[0:00] You just got your commissioned model back,
or maybe you purchased a pre-made.
[0:03] You open up Vtube Studio--
and you have no clue what's going on.
[0:07] That's okay.
[0:07] Today I'll be giving you a crash course
and everything that you need to know
[0:11] about this app.
[0:11] There's a lot to cover today,
so here's a breakdown of everything
[0:14] we'll be discussing from the model import
all the way to model recolors, effects
[0:18] and Twitch Redeems.
[0:19] If you're looking for something
in particular,
[0:21] feel free to use the timestamps
in the description.
[0:23] Let's start by actually getting the app.
[0:26] You can pick up Vtube Studio on Steam.
[0:28] The app itself is free,
but it does come with a watermark.
[0:30] If you want, you can purchase a DLC
[0:32] that removes the watermark for you,
although if you're in a pinch,
[0:35] you can crop out the watermark--
to a degree.
[0:37] There is another DLC available
as well for VTuber collabs.
[0:40] If you buy that DLC, you'll be able
to collab with other VTubers
[0:44] and have their models on screen
next to yours.
[0:46] If you want to buy all of the DLC,
the app will cost you about $35 USD total.
[0:50] Before we actually open the app, though,
you need to consider first
[0:53] what form of tracking
you're going to be using.
[0:56] If your model doesn't have any form
of face tracking and uses either mouth
[0:59] tracking or a mic input for movement, then
you can go ahead and skip this section.
[1:03] Otherwise,
you'll have to pick a form of tracking.
[1:06] I could do a whole video on this alone,
but I'll give you a breakdown.
[1:09] Try not to get overwhelmed because it does
get a little bit confusing.
[1:13] If you need basic tracking,
you can get away with a webcam.
[1:16] Webcam is super easy to set up.
[1:17] All you have to do is plug it into your PC
and turn it on in Vtube Studio.
[1:21] And if you have an NVIDIA card,
you can actually use
[1:23] a slightly better form of webcam
tracking through NVIDIA broadcast.
[1:26] If you want a better, more
accurate tracking, you can use a phone,
[1:30] either
Android or iOS with the Vtube Studio app.
[1:33] And if you want very, very accurate
tracking, including blend shapes
[1:37] for things like lip pucker, tongue out
and so on, then you should use exclusively
[1:41] iOS with an additional app like vitamins
or Vbridger in tandem with VTubeStudio.
[1:46] Keep in mind
that those apps require the model
[1:49] to be rigged for those things.You
can't just use VBridger for a model
[1:53] that isn't rigged for it,
so if you have a prebuilt,
[1:55] make sure that the model is compatible
before bothering picking up the app.
[1:59] If you're choosing to use
[2:00] one of those enhanced tracking apps,
you still need an initial tracking
[2:04] app, which can be Vtube Studio,
but there are other options as well.
[2:07] So make sure to do your research
and choose
[2:08] which one is best for you,
and cross-referenced that the app
[2:11] can communicate with that specific mobile
tracking app as well.
[2:14] From there,
the desktop app will use VtubeStudio’s API
[2:18] to send tracking information
and new parameters over.
[2:20] I'm not going to be going over the Vtube
Studio API today, since it opens the doors
[2:23] to dozens of plugins and customization
options, but I will be covering an example
[2:27] of how you would connect one of those
external plugins for your tracking.
[2:30] If that's something that you're planning
to do.
[2:32] The rundown for pricing
overall is as follows.
[2:35] So 35 if you want all of the DLC
for the desktop app from Vtubestudio,
[2:39] VtubeStudio Mobile for the Pro
version is about $22 richer costs $10.
[2:44] So if you plan to use that app,
you will need to purchase that as well.
[2:47] And if you want the editor,
it's an additional 20.
[2:49] But you don't need the editor
for basic configuration, so only buy
[2:53] that if you intend to make changes
to the default Vbridger configuration.
[2:56] Vitamins is free.
[2:57] That's the app that I use personally.
[2:59] However, there's much less support for it,
so just expect to be on a sinking ship
[3:03] if that's the route that you go.
[3:05] If you're curious,
my personal setup involves iOS with Vtube
[3:09] studio mobile app, using WiFi connection,
and in tandem with vitamins.
