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title: 'The VTube Studio Tutorial And 2d VTuber Tutorial You Needed - #1 VTube Studio tutorial'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=CNWxRj6wipo'
video_id: 'CNWxRj6wipo'
date: 2026-06-15
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# The VTube Studio Tutorial And 2d VTuber Tutorial You Needed - #1 VTube Studio tutorial

> Source: [The VTube Studio Tutorial And 2d VTuber Tutorial You Needed - #1 VTube Studio tutorial](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CNWxRj6wipo)

## Summary

This tutorial demonstrates how to import a Live2D model into VTube Studio, set up webcam tracking, and configure the software for OBS streaming. It covers downloading the free version, importing the model, adjusting settings, and integrating with OBS.

### Key Points

- **Downloading VTube Studio** [0:51] — Open Steam, search for VTube Studio, and download the free version to test your model. The paid version ($17.49) removes the watermark.
- **Opening the Application** [1:31] — Double-click anywhere in the VTube Studio window to bring up the menu for avatar import, settings, etc.
- **Importing a Live2D Model** [1:54] — Click the avatar icon (person icon) on the top left, select 'Import your own model', then click 'Open folder'. Drag your Live2D model folder into the opened folder. Close and reopen VTube Studio to detect the model.
- **Selecting and Setting Up the Avatar** [3:12] — Click the avatar icon again, double-click your model's name, then click OK. Choose 'Auto setup for iPhone/webcam' to create tracking parameters.
- **Prerequisite: Rigged Avatar** [4:04] — Your Live2D model must be rigged before importing; otherwise, tracking steps won't work.
- **Setting Up Webcam Tracking** [4:19] — Double-click the avatar, click the gear icon, then the webcam icon. Select your webcam, resolution (e.g., 1080p), frame rate (e.g., 60fps), and color format. Turn on the camera; you may need to purchase the webcam tracking DLC.
- **Adjusting Tracking Settings** [6:06] — Use blink sensitivity, eye open sensitivity, and other settings to fine-tune tracking.
- **Setting Up for OBS** [6:33] — Click the photo icon, choose 'Color picker' background, then enable 'Transparent in capture' for a transparent background. In OBS, add a Game Capture source, select VTube Studio window, and enable 'Allow transparency'.
- **Noteworthy Settings** [7:27] — Enable 'Remember scene' to save layout. Use Wi-Fi or USB connection settings to use a phone as a webcam. Enable virtual webcam for use in Discord, Skype, etc.
- **Final OBS Integration** [10:01] — In OBS, add Game Capture source, name it 'VTube', select 'Capture specific window' and choose VTube Studio, enable 'Allow transparency', then position and resize the avatar as desired.

### Conclusion

VTube Studio is a powerful and user-friendly tool for Live2D vtubing, offering extensive settings and seamless OBS integration. Supporting the developers by purchasing the software is encouraged.

