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omg i've been outed--i think you're the first person to notice that!

in short, i had a cancer scare, followed by my mom needing surgery for cancer of her own (she’s clear now thankfully), and then my father also having two surgeries. all of us are OK! but between that and some home construction + my 9-5 dayjob, i basically only have worked on personal projects when i have time. i am redebuting with this model soon (funny enough i had a scheduled date but now need to get a new roof due to hurricane damage and will be postponing) and ill go over all the nonsense that’s been happening in my life lately. it’s truthfully just a lot of back to back stuff that made it hard to maintain a schedule and stay sane. i love making videos and streaming but needed time to recover, will be back when things are ‘normal’ again :)

@@phloxart Sorry to hear that! Hope that you can get everything fixed up and get back to it soon!

If you make your OBS source the entirety of your OBS, it should automatically update when you change scenes. You can modify the name of the whole capture source in tools -> spout output settings. Just be careful because it captures every scene no matter what, so you need to ensure your sources are safe and ready to go. It will often leave a 'ghost' of the last used OBS source upon opening VTS, so if you have any sensitive sources like webcam etc. make sure to check VTS's background before starting recording/streaming.

@@phloxart thank you for sharing your wisdom! i super appreciate you!

@@phloxart I played around a bit and managed to have the spout plugin send the entirety of obs to vts. Problem was when I want the models data back to obs for the stream/recording output. I keep getting the infinity effect as everything on screen is captured. Do I have to run two instances of obs 1 for source gathering and 1 for the output for this method to work?

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this app runs so ass man. when i see people using the physics menu and have frames i’m so jealous. this shit deepfried

hiya, this tutorial could already be outdated given its from about a year ago now, i'm unsure of the compatibility of the plugins now. make sure to use the current versions of the plugins and check that each is compatible with your current version of OBS (and OBS only, SLOBs will not work). this was made with obs 29, the current version is 30.2.3. FiniteSingularity and Exeldro are renowned in the OBS community and I would assume them to update for compatibility regularly. so if all 3 plugins are not working, its probably an installation issue. please make sure there is not another install of OBS you may be accessing the plugins folder for. 64-bit plugin folder should be C:\Program Files\OBS\plugins. Make sure all the .dll files are present in that folder. If they are and OBS is not recognizing them, potentially delete them or run the uninstallers for them before reinstalling. you may also want to check for any old plugins you no longer use. they can cause issues, i know myself that the PRPR live plugin causes Spout2 to break. there may be something interfering, so double check and uninstall anything outdated.

haha that's so awesome, at first i was going to hand pick images but thought it would be cooler to have it randomly pull follows to test it. funny you actually saw it, so thanks for being here!! and thank you so much for your kind words too :)

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hiya, haven't seen this issue myself unfortunately. try to right click -> transform -> reset transform. you may have accidentally adjusted the transform. I would check down the line of source mirrors to make sure you didn't move something. otherwise, double check your source settings and make sure the resolution matches. and also check for any filters that may have been added accidentally. that's all I can recommend, sorry!

Hiya! My model setup in this video is a Live2D model running on VtubeStudio with Vbridger. I do not have any in depth tutorial on rigging in Live2D (if I have the time someday I'd love to), but model creation this way is quite the extensive process. I would recommend starting with some youtube videos going over it, there are thankfully lots of resources that have become available in recent years.

thank you so much! so glad you're getting use out of it, that brings me so much joy 🥹

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@@cmluna90 Should be the same with some key replacements. If I remember Mac correctly, you will be replacing “control”with your “command” key and will be replacing “alt” with the “option” key (example: control shift c would be command shift c for you, or shift alt would be shift option) My “H” hotkey (to hide elements bounding boxes) is not a standard hotkey and would need to be added in your Live2D settings if you want to use it. Let me know if those key replacements work, if not I will check them tomorrow. I have a Mac its just for work so I dont use it often for Live2D-that being said I will check to make sure if needed 👍

Thank you so much, happy it helped. Really appreciate providing clarity on the issues you were having too, I'm sure it will help someone out!

thank you so much!

Hey Destova, I have been taking a break and haven't streamed in a while so forgive my knowledge being rusty, but you def shouldn't have to go as low as 40 on the shadow. I think I kept mine between 90-100% even. I would double check your two dynamic mask filters (toggle them both off in terms of visibility) and make sure both of those are working properly. If it seems like the gaming scene blur dynamic mask is the culprit, you can bump up your base values (try 0.15 or 0.2 instead of 0.1). I would also recommend even re-adding the dynamic mask filters and re-inputting values and mask sources. I recall that the StreamFX plugin would sometimes just...decide to not work, especially if you are changing things a lot. Unsure if that's the case with Exeldro's plugin, but it's worth a shot to re-add them in. There's a button in the bottom left of the filter for 'defaults' that should allow you to reset them, though deleting and adding from scratch might be a better option. In terms of the software you're capturing though, it shouldn't be any different if you are using transparency or spout2 capture. If you are using a chroma key to remove a background color however, you may need to first mirror the chroma keyed source to use as your initial vtuber source. I found it acts strange when you key it out on the same source that you add more masks on. There's also always the possibility that this could totally be obsolete at this point with new plugin & OBS updates. Hopefully that's not the case, wish I had more info for you!

@@phloxart Nah honestly that's amazing the amount of detail you got for being rusty! I'll take all of that into consideration the next time I feel like opening up my stuff to play with it. Thank you so much for replying!