[3:13] There are tons of configurations though.
[3:15] Like I mentioned before,
so I recommend doing your research,
[3:18] picking what's in your budget
first and going from there.
[3:20] We'll talk about the tracking connection
process in a bit.
[3:23] After picking up Vtubestudio,
you can either run it on steam or,
[3:26] if you want to save
some resources on your PC,
[3:28] which is important f
your PC is not very powerful,
[3:31] then you can also open up the app folder
and run the app without steam.
[3:35] Once you have the app open, you can double
click to open the main menu.
[3:38] This top icon is what we'll be working
with next.
[3:40] It's where you load in your model.
[3:42] To the right of
that is the screenshots menu.
[3:44] Then we have background items, model
and items, lock
[3:48] settings logs and the collabs menu.
[3:51] But let's move on
[3:52] and get our model set up first
as that's the most important thing.
[3:55] If you don't have a model,
I do have a tutorial on
[3:58] how to make a simple PNG tuber
using free software,
[4:00] but you can also find inexpensive
pre-made models on Etsy, VGen, or Ko-Fi,
[4:04] and you can even load in free models
from the Steam Workshop
[4:07] by searching something up
and adding them to your library.
[4:09] The Steam workshops even accessible
from within VTuber studio right here,
[4:13] all you have to do is pull it up
and search what you're hunting down,
[4:15] and it'll automatically download the model
and add it to your library.
[4:18] Regardless of how you get your model,
you should have a model folder
[4:21] ready to go.
[4:22] If you use the Steam Workshop,
[4:23] it should be already downloaded
into your models folder.
[4:26] So nothing to worry about
in your situation,
[4:27] but in most cases you'll have a zip file
that contains a model folder.
[4:31] If your model folder is structured
properly, you will have a main folder
[4:34] with your model runtime file,
which contains
[4:36] all of the deformer information,
your vertex information, etc..
[4:40] Your model Json file
which has references and some extra info.
[4:44] Your physics file
which has all of your physics setup info.
[4:46] The CDI3 file ,which isn't really needed,
but you'll likely have anyway.
[4:51] And lastly, your textures folder.
[4:53] If you're missing any of those necessary
files, your model will fail to load,
[4:57] so make sure that everything is structured
correctly.
[4:59] If you want your model to have an icon,
[5:01] you can also drop that into your model
folder.
[5:03] Just make sure it's 512 by 512 pixels
and either JPEG or PNG format.
[5:07] Later on
we will also be setting some expressions.
[5:09] You might have some already,
and if you don't, don't worry,
[5:12] it's not like
needed for the model to run or anything,
[5:14] but these can be loose in the main folder
and if you want
[5:17] you can put them in a subfolder
if you want them to be neatly contained.
[5:20] This applies
[5:21] to animations as well
[5:22] to load your model, and we actually have
to go through our File Explorer.
[5:25] Your models folder will be
within your VtubeStudio app path
[5:28] under Vtubestudio data -> streaming
assets -> live 2D models.
[5:31] We can drag and drop our model in here:
drop the entire folder,
[5:35] not just the contents.
[5:37] To actually open the model up,
[5:39] you'll click the little person icon
and your model should be here.
[5:42] If it's not,
sometimes it takes a second to load.
[5:44] If you just put it
in. So just open and close the menu
[5:47] a few times
and eventually you'll see it pop up.
[5:49] Then just click on it
and it should load everything in.
[5:51] If it's a freshly exported model,
you'll get a prompt asking you
[5:54] about the model setup.
[5:55] This is telling you that the model
[5:56] doesn't have any tracking parameters,
set up, animations, hotkeys, etc.
[6:00] and if you select Auto setup,
it will automatically populate
[6:03] standard parameters
into your tracking parameter setup.
[6:05] I do recommend doing this
if you followed a basic live 2D tutorial
[6:09] and are using standard parameters
for things like mouth, open mouth form,
[6:13] head XYZ,
and so on, it will save you some pain
[6:16] because it is a tedious process
[6:18] to add all of those parameters manually.
[6:20] So just click through to setup
[6:21] and it should populate
all this parameters for you.