## Transcript

hello everyone my name is anubislives and i'm 
your vtubersenpai 2d v-tubing has been getting  
insanely popular and sadly there isn't a lot of 
videos out there to show you how to import your  
model into applications like vtube studio but 
that is changing today because today i'm going  
to show you on how to import your live 2d model 
into vtube studio but before we do that if you  
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and ping comments down below but enough about all 
that let's just get into the video alright let's  
open up steam and go to v tube studio now here we 
are at steam all we need to do is just type in v  
tube studio and we see it actually auto completes 
for us now we're going to click on it and we're  
going to download the free version of the software 
first we're going to basically test the model make  
sure it works the way it should as soon as we do 
know that it does work we can pay for the 1749  
to remove the watermark but if you can't afford 
it you can absolutely use the free version once  
that's done downloading and installing all we need 
to do now is basically set up our avatar okay so  
now that we have the application itself open we're 
going to notice that there's nothing here on the  
left hand side that appears all you got to do to 
make that show up is just double click anywhere in  
the window and as you see this now appears so we 
got avatar import take a picture lock everything  
on the screen and our settings let's first tackle 
importing our live 2d model into v tube studio all  
right now we're going to click on this little icon 
on the top left hand side that looks like a person  
i'm going to bring up this now we have import 
unload and some default avatars that come with  
the software what we're going to do is we're 
going to click on import your own model it'll  
tell us where the path is but handy enough they 
give us an open folder we're going to click that  
now that the folder actually opened we 
see where all the models actually go now  
if you're using typically a 3d avatar you're going 
to know that it imports with a vrm file but 2d  
actually imports with all these different little 
files right here so what we're going to do is  
we're just going to keep all of our avatar stuff 
in the one folder we're going to drag it and drop  
it into the live 2d close this click ok here close 
and reopen the software so it detects your model  
now this part is very crucial because if you don't 
close and reopen the software it will not detect  
no matter how long you wait i also want to give a 
big shout out to thorntel you can check them out  
at twitch.tv forward slash thorntail swamp he was 
the one that provided us the 2d avatar for today's  
video so make sure you go say hi give a follow and 
well let's continue the video now that we have the  
software reopened what we're going to do is we're 
going to click on this avatar icon again we're  
gonna see that the name of our avatar is located 
right here we're just gonna double click it  
and then we see that it gives you some 
instructions on how to scale rotate and  
all that fun stuff we're just gonna click okay 
this is an empty model do you want to run auto  
setup for model actually i kind of do so we're 
gonna have it auto set up for iphone slash webcam  
click on that it'll create 19 new vts parameters 
we're just going to click a ok and now this avatar  
is set up so we're going to zoom in just a little 
bit we're going to adjust a little bit so zoom in  
with the scroll wheel move the avatar around with 
the hold and right click and i think he's looking  
pretty good right there but we aren't done 
yet we gotta set up the tracking now before  
we go too too far i want to make sure that you 
know that you have to have your avatar rigged  
before you bring it into v tube studio the main 
reason for that is if your avatar is not rigged  
these next steps probably won't work so make sure 
your avatar is rigged before you proceed to start  
the tracking on your avatar what we got to do is 
again double click we're going to bring up the  
little gear icon we're going to click it and we're 
going to click on this little webcam icon on the  
top left hand side right here we're going to see 
webcam tracking we're going to choose our camera  
yours is probably going to be set to the wrong one 
same as mine that's okay though we're going to go  
to the appropriate webcam now your webcam might be 
like a c920 or something different that's okay to  
select your webcam and then hit select it's going 
to ask you the resolution i'm gonna go with 1080  
because that's what my camera can handle we're 
going to hit select i'm going to hit 60 frames  
per second because again that's what my camera 
can handle the highest the better and i'm going  
to hit select and then right here it says please 
select a color format best for cpu performance  
or cpu performance click on whatever one you 
think is going to work for you i'm going to  
click on yuy and then i'm going to hit select 
now what we need to do is we need to turn on the  
camera so let's click on the camera on and this 
little notification will come up basically asking  
you to purchase v tube studio webcam tracking 
dlc now if you do end up liking the software  
please please please do so please purchase this 
software because these devs absolutely deserve  
this and i'll explain to you a little bit later 
why we're gonna hit aok and as we see right now  
well everything's kind of working we see that i'm 
here if we just hit the calibrate so it's centered  
perfect perfect it's hey i'm winking perfect 
now we see it's actually tracking as it should  
now let's take a look at some other settings 
like i blink sensitivity eye open sensitivity  
