I Paid $50 for Luppet - Here's Why
40sHigh perceived value revelation about a paid tool, making viewers curious about the full setup process.
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This tutorial video walks through the complete setup of Luppet, a 3D avatar application for VTubers, from purchasing and installing it to bundling it with OBS Studio. The creator, VTuber Senpai, demonstrates every step—adding a custom model, configuring tracking and lip sync, and using chroma key filters so the avatar streams cleanly. Along the way, he shares practical tips like using blue screens instead of green to avoid losing parts of your outfit.
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[00:02]
Introduction to Luppet
Luppet is the creator's first video production tool and has gained many new features over the years.
[00:32]
Purchasing Luppet
Visit lepit.appspot.com, choose the 6,000 price tier, add to cart, and buy it for around $50.
[00:57]
Extracting and Installing
Right-click the downloaded file, choose 'Extract Luppet 2', wait for extraction, then run the executable.
[01:09]
Logging In
Use the same username and password created on the website to buy Luppet.
[01:24]
Basic Configuration
Adjust frame rate, resolution, graphics quality, and language from the settings menu.
[01:40]
Adding a Custom Model
Open the file folder, drag and drop a model into Luppet's directory, close and reopen Luppet to load it.
[02:06]
Selecting Avatar and Camera
Choose the avatar, select the webcam, and click 'Start with this model'.
[02:20]
Adjusting Background and Lighting
Change green screen background, brightness, exposure, and lighting position from the main screen.
[02:35]
Webcam Calibration
Look straight at the monitor and click Calibrate; wait 5 seconds for the avatar to adjust its gaze.
[03:02]
Leap Motion Settings
Leap Motion is a device that enables hand tracking; the creator has an older video covering its use.
[03:16]
Character Positioning
Use the scroll wheel to zoom, right-click drag to move the avatar, and hold the scroll wheel to move the camera.
[03:44]
Lip Sync Options
Choose voice-based lip sync (recommended) or camera-based detection of lip movement.
[04:27]
Tracking Methods
Luppet supports tracking via the default webcam or with iFacia mocap.
[04:42]
Snapshot Features
Take snapshots, rotate the camera 90° for vertical content like TikTok, and enable mirroring.
[05:09]
Fullscreen Green Screen
Press Escape to hide the menu and make the green screen fullscreen before adding to OBS.
[05:24]
OBS Game Capture Setup
In OBS, add a Game Capture source, name it 'Luppet', set mode to 'Capture specific window', and select 'luppet'.
[05:52]
Applying Chroma Key
Add a Chroma Key filter to remove the green background; choose a color key type like blue, magenta, or custom to avoid losing parts of your avatar.
Luppet is a low-cost, feature-rich option for aspiring VTubers, and with OBS integration you can be streaming a live 3D avatar in a matter of minutes.
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Tutorial Checklist
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Go to lepit.appspot.com, select the 6,000 price tier, add to cart, and buy Luppet (around $50).
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Click 'Open File Folder', drag and drop your model into Luppet's directory, close and reopen Luppet.
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Use character positioning: scroll wheel to zoom, right-click drag to move avatar, scroll-drag to move camera.
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In OBS, add a Game Capture source named 'Luppet', set Mode to 'Capture specific window', and select the Luppet window.
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Add a Chroma Key filter to the source and choose an appropriate color key type (blue, magenta, or custom).
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How much does Luppet cost?
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How much does Luppet cost?
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Around $50.
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What are the two lip sync options in Luppet?
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What are the two lip sync options in Luppet?
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Voice-based and camera-based.
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Which lip sync method does the creator recommend?
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Which lip sync method does the creator recommend?
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Voice-based.
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What device can be used for hand tracking with Luppet?
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What device can be used for hand tracking with Luppet?
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Leap Motion.
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How long do you need to wait during webcam calibration?
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How long do you need to wait during webcam calibration?
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5 seconds.
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What two tracking methods does Luppet support?
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What two tracking methods does Luppet support?
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Default webcam and iFacia mocap.
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How do you toggle the fullscreen green screen in Luppet?
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How do you toggle the fullscreen green screen in Luppet?
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Press the Escape key.
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What OBS filter removes the green background?
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What OBS filter removes the green background?
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Chroma Key.
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What alternative chroma key colors are suggested to avoid losing parts of the avatar?
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What alternative chroma key colors are suggested to avoid losing parts of the avatar?
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Blue, magenta, or a custom key.
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How do you rotate the camera 90 degrees in the snapshot menu?
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How do you rotate the camera 90 degrees in the snapshot menu?
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Use the rotation setting in the snapshot menu; this is ideal for TikTok.
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💡 Key Takeaways
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Affordable VTuber Software
Luppet provides a professional avatar solution for roughly $50, making it accessible to new VTubers.
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Webcam Calibration Method
A simple 5-second calibration fixes the avatar's gaze direction, improving audience interaction.
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Voice-Based Lip Sync is Best
The creator recommends voice-based over camera-based lip sync for better accuracy and fewer false positives.
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Chroma Key Color Trap
Using a green screen while wearing green can erase parts of your body; switch to a blue or magenta key to avoid it.