[6:23] If you mess up and decide
that you want that later,
[6:25] you can also auto setup from the parameter
menu as well.
[6:28] So don't worry
about making the wrong choice or anything.
[6:30] You can always go back and overwrite
with auto set up
[6:33] or even just add auto setup after
you decided that you did actually want it.
[6:37] If you have a new export of a model
that you already have set up,
[6:40] you can also use auto
[6:42] setup to copy over all of those parameters
from the old model.
[6:45] You can even copy things
like expressions and animations as well.
[6:48] Otherwise I will be going over
menu will set up in just a moment.
[6:51] If you didn't get this prompt, that means
that your model has already been prepped.
[6:54] This should be the case
for any pre-made models,
[6:56] as well as any models that you might have
commissioned from a live 2D rigger.
[7:00] Once your model is loaded
in, we can left click and drag to move it.
[7:03] Scroll to zoom and hold the control
while scrolling to spin the model.
[7:07] Once you get your model situated,
you can lock it in place
[7:09] by pressing the yellow lock
in the main menu.
[7:12] Changing your background
is going to be in the green photo menu.
[7:14] You can choose from a selection
of available backgrounds,
[7:17] or you can add your own
by adding it to your backgrounds folder.
[7:20] This is also accessible
from the settings menu, but if you want,
[7:23] you can just drag and drop it
like we did with our models.
[7:26] It should then be accessible
from the background menu.
[7:28] In most cases, you'll be using your model
[7:30] for streaming though,
in which case you want transparency.
[7:33] The best way to achieve
[7:34] this is by selecting Color Picker
and setting it to transparent and capture.
[7:38] We won't be going over the OBS side of
things today, but toggling this background
[7:42] on specifically will allow you to capture
your VTuber without a background.
[7:46] You can use game capture,
but it replicates the menus,
[7:49] so the best way to capture
your VTuber is via Spout2.
[7:52] Spout2 supports transparency and hides
the menus.
[7:55] It's the most performant
capture type for Vtubestudio.
[7:57] If you intend to set that up later,
I do have a full video on the process,
[8:01] but in short, you have to download
[8:03] and install a plugin and make sure
to toggle on Spout2 within Vtubestudio.
[8:06] I'll leave a link to that video
in the description.
[8:09] Let's actually set up our model tracking
now though.
[8:11] Go to the cog menu and here you have
four main tabs General settings
[8:15] ->Tracking settings -> Model configuration
-> Expressions and Animations menu.
[8:19] If you plan to use a webcam,
go to the second tab and you'll configure
[8:23] your webcam here.
[8:24] Toggle your webcam on
so you can see the feed and make sure that
[8:27] it's unobstructed and accurately tracking
before you move on.
[8:30] If you have an Nvidia card
and want to use the improved Nvidia
[8:33] tracking, be sure to install the tracking
DLC via steam.
[8:36] If you're using an iPhone for tracking,
it's a little bit more complicated.
[8:40] So if you're a webcam user
and you're already good to go, feel
[8:42] free to skip ahead.
[8:43] You can use a cable or WiFi
for connection.
[8:45] Android only supports Wi-Fi connection,
though no cables.
[8:48] Cable is more stable for iPhone,
but you have to one run another cable,
[8:53] and two possibly have to download iTunes
so that your PC accurately registers
[8:58] your phone.
[8:59] It can be a nightmare in my experiences,
but it's nice to avoid network troubles.
[9:03] This way it might be less of a problem
if you're not using a windows device
[9:07] like I am.
[9:08] If you're doing this from an iOS device,
it might go over much smoother.
[9:12] In any case, open the phone app.
[9:14] Now you can pull up the menu
in the same way, so double tap,
[9:17] then go to your settings.
[9:18] If you'll be using Wi-Fi, make sure to buy
Pro, then scroll down to this section
[9:22] for USB.
[9:23] Toggle on the USB option, then on desktop.
[9:26] Once plugged in, do the same.
[9:28] If your phone is properly plugged
[9:29] in, you should be able
[9:30] to instantly connect on windows, though
your phone should show up in your
[9:34] devices list.
[9:35] If it's not there, that means
it's not being recognized correctly.