all these little different settings you can play 
around with and just like that we're kind of  
set up all right so now let's take a look at some 
settings that we can play with to get this set up  
for obs but not only that this program actually 
has a lot of cool little settings in it that i  
think we really should take a look at all right 
so let's get our avatar set up for obs first so  
what we're going to do right now is click on this 
little photo icon here just to one click and we  
see there's a lot of different backgrounds 
they actually include that we can play with  
but what we're going to do is we're going to 
go to color picker then we're gonna hit select  
right now it pops up with a prompt please 
note that v tube studio supports streaming  
with transparent background on windows so you 
never have to use a chroma key or green screen  
in your capture software to use this activate the 
transparent in capture toggle then create game  
capture in obs with the option allow transparency 
activated with this option your model will look  
best in your capture so we're actually going to 
do that we're going to hit ok and we're going to  
well it's already selected transparent in capture 
this is perfect this is what we want let's check  
out some very noteworthy settings so let's bring 
up the gear icon again by double clicking click on  
the gear icon and we see here hide v tube studio 
logo when you disable that you just see the logo  
on the bottom left-hand side we're gonna keep that 
enabled one thing you do want to for sure enable  
is remember scene what that does is basically 
anytime you open up the software everything that  
you have selected before shows up again open data 
folder basically just brings up the avatar folder  
connection settings wi-fi what this lets us do is 
actually use our phone as a webcam they actually  
have this built-in and they have an app that 
you could download on your iphone or android  
that allows you to connect all your stuff 
via wi-fi to this application so if you don't  
own a webcam your iphone or your android phone 
will actually work for this and it's fantastic  
we're going to scroll down a little bit more and 
we see usb settings so again connecting your phone  
via usb that is definitely a doable thing mouse 
input config don't really need to play with that  
microphone settings so right now it is capturing 
my face and all my lip movement with just well  
the webcam so if you want to use your microphone 
just enable this select your microphone and you're  
good scroll down a little bit more nothing 
else really to see there click on the little  
webcam icon again and we see quality and effects 
application fps we got it to vsync you can change  
it to whatever you want we also have a virtual 
webcam built in that actually works pretty well  
i played with it a little bit it is fantastic 
so if you need a virtual webcam aka sending this  
feed out to discord skype whatever you can just 
enable that it'll give you a little installation  
instructions fantastic software all right we're 
going to click on this little gear icon up here  
we see that's the model and we can actually 
model lock so we can't change any settings  
but again auto blinking auto breathing inputs 
different things you can play with you know when  
it's looking one way or looking another this is 
just so so so many good options you can play with  
with this software so we got here the little film 
icon again we got hotkeys here use screen button  
hotkeys basically this is stuff for recording if 
you need to do so or if you want to send it out to  
your obs stuff this is where you can play with 
it a little bit now that we've gone through all  
the settings let's get this into obs and fully 
set up now i am going to assume that your obs is  
set up and ready to go if it is not please check 
the note cards that are now appearing up above  
where i guide you through setting up all your 
obs settings but what we're going to do right  
now is under sources we're going to click on 
the little plus sign then we're going to go to  
game capture under game capture we're just going 
to call it v tube and then we're going to click  
ok then we're going to go to mode we're going 
to capture specific window window we're going  
to click on v tube studio and then we're going to 
make sure we click on allow transparency to remove  
the background and then click ok then what we're 
going to do is we're going to move our avatar to  
position so down and right here is the watermark 
for v tube studio i really really really really  
really suggest that you buy the software if you 
do like it because these creators and developers  
absolutely deserve every penny in fact i 
am going to buy their software because i do  
plan on getting a 2d model in the future and i 
actually really want to support these guys but  
right now we can just move it to where we need 
it or you can move it so it hides it up to you  
but adjust it to where you want it and you can 
adjust it the size accordingly out of all the live  
2d software i checked out so far v tube studio is 
absolutely one of the best ones out there in fact  
i actually think v tube studio triumphs over a lot 
of 3d v-tubing software because the amount of time  
and care they put into it a lot of settings uh 
i really think 3d v-tubing software could use so  
3d v-tubing software creators i'm calling you out 
check out v tube studio see what they're doing and  
maybe you can twist your own version of it again 
my name is anibus lives i stream on twitch every  
monday wednesday friday evenings come on by say hi 
let's talk about anime gaming v tipping whatever  
and well i'll catch you in the next one bye lizard 
brothers it's now time to take over the world