05:52Full Transcript
[00:02] application that anyone can use. In fact, Luppet was the very first program I personally used to make videos on this YouTube channel. And over the past few years, Luppet has added a whole bunch of different features and functions. Hello
[00:17] everyone, I'm your Btuber Senpai. And in today's video, I'm going to show you on how to install Luppet, how to use Luppet, and how to set up Luppet in OBS. Links for all the websites mentioned in this video will be in the description
[00:32] down below here on Google. What we're going to do is just type in Luppet. We going to do is just type in Luppet. We are going to click on lepit.appspot.com. We are going to scroll down until we see the prices and we are going to click on
[00:45] the prices and we are going to click on the one for 6,000. We are going to go to this page right here. We're going to click add to car and we are going to buy click add to car and we are going to buy Luppet. Luppet does cost around $50, but
[00:57] it is worth the price. Great. Now that we have Luppet downloaded, all we're going to do is rightclick on it itself. We're going to click extract Luppet 2, and we are going to wait for it to extract. With Luppet extracted, we're
[01:09] We're going to click on Luppet, and then we're going to click on the executable can see that we can enter in our username and password. We're going to use the same username and password that we use on the website to buy Luppet.
[01:24] open, let's take a look at some settings. So, the first thing we're Right here, we're going to see we can change the frame rate, the resolution of the application itself, the graphics quality, the language, and from here we
[01:40] can apply the settings and go on to the next step. Great. Now, let's add our model to Luppet. All we need to do is click on open file folder. We are going click on open file folder. We are going to drag and drop our model into Luppet's
[01:53] directory. We are going to close this. We are going to close Luppet and reopen it. Now that we reopen Luppet, let's select on our avatar itself. Then let's select on our avatar itself. Then let's select on our camera and let's click on
[02:06] start with this model. So now that we're at the Luppet main screen, let's take a look at some settings. So, we got different things here like background settings where you can change the green screen to whatever you like. We got
[02:20] brightness over here, so we could change the ambient light if we chose to do so. ourselves brighter. And we got different exposure settings if we wanted to play with that. Lighting wise, we could change the lighting and the position of
[02:35] said lighting, which is pretty cool. We got webcam calibration. Now, this is something you will be using more times than not. What you want to do is look straightforward where you would kind of typically look
[02:49] at your monitor and click on calibrate. We're going to wait for 5 seconds and we're going to see that our avatar on the bottom right hand side is now looking up instead of down which it was doing
[03:02] prior. The next menu we have here is our Leap Motion settings. Leap Motion is a device that does hand tracking. I do have an older video covering on how to use Leap Motion, so make sure you check that out.
[03:16] So, the next menu we're going to be looking at is character positioning. So, on our bottom right hand side preview window, we're going to see if we use the scroll wheel in and out, it moves the camera in and out. We hold down and
[03:29] right click, we can change the position of the avatar. and we hold down the scroll wheel and we can actually move the camera going up, down, left, [music] and right. Here in Luppet's lip sync settings, we can see we got two options
[03:44] of doing lip sync. Either voice-based, which is the one I highly recommend, or camerabased, which means if your lips are moving and you're not really saying anything, your camera can detect when the lips are being opened and closed.
[03:58] But honestly, I highly suggest just sticking with the voice-based lip sync. microphone, which is the default, and we're good to go. So, now what we're character advanced settings. And in this menu, it's basically just changing the
[04:12] shoulder angle of your avatar. Nothing too special. Looking at less tracking menu, we can see that Lupit does actually have two different ways of tracking. One is with your default webcam and the other one is with iFacia
[04:27] webcam and the other one is with iFacia mocap. They do have a tutorial on how to do it. So, make sure you check it out. And on the final menu of this is the snapshot. So, we can see here we could take a photo if we wanted to or we could
[04:42] change some different settings like rotating the camera 90° which is fantastic for things like Tik Tok. We got mirroring. So, it actually mirrors like say if you're using your left hand, it'll show you using your right hand
[04:55] instead. Okay, great. Let's get Lupet ready for OBS, though. First thing we need to do is make our green screen full screen. To do that, we need to hide all of this big menu. So, what we need to do is hit the
[05:09] escape key on the top left hand side of our keyboard. And as we see, this full screens us. And from what we learned from before, we can move our avatar correct. Make sure the camera angle is correct. And it looks like we're good to
[05:24] go. Now that we're mostly done with Luppet, let's get our OBS open and Luppet, let's get our OBS open and connect to OBS. To connect Luppet to OBS, all we need to do is click on the plus sign under sources. We are going to
[05:39] go to game capture. Under Game Capture, we're going to type in Luppet. We're going to click okay. Mode, we're going to change that to capture specific window. window we're going to change to luppet and we are going to click okay.
[05:52] Then here we're going to adjust luppet to the size we want it to be. We're going to rightclick under sources we are going to click on filters. With the filters menu open we are going to click on plus on the bottom left hand side and
[06:06] we are going to click on chroma key. Then what we're going to do is going to click okay. As you see the background did disappear. So did some of our sweater. So, what we should have done is maybe change it to a blue screen. And
[06:19] then under color key type, we could change it to blue, magenta, or a different custom key. And then we would be probably aokay. But what we're going to do now is click on close. And we see that our avatar is in the right position
[06:32] and everything's working as it mostly should. And just like that, we got Luppet connected to OBS. So, we're all pretty much done and ready to go. If you happen to like today's video, make sure you leave a comment. you like the video
[06:46] content, make sure you hit that subscribe button and the notification bell. Again, I'm your VTuber senpai. I stream here on YouTube every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings. So, come
[06:58] on by, say hi. Let's talk about Vtubing, gaming, anime, whatever. And well, I'll gaming, anime, whatever. And well, I'll catch you in the next one. Bye.