[9:38] And one of the main solutions to this
problem is to download and install iTunes,
[9:43] which is like an ancient software
at this point.
[9:46] Once it registers your phones in iTunes,
you should be able to try the USB
[9:49] connection in Vtube Studio again.
[9:51] I used to use this method personally
and found that I had to open and close
[9:55] every single app over and over again,
unplug and re
[9:58] plug in my phone until it worked.
[9:59] I don't recommend it for this reason,
but if you have a terrible Wi-Fi
[10:02] connection, it can be a great option
for the Wi-Fi route.
[10:05] We'll be using the sections
just above the USB section.
[10:08] We need to give our phone
[10:09] our computers information first,
so pull up your computer's IP address.
[10:13] You can find this by typing ipconfig
in your command prompt, but you can also
[10:17] just select show IP list and Vtubestudio
and pull your IPv4 from here.
[10:21] Just make sure you're not streaming,
for obvious reasons.
[10:24] Make sure both apps have the same port,
which is 25565 by default.
[10:28] Then start the server on desktop
and connect to your PC.
[10:30] On mobile, you should see a green light
if you have a proper connection.
[10:34] If you're using an additional app like
Voyager, you will need to open that app
[10:37] and configure your phone's connection
to this app. As well.
[10:40] I don't have time to go over
every possible iteration of this,
[10:43] so I'll just be using what I believe
to be the most likely combination.
[10:46] If you're using ARkit tracking,
[10:47] which would probably be Vbridger
with the Vtubestudio mobile app.
[10:51] First I would grab my phone's IP address.
[10:53] You can find this under your Wi-Fi
settings,
[10:55] where you can select your network
and scroll down
[10:57] to where your phone's IP is listed.
[10:59] This is the IP that you're tracking
plug in will connect to.
[11:01] Once connected to your phone,
[11:02] you'll be streaming tracking data
from your phone into the desktop plug in.
[11:06] Now you need the plug in to further
communicate information to Vtube Studio.
[11:09] You'll want to set the connection
to the YouTube studio,
[11:11] toggle it on, and then wait for
Vtubestudio to prompt you for API access.
[11:15] Once you allow Vbridger access,
[11:16] you should be able to see your model
taking inputs from Vbridger.
[11:20] If you have a different combination
than this example or experience
[11:23] any difficulties during the plugin
[11:24] tracking setup, I recommend checking out
the respective developers discord
[11:27] server to ask questions and troubleshoot
what they're tracking connected.
[11:31] You may
[11:31] or may not see your model responding,
depending on whether it's already got
[11:34] tracking parameters configured.
[11:36] We'll set those up in a moment
if they aren't ready on your model yet,
[11:38] but let's open up our model configuration
menu for a tour of the basics first.
[11:42] If you have an idle expression
[11:43] or a tracking lost animation,
you can add those files here.
[11:46] Idle animations will continue
looping an eternity and tracking lost
[11:50] animations will transition to and be in
use while your model tracking is lost.
[11:54] In the case that your connection fails
or you move out of frame or something
[11:57] like that.
[11:57] If you have any strange outlines
[11:59] on your model,
[12:00] which is common for models with deeper
skin tones and with dark clothing,
[12:03] you can use this button
to correct those lines.
[12:05] The button below that is for being able
to run your model on your phone,
[12:08] which you most likely don't need,
and larger models can crash the app
[12:12] anyway, so I would pretty much just ignore
this button.
[12:14] The customize model section
is for lighting
[12:16] and recolor options,
which we'll get to later.
[12:18] The movement config section down here
will track your physical space movement,
[12:21] and will input that to your model's
general position.
[12:24] If that's something that you're interested
[12:25] in, be sure to change your settings here.
[12:27] You can also mess with your physics
settings as well.
[12:29] Just be careful
if it's a pre-made or commission,
[12:31] because your ringer likely already
prepared the physics in a certain way,
[12:34] and you probably don't
need to make any adjustments.
[12:37] However, if something is moving
more or less than you would like,
[12:39] you can toggle the strength
of individual physics parameters here.
[12:43] If you have any manual parameters to add,
you will press the plus button
[12:47] and add the information here.
[12:49] The tracking input will be
any of the standard input parameters
[12:52] or any of the tracking inputs
from apps like the.