Absolutely, Streamerbot has a separate tab for timers which you can link to actions. I don’t go over it in the video but can link documentation: docs.streamer.bot/guide/settings/timed-actions Since timed actions run an action every x period, and you want to have items go away after that time, you could have one action for the item toggle and one action to turn the items off. At the end of the initial action (to enable the toggle), have it enable the timer to toggle the item back off. This is how I did my colour change toggles! You can also keep it all within one action if you use some c# or some if statements.

@@phloxart Thank you so much for this! I'll give it a go here momentarily! Appreciate your help!

Got it the second time, I missclicked some values in dynamic mask and it end up being 20.00 instead of 2.00 😆

Hi Shahelion, Totally possible that OBS has changed, this is the 3rd version of this tutorial and stuff changes constantly so I wouldn’t be surprised if it is obsolete or needs another update. I will try out the LUTs when I am off of work or sometime this week and see if they are still working for me, then get back to you with a comment or comment edit. As long as the lighting scene you’re referencing contains only the game capture, it should not be mixing/adding color from sources that are not included.

Thank you! Absolutely, you would just make another parameter going from 0 to 1 and rig the eyes with opacity similar to to the mouth (and make sure to adjust the input settings in VTS). The eyes open/close mesh or related deformers should be inside of the squash stretch deformer in the hierarchy so they still move with the rest of the model. Because you would then have 4 pngs+ total it will get a little more complicated with overlap. I would recommend separating the eyes on their own layer in the .psd so they do not disrupt your speaking parameter (you could separate the mouth too, this tutorial was just very barebones with separation). If you don't have any way to separate them in the .psd, you can separate them by using the manual mesh tool (button to the left from the one used at 6:19, looks like a triangle with a pen) and mesh *just* the eyes in Live2D by clicking a mesh boundary around them instead of automesh. And area outside of that mesh boundary will not be visible, so you can still separate them in a pinch :) I will be doing an advanced version of this tutorial including a more in depth lip sync, hotkeys/toggles/animations, and autoblink at some point though!

I think it's hard to avoid due to the nature of additive layers. The only real way to mitigate it is via LUT or color grading, haven't found much of a way around it :(

LOL thank you, I tend to cut it off cause I have a really hearty loud laugh lol, try my best to limit myself being obnoxious in tutorials haha

Thanks for watching! Actually CSP supports layer comps now as well (ver 3.0 only) but still may be useful for easy exporting. I wish you the best of luck with your own picrews!

Totally doable with a gif! Most .gif files can be imported directly to a .psd and will import each frame as a layer. If I'm understanding correct then you probably have 2 sets of the same floating frames--one set with mouth open and another with mouth closed. You can use the same method in this video, but around 7:15, you'll have an extra step of grouping all floating mouth open frames in 1 deformer and all mouth closed frames in another deformer (hold shift or control to collect them and make a new deformer). Then continue on and rig those two deformers as if they were your mouth open & mouth closed. Deformers can use opacity and multiply so it should still work the same, you'll just have one deformer holding multiple components for open/closed instead of one artmesh for each. As for the floating animation, there's two options for you, but its a little more complicated because both will require you to use the animation menu. It boils down to 'rig the floating in live2d' as you suggested, OR 'use the frames in frame by frame animation.' If its a unique animation I would do option 2 so you can keep it! If it's simple then you can probably rig it easier in Live2D. I'll try my best to explain both but maybe can do a video on this at some point! You will have to make a new parameter for the floating which you will rig depending on which route you go. L2D Deformer Method Hold ctrl and select your mouth open/mouth closed deformers and make a new deformer 'floating' for both of them. Then you can make a new parameter 'floating' or something that will go from 0 to 1. Make your 'floating' deformer active on this new parameter using your two keyform button. At 0 it stays the same, and at 1 you can hold shift and drag the deformer up. Frame by Frame Import all your frames for the levitation, add a parameter for the levitation, and make the bounds equal to the number of frames (ex. if it's an 8 frame loop, you'd go from 0 to 7). Then rig visibility for each frame--ex. frame 1 would be visible on param=0 with all other frames invisible, frame 2 visible on param=1 with all other frames invisible, and so on. Once you have that rigged, you can make a new animation file (set to 1920x1080p, and make sure your framerate matches what you use in VtubeStudio, ex if you use 60fps then the animation needs to be 60fps). Drag your model into the screen and resize it so you can see it ok (the placement doesnt matter too much since we arent exporting to video or anything). You'll want to open the dropdown 'live2d parameters' so you can view your parameters, and set keyframes for your floating parameter. If you do the deformer way, you really only need 3 keyframes (bottom keyframe, top keyframe, then back to bottom to loop). You can open the dopesheet and set the graph to be ease in so it looks smooth. If you do it the frame by frame way, you will have 1 keyframe for each frame, and you'll have to set your dopesheet to be a stepladder so it doesnt flash/blend your frames. You can export the animation file and add it to your model folder. Exporting the actual model is the same but you may need a larger texture atlas to fit all your frames. The last thing is that in VtubeStudio you'll have to set your idle animation to your floating animation! I know that's a lot of info and its hard to translate text to working on something, but if anything I hope it can guide you a bit or know what to look up for assistance. If you have questions feel free to comment back or dm me on twitter or something!

Oh and sorry, forgot to say, if the ball is attached to your pngs, you can detatch it in your psd file by selecting it and erasing or using ctrl+x and ctrl+v. Then when you import, it will be in its own layers / artmesh.

do spout2's .dll file show up in your obs plugins folder at all? it will be in maindrive:/Program Files/obs-studio/obs-plugins/64bit if it's not there, the install was unsuccessful and i would recommend manually dragging the .dll file to your plugins folder or reinstalling it