knob & media
Choose how the keyboard knob and media controls behave. Sample setup.

Remap a key — Remap a key
Choose a new action for a key. Sample setup.

Nebula — Nebula
Glowing clouds of deep-space gas swirl slowly while stars swell and fade on top.

Rainbow Wave — Rainbow Wave
The classic rolling rainbow, aimed in any direction.

Screen Glow — Screen Glow
Your keys take on the colors of your screen, like a TV backlight. Demonstration inputs.

Retro keycaps — Retro keycaps
Rainbow lighting with the alternative retro keycap preview.

Aurora · dark theme — Aurora · dark theme
The same lighting preview in the app’s dark appearance.

Solid Color — Solid Color
One color across every key.

Gradient — Gradient
A smooth blend across the board. Raise Speed above zero to make it drift.

Breathing — Breathing
Slowly fades in and out, stepping to the next palette color each breath.

Color Zones — Color Zones
Letters, numbers, F-keys, modifiers, arrows and number pad, each in its own color.

Stripes — Stripes
Bold bands of color across the board. Raise Speed above zero to make them scroll.

Two-Tone — Two-Tone
Two colors meeting at a soft, glowing line that gently sways; Sway 0 holds it still.

Color Cycle — Color Cycle
The whole keyboard glides through your palette together.

Palette Flow — Palette Flow
Any palette, flowing across the keys like silk.

Spiral — Spiral
Color arms that wind around the center of the keyboard.

Radar Rings — Radar Rings
Concentric rings that expand from the middle.

Plasma — Plasma
Overlapping waves that melt into each other.

Color Wheel — Color Wheel
A spinning pinwheel of color around any point, in hard slices or one smooth sweep.

Kaleidoscope — Kaleidoscope
Mirrored, petal-shaped rings of color that keep blooming out of the center.

Fire — Fire
Flames licking up from the bottom row.

Ocean Waves — Ocean Waves
Rolling swells with white foam on the crests.

Lava Lamp — Lava Lamp
Warm blobs that drift and merge.

Ember Glow — Ember Glow
Coals that smolder and flicker, key by key.

Thunderstorm — Thunderstorm
A brooding sky broken by sudden lightning.

Fireflies — Fireflies
Fireflies drift in the dark and slowly learn to flash together, like the synchronous fireflies of the Smoky Mountains.

Lighthouse — Lighthouse
A lighthouse beam turns through the fog and flashes as it faces you.

Snowfall — Snowfall
Soft snowflakes drift down a winter sky on the wind and settle into a glowing drift that slowly melts.

Candlelight — Candlelight
A room lit by a few candles: a warm glow that breathes with their gently flickering flames.

Bubbles — Bubbles
Round bubbles wobble up through glowing water and pop in a small sparkle near the top.

Waterfall — Waterfall
Water pours down every column in bright streaks and churns into foam and mist along the bottom row.

Sparkle — Sparkle
Keys flash on at random and melt away.

Matrix Rain — Matrix Rain
Streams of light falling down every column.

Raindrops — Raindrops
Ripples spreading outward from random drops.

Night Sky — Night Sky
Stars that shimmer on and off at their own pace.

Fireworks — Fireworks
Rockets climb from the space bar and burst into falling sparks.

Meteor Shower — Meteor Shower
Shooting stars streak across a quiet sky, their tails cooling as they go.

Fairy Lights — Fairy Lights
Fairy lights in soft colors fade gently in and out at random over a warm glow.

Glitch — Glitch
Bands of color that keep glitching: rows tear sideways, blocks go the wrong color and the colors split apart.

Confetti — Confetti
Bursts of confetti pop and flutter down, spinning as they fall, then gather on the bottom row.

Scanner — Scanner
A bar of light sweeping back and forth.

Checker Pulse — Checker Pulse
A checkerboard whose two colors trade places.

Heartbeat — Heartbeat
A steady lub-dub pulse radiating from the center.