[12:56] They will have a little label next
to them, letting you know which
[12:59] plug in they're from,
and the output is a name of the parameter
[13:02] that controls the object on your model
as it's listed in your model information.
[13:06] In most cases,
the name will be the exact same
[13:09] because there are naming conventions
for most of these standard parameters.
[13:12] You do have to repeat this process
for every single parameter
[13:15] that you want to have tracked
on your model,
[13:16] which is why automatic setup
is a really nice thing to have.
[13:19] If you're using the Vtube studio mobile
app for tracking on the mobile
[13:23] app, you will need to adjust
some basic settings in the webcam section.
[13:26] Here, you can adjust the sensitivity
for some basic inputs here before
[13:29] messing
with everything else on your desktop.
[13:31] If you change these settings
[13:32] in the Vtubestudio desktop app,
it only applies to webcam tracking.
[13:37] So if you want to make these adjustments,
make sure to make them in the mobile app.
[13:40] If you're using your phone for tracking.
[13:42] Once all of your parameters are ready,
we can now configure them to your needs.
[13:46] We're going to do that by adjusting
the actual parameter range values.
[13:49] This is a bit convoluted,
so I will try my best to explain,
[13:52] but just be nice to yourself
as you're going through this,
[13:55] because it can be kind of a weird process
to learn how to do on your model.
[13:58] Rigging.
[13:58] Each parameter is rigged
on a set of values.
[14:01] Most commonly,
[14:02] it will start at zero and go to a positive
and negative value symmetrically.
[14:06] So things like your head movement
moving from positive 30 to -30
[14:10] and at the center being zero or the second
most common type of parameter
[14:15] is a parameter that goes from 0 to 1
with a default of zero.
[14:18] That's common for things like mouth open,
so mouth closed would be zero, and mouth
[14:22] open would be one.
[14:24] For most common parameters.
[14:25] These values are standardized,
[14:27] and I'll leave a resource below
that goes over those standard values.
[14:30] The standard range for that input
parameter should show up here.
[14:35] And the output range should be
the same in most cases,
[14:38] unless your model was rigged
to have a different value for some reason,
[14:42] your actual tracking value
that is being sent
[14:44] will be right here,
and the scaled output will be showed
[14:47] in the symmetrical position
on the right side.
[14:49] To configure parameter to your needs,
first calibrate your tracking.
[14:53] You need to have your tracking calibrated
for this to work and be
[14:56] accurate on desktop with webcam
it'll be here and in the mobile app.
[15:00] You'll do it by tapping on this icon.
[15:02] In either case,
[15:03] after starting the calibration,
look towards where you'll be primarily
[15:06] looking straight and don't move
until the calibration is finished.
[15:10] Now that you're calibrated, most standard
parameters should be centered
[15:13] or hovering close to zero, aka
the neutral point.
[15:16] The main concept for our adjustments
here will be that our maximum input values
[15:20] should match up with our actual maximum
range of body input for the head turn.
[15:25] For example,
if I turn my face the farthest I can,
[15:28] it should in theory land at 30.
[15:31] But if it's not, that means that the model
isn't taking advantage
[15:35] of the full range of the parameter.
[15:36] At maximum, it's getting fed a value
that is lower than the max
[15:40] that I can actually reach.
[15:41] So we want to adjust our input
to account for that.
[15:44] And once we do that,
it will make sure to scale the output up
[15:47] so that you can actually reach
those higher values
[15:49] without having to move your head farther
or make any weird adjustments
[15:53] to the model.
[15:54] This can also be applied to things
like mouth open.
[15:56] A common example is that people will have
their mouth be slightly ajar, despite
[16:00] not actually having their mouth open,
because a default value is zero,
[16:03] and the tracking input might be picking up
something like 0.008,
[16:08] you can simply change your input value
for your mouth open at the lowest value
[16:12] to be 0.008, and then it will change 0.008
to put an output of zero.
[16:17] Hopefully
that makes a little bit of sense to you.
[16:20] You can and should go through
pretty much all of your parameters
[16:23] and make sure that your input range
matches your face and personal movements.
[16:27] This pretty much means
that you'll have to sit there
[16:29] making strange faces at yourself
to figure out what the maximum
[16:33] input value is,
and adjusting your input range to match.
[16:36] At the end of the day, it's just because
no two people will move the same.
[16:39] So even if your rigger did
all of their best work
[16:41] trying to get the inputs to look really
good, it's not going to match your face.
[16:44] So going through and adjusting them
and making sure they match your face
[16:48] and your personal movements
will help limit
[16:49] the stiffness in your model
and improve your tracking.
[16:52] Please remember that updating your model
[16:53] with exaggerated movements
also does a lot of the heavy lifting.
[16:57] If you feel like
[16:58] any inputs are very jittery,
you can also turn on smoothing for them.
[17:01] And don't forget that you can toggle on
auto blink for eye parameters.
[17:05] If you have something like a PNG YouTuber
and want them to automatically blink
[17:08] for you and turn on auto
breathing for your breath parameter
[17:10] before we move on to expressions
and hotkeys, let's also talk about items.
[17:15] The items menu is accessible.
[17:16] From here,
you can select an item and spawn it in.
[17:19] If you have new items like a purchasable
asset from an online shop,
[17:22] you can similarly do
backgrounds in models.
[17:25] Just drag
and drop it into your items folder.
[17:27] Then it should show up in your list.
[17:28] There are a few different kinds of items,
so let me give you an overview of them
[17:32] real quick.
[17:32] First, we have regular items which are
pretty much just like PNGs or GIFs.
[17:37] Then there are browser items
which let you load
[17:39] and interact with a web page,
which includes
[17:41] support from local files as well,
so you can load up pretty much anything
[17:44] that's on your PC like an MP3,
a webcam, even a fucking PDF if you want.
[17:50] And finally, we have live 2D items
which have their own rigging and movement
[17:54] and are technically a model in themselves
that you can pin on to your own model.
[17:59] Adding a PNG item is really easy.
[18:01] By default
it will be in front of your model,
[18:03] but you can choose to put it in front of
or behind your model as well.
[18:06] You can also put it
[18:07] in between specific layers,
and I'll go over that in just a second.
[18:10] For any item
you have the same adjustment controls.
[18:13] So scroll
wheel, left click and drag and control.
[18:16] Plus scroll to resize
and move the item around.
[18:18] Get the item into the general position
that you want and double click
[18:21] to lock it in place.
[18:22] The item should now
be pinned to your model.
[18:24] However, sometimes models have invisible
layers and masks,
[18:27] and you'll need to configure the pinning
to pin to the correct item.
[18:30] If this becomes a problem on your model,
you can exempt certain art from allowing
[18:34] pinning on them.
[18:35] You can go into the Customize Model menu
and select exclude
[18:39] Art mesh from item pinning.
[18:40] Within this menu, I would go ahead
and turn off any masks that you have.
[18:44] You can filter them out by typing in mask
in the search bar and toggling them off.
[18:49] If you want to configure anything further.
[18:51] At this point, you can long press
to pull up the item configuration.
[18:54] Here I can tell it specifically what art
mesh it should be following along with.
[18:59] In my case, if I had this band aid
and I wanted it to be on my cheek,
[19:03] I can look for the face color
mesh and add it there.
[19:05] You can also see it is overlapping
with my hair, which is undesirable,
[19:09] but thankfully due to a recent update,
we can actually pin items between layers
[19:14] on our live 2D models now, so we can open
up the item layer settings here.
[19:17] And at the top
it will be in front of everything,
[19:20] and at the bottom
the item will be behind everything.
[19:23] So if you want it to be
in a specific place,
[19:25] you'll have to look for a sweet spot
between the layers where it's in my case,
[19:29] in front of the face,
but behind the bangs, and it looks like
[19:33] it's right about here, so we can hit okay
and finish up the item configuration.
[19:37] If you want to save this item
config as a hotkey later,
[19:40] you can click the triple star menu to open
the item scenes and make a new scene.
[19:44] Once you save that, it'll be accessible
via hotkey later.
[19:47] The same setup applies
for other item types, but they do have
[19:50] some additional options
as well for live 2D items for example.
[19:53] Also, with the recent update,
[19:55] we now have the option to split the item
into a front and a back.