Police Lights — Police Lights
Two-tone emergency strobes.

Typewriter Sweep — Typewriter Sweep
A comet that reads across every row, key after key.

Wave Tank — Wave Tank
A tank of glowing liquid that sloshes from side to side.

Neon Sign — Neon Sign
Neon tubes that stutter to life and hum, with the odd faulty tube.

Marquee — Marquee
Theater chase lights march around the board like the bulbs on a cinema sign.

Comets — Comets
Bright comets with long glowing tails circle the board or bounce off its edges.

Warp Speed — Warp Speed
Stars stream out from the middle and stretch into streaks, like a jump to hyperspace.

Key Ripples — Key Ripples
Every key you press sends a ring of light out across the board. Demonstration inputs.

Afterglow — Afterglow
Keys turn white-hot when you press them and slowly cool down. Demonstration inputs.

Typing Heatmap — Typing Heatmap
The keys you use most glow hottest, building a live map of how you type. Demonstration inputs.

Flow Meter — Flow Meter
Your typing speed fills the board like rising liquid, and a long streak sets it on fire. Demonstration inputs.

Shortcut Guide — Shortcut Guide
Hold Ctrl, Alt or the Windows key and the keys that do something light up, colored by what they do. Demonstration inputs.

Rainbow Typing — Rainbow Typing
Every key you press lights in the next color of the palette, so your typing paints a running rainbow. Demonstration inputs.

Key Bursts — Key Bursts
Each key you press bursts like a tiny firework: a white flash, then sparks flying out and fading through the palette. Demonstration inputs.

Paint Splash — Paint Splash
Every key you press splatters a blob of wet paint that bleeds into the keys around it, blends where colors meet and slowly dries. Demonstration inputs.

Typing Lightning — Typing Lightning
Every key you press throws a crackling bolt of lightning to keys a few steps away, over a dark stormy sky. Demonstration inputs.

Equalizer — Equalizer
Your music as 21 dancing bars, with bass on the left and treble on the right. Demonstration inputs.

Bass Pulse — Bass Pulse
Every kick drum sends a shockwave out from the space bar. Demonstration inputs.

Sound Wave — Sound Wave
A glowing oscilloscope line that rides your music across the board, bass on the left and treble on the right. Demonstration inputs.

Beat Flash — Beat Flash
Every beat sweeps a new color across the board from the bass end and lets it fade softly. Demonstration inputs.

Night Light — Night Light
A dim, warm glow from below for late nights, with the home and arrow keys easy to find. Demonstration inputs.

System Meter — System Meter
Your PC's processor and memory use as glowing meters that turn from green to red as it works harder. Demonstration inputs.

Match Light Bars — Match Light Bars
The keys follow the side light bars' color. Change the bars with Fn + Home. Demonstration inputs.

Daylight — Daylight
A sky that follows your clock, from starry night through golden dawn to blue day. Demonstration inputs.

Key Clock — Key Clock
Tells the time on your keys: the F-key is the hour and the number keys are the minutes. Demonstration inputs.

Focus Timer — Focus Timer
A focus timer: the light drains across the board while you work, then refills during your break. Demonstration inputs.

Block Stacker — Block Stacker
A falling-blocks game that plays itself sideways across the letter keys. Demonstration inputs.

Key Snake — Key Snake
A snake glides over the keys and eats whatever key you press. Demonstration inputs.

Whack-a-Key — Whack-a-Key
Press each glowing key before its light runs out; misses cost a life, and the moles get quicker as you score. Demonstration inputs.

Simon Says — Simon Says
Watch the color zones light up in order, then repeat the sequence by pressing keys in each zone. Demonstration inputs.

Custom Paint — Custom Paint
Click keys on the preview to paint them. Right-click erases.

Keyboard settings — Keyboard settings
The device settings page for the Kisnt KN104.

App settings — App settings
Appearance and application preferences.

Interface captures with demonstration data. Screens show the project at the time of capture.