[19:58] If the rigger has configured it that way.
[19:59] This means you can tell the YouTube studio
exactly between which layers
[20:03] you want
the item, and its own layers to exist.
[20:06] That means I could have the front
of a blanket asset in front of my body,
[20:09] or maybe behind my hair,
and then the back of it behind my body,
[20:13] but maybe in front of bug bot,
for example.
[20:15] Don't forget that live 2D items
are also technically a model of their own,
[20:20] and some come with hotkeys.
[20:21] If you want to edit configurable settings
or make new hotkeys for the item,
[20:26] you will have to take that item,
put it in your models folder, load it
[20:29] as its own model,
[20:30] and then go through the hotkey process
that we'll touch on in a bit.
[20:33] Once configured, you can
[20:34] then take the newly configured model
and pop it back into your item assets.
[20:38] And now all of the new hotkeys
should be available for use.
[20:41] If the item tracks weird,
[20:43] you can also open up the item
configuration
[20:45] and adjust the settings here to better
match the movement on your model.
[20:48] Finally, we have browser sources
which let you put in a URL and pin
[20:52] that loaded page to your model.
[20:53] The browser source is fully interactable
if you have the setting turned on for it,
[20:57] meaning you can click and load whatever
you want from that initial loading point.
[21:01] You can also turn on the local file
setting and then load local files.
[21:05] So as long as you have access
to that file on your PC,
[21:08] you should be able to load it in as a file
so you could load videos, text
[21:11] files, PDFs, images, pretty much anything.
[21:14] You can also load
all of the contents of a folder itself.
[21:18] Just obviously be careful
with this setting.
[21:20] It's off by default for a reason
because you can expose some critical
[21:24] information
if you're not careful about it.
[21:25] To get rid of an item,
you can unlock the items in the scene
[21:29] and drag it to the invisible trashcan
in the bottom right.
[21:32] Or you can go to the main menu
and remove all scene items.
[21:35] Now that you understand items,
we can finally move on
[21:37] to Expression and Hotkey Setup,
which can be found under this menu here.
[21:40] By the way,
if this video is helpful to you at all,
[21:42] make sure to like, subscribe
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[21:46] Just know that
for any of these hotkey options,
[21:48] you can link them to Twitch Redeems
your Stream deck via the Stream Deck
[21:52] feed, OBS studio plugin, or even through
stream controllers like Streamer Bot.
[21:55] So just be aware that you don't have
to exclusively use them with a keypress.
[21:59] There are other options as well,
so make a new expression, select
[22:02] Expression
Editor and create a new expression.
[22:05] Then you can name the expression
and adjust whichever associated parameters
[22:08] you want.
[22:09] Then save the expression file by hitting
okay.
[22:11] You can run through and make as many
of these expressions as you want to.
[22:14] If you want them to have hotkeys,
you can press plus to make a new hotkey,
[22:18] or if you want to generate them in bulk,
you can select create new hotkeys
[22:21] for all unused expressions
and it will automatically generate hotkeys
[22:25] for every single new expression
that you've made.
[22:28] If you're doing this manually though,
[22:29] you can just name the hotkey,
change the hotkey type to expression,
[22:33] change to the expression you want to use,
and then add your key input.
[22:36] Now you can easily toggle it on and off.
[22:39] You can change the hotkey to activate
only during the key press,
[22:42] but in most cases
you'll just want to be on a toggle.
[22:44] You do also have the option to turn it off
automatically,
[22:47] and you can adjust the fade time here
as well.
[22:49] Hotkeys can also be used for animations.
[22:51] You can do things
like swap your idle animation
[22:53] out for another idle animation,
which is what I personally use.
[22:56] The switch
from my regular idle to my idle,
[22:59] where bug bot has a set of keys
and is shaking them.
[23:01] Or you can also run a one time animation
which toggles on and runs the animation
[23:06] once before.
[23:06] Stop it if you have an animation in mind
but don't have an animation file.
[23:10] One cool feature is that you can also
record animations in Video Studio,
[23:14] so as long as you can act it out
in your model, you can save it as well.
[23:17] There are a lot of different options
for hotkeys listed here, aside
[23:21] from toggling expressions, though, some of
which are used for utility reasons.
[23:24] But the few that I want to discuss right
now are going to be moving your model,
[23:28] changing art mesh colors or scene
lighting, and toggling VFX.
[23:32] Moving your model is very easy to set up.
[23:34] Simply move it to the adjusted position
and press record position.
[23:37] I'd recommend having two main spots
and a hotkey to swap between the two.
[23:41] If you're fancy, you can use a bot like
streamer bot to automate the switching.
[23:45] Depending on your obscene.
[23:46] To set up the lighting, let's first
go to the webcam menu and scroll down.
[23:50] Here we can select which monitor
to use for our lighting and toggle it on.
[23:53] There are some customization settings
here, and these color dots on this side
[23:57] represent the left,
right, and middle colors
[24:00] that are being pulled from your screen.
[24:01] You can toggle them on and off
individually if you want.
[24:03] Once toggled on, go to the model menu
and open Customize Model,
[24:07] then select Customize Scene Lighting.
[24:09] Any art mesh that you toggle down
on the slider here will remain exempt
[24:12] from lighting, which makes it appear
as if it's been bright.
[24:16] The most common setup is to
just do your iris and eye
[24:19] components
to make them look like they're glowing.
[24:21] Once you're done with your setup,
you can hit okay
[24:23] and then you can use this lighting
setting as a toggle in your hotkeys menu.
[24:30] Color setup is similar.
[24:32] You can also do this from the Customize
Model menu and select Customize
[24:36] Multiply Screen Color for Art mesh.
[24:37] Here I'm here
[24:38] toggle on the individual component
and set the color for screen and Multiply.
[24:42] Once you do one,
you can select Paste last color
[24:45] so that the process goes
a little bit quicker.
[24:47] When you're doing tons and tons of art
mesh, it does take an extremely long time
[24:51] to do this.
[24:52] Alternatively,
if this is too much work for you,
[24:54] you can use a plugin like Vtube Studio
Chameleon or something like Streamer Bot
[24:58] to change your colors as well as color.
[25:00] Tint is accessible through the API,
but once you're done with your recolor,
[25:03] you can finish up and choose
this art mesh set up as a hockey as well.
[25:13] Finally, we have VFX.
[25:15] VFX is under the webcam menu
where you can toggle it on and then click
[25:19] select Add Effects to configure.
[25:21] There is a list
of a ton of different effects
[25:24] which you can fully adjust
and combine to your liking.
[25:26] Just know that some of these do change
appearance depending on your capture
[25:29] method, and that using a ton of them
in tandem might cause stress on your GPU.
[25:34] If you want a full overview
of the available effects
[25:36] and the differences and capture methods,
[25:37] I also have a video on that too,
so I'll link that below.
[25:41] Once configured,
you can save it as a preset,
[25:43] which is then accessible by a hotkey.
[25:53] The last thing that we have to cover
is Twitch integration.
[25:56] Any of the hotkeys that we just made
[25:57] are usable via Twitch integration, though
there are some other features as well.
[26:01] To set it up,
[26:02] go to the main settings menu and scroll
down to the Twitch Settings section.
[26:05] From here, select Connect Account and give
Vtube studio permissions to your Twitch.
[26:09] Then you should be able to log in
and activate, and once you've done
[26:12] that, you can open the configuration
and set up your Twitch integrations.
[26:16] Here there's an email dropper
[26:17] and a Twitch message option,
which are really fun to add as an overlay.
[26:20] Just obviously be careful
with the chat one.
[26:22] Of course for the hotkey triggers,
open this and toggle it on, then check.
[26:26] Done.
[26:26] And now when you reopen your expressions
list, you can click on the Twitch icon
[26:30] and configure which options
[26:31] you would like to apply as conditions
for this hotkey to be set off.
[26:35] As long as you're
connected to your twitch,
[26:36] you should be completely functional and
work automatically during your streams.
[26:40] And with that,
[26:40] I think that's a pretty decent
crash course and everything
[26:43] you'll need to know about Vtube
studio as a beginner.
[26:45] If there's anything you wish
I covered more on, let me know
[26:48] in the comments below, but happy vtubing
and I will see you in the next one! Bye!