PNGtuber CRASH COURSE PART 1 || FULL Tutorial for PNGTuber Plus

[@tsurudraws]

Some various tips and tricks I couldn't find a good place (or forgot) to mention: 🗑If you delete a parent layer, ALL linked child layers will also be deleted! This is how we delete the default model all at once at 7:00 ⚠There is no undo button (afaik of)! Save and overwrite your model frequently while working! You can always load an older version, or save duplicates as you go. ⌨You can use your arrow keys to adjust physics! Click on the slider you're adjusting, then use left/right to fine tune. Make sure you select a slider first though or nothing will happen lol 🛠When capturing PNGtuber+ as a game window in OBS/SLOBS, make sure you have transparency enabled! Otherwise, you'll get a black backdrop behind your PNGtuber. I'll add more mini tips as I remember them, but thank you for taking the time to watch this tut!

[@Ela-kd3nx]

Hey, I know you made his video a long time ago but, I would need help with sizing, for some reason it opened very large and I cant find any help on this

[@tsurudraws]

Hello! Apologies for the late response but the ideal size range should be under 850 pixels in height; I mention it briefly in the video as well. You should be able to zoom out in the program by holding CTRL + mousewheel.

[@Ela-kd3nx]

@@tsurudraws Thank you very much!

[@lugbzurg8987]

Went from having no idea how to make anything do anything or how to read what the functions even do... to now I drew up my own custom model that floats, stretches, squashes, has rotating limbs, toggling, and all that. Now, all I gotta do is make another one!

[@birdghosting]

I have no practical use for a pngtuber but I've successfully created one of my oc and it is bringing me so much joy 😂💖 Thank you for this wonderful tutorial

[@tsurudraws]

SDIUHFIAU A few of my friends who don't stream make PNGtubers for OC roleplay/DND sessions! Glad this was helpful!

[@birdghosting]

Oh that's so cute, how do they configure that among everyone??

[@tsurudraws]

@@birdghosting they just each open up their pngtubers in their respective programs and do a multiscreenshare discord call! that way it looks like their OCs are talking to each other

[@birdghosting]

@@tsurudraws Ohhhh!! I see, that's really cute 😮

[@red_vibe9984]

Omg I love that

[@Dreaming_Stray]

That fullbody chibi at the beginning is absolutely majestic ✨

[@tsurudraws]

Thank you!! That was actually my test PNGtuber and I made it a little TOO complex 😂😂😂

[@Dreaming_Stray]

@@tsurudraws Well, it's definitely the perfect example of "You can start simple BUT once you master it, you can make something as cool as this!"

[@Metal_HeadsRHot]

Made my first Pngtuber with this tutorial, thank you!! :3 you explained everything really well I love your commentary

[@SnoogyWoogy]

Just used this tutorial to make my own little PNGtuber! Thank you so much for this video it was so beginner friendly. It really shows how easy it is to make you own if you're ok with having something super simple. Of course getting a quality detailed one requires honed art skills but for just playing around? Im happy with my blobby little dude that blinks and bounces as I talk. And its so exciting when you can do something for yourself.

[@tsurudraws]

I'm so glad it helped! My goal with these guides is always to make the learning curve a little easier 💖

[@abadaccident528]

I was looking at the art, and the finishing up lineart and colour part followed, and i looked over at the number of layers and nearly cried, im not organised enough for this, but I will eventually be willing to take it up :") Thank you for the tutorial

[@tsurudraws]

It'll feel like a lot, especially if you're very new to cutting layers! Cheering you on! You can always make a backup copy of your refined layers, and then merge some components further!

[@burgeriguess]

i feel like this is a really good option for those who want to be vtubers but don't have high end PCs or good camera tracking

[@antary1774]

Just CAME BACK to tell you how helpful this tutorial was ! My PNGtuber looks absolutely adorable thanks to you~ Everything from the explanation to the edition was *chef kiss* . Thanks a lot again for making such good content !!!

[@TheOtakuArtist]

I just want to say thank you SO much for this tutorial. For the last couple of days I've been working on my pngtuber, and I'm almost done! Your tutorial has helped SO much, so thank you!!

[@SirSealVT]

i saw the vid on twitter and I NEVER FELT THIS HAPPY TO HAVE TWITTER HOLY FU- THANK YOU!

[@ttdeeno]

Step 1: know how to draw

[@shiorywalker7978]

There is a tutorial on how to draw under 100hr from nerdforge. It's really good and practical 😊

[@ViennaPkxD]

I am a young artist but my edit are incredible.

[@karzanah]

You can definitely do PNGtuber avatars with other mediums Like I just created a very basic avatar with 4 renders of my Bionicle OC

[@bananatoffeepie]

Commission

[@THEWORMKING.]

Yeah?

[@high1dk]

underated channel. your art is so good and the tutorial is so beginner friendly thank you so much

[@tsurudraws]

thank you so much! im hoping to make more in the future~

[@jusandraws]

So well made! It took me only half a day to finish my first PNGtuber thanks to this video, and I'm getting so many ideas now that I have a grasp on how everything works. Should've found your channel months ago when I was hesitating to get this done because I didn't know how to start! Also your model is so stylish and cute

[@KogawaYuri-ENVtuber]

This was so helpful and cool! I want to be a pngtuber while I prepare for my actual debut and grow an audience so I’m grateful for this video!

[@quetzalKin]

This is amazing! You explain all so nicely, and I love your art so much 💚. Thank you for sharing!

[@Gwendel_BooTTV]

THANK YOU so MUCH! I was confused about the toggling feature and you're the only one I've found who goes into it in details. I now understand it completely. Ty ty ty!

[@milevapuentedura831]

best tutorial by far ! and so complete ! bonus point for the pokémon bgm ^^

[@bertiebuttercup]

I'd never heard of this pngtuber software til now and I'm amazed at what it can do, also your pngtubers look so cool!! thank you for the very comprehensive and easy to understand video, I will definitely be exploring it in the future!

[@mizuxtsune]

A friend sent me this video while I was talking about having a model on-stream and I just finished my first one with the help of this video, thank you so much! It’s been a great guide to work with! :D

[@NicoleHam]

THANK YOU for this!! The tutorial included is great but it's a little simple, and your explanation of how to crop your images was super helpful. I didn't even know you could make more complicated models like the fullbody you mentioned

[@tsurudraws]

thank YOU for using it! i tried to provide enough foundational knowledge for folks to experiment with! imo best way for folks to learn and create unique models is to take basic skills and apply them even the fullbody model i showed at the end uses only very basic techniques! i hope you're able to have fun experimenting yourself! 💖

[@random.orange]

Absoltely loved this tutorial, the explanations are so detailed and helpful (also i LOVE the character design on your png tuber, the little bouncy cat gives one serotonin boost after the other :")) Thank you so much for making this Video!!

[@RRubicante]

THANK YOU so much for this video omg I was STRUGGLING with the official written tutorial so bad and this actually helped me in ways that one could not.

[@dluciney]

hablo español... muchas gracias por tu tutorial, es el más completo que vi hasta ahora, me encanto demasiado y te agradesco mucho, dibujas muy bien y tienes mucho talento

[@slayer_starswirl]

A great and indepth guide. I feel like I know how to do it all now. Thank you :3

[@VladlustTV]

This tutorial was SUPER useful! The software seemed a bit daunting but I got my avatar up and running in no time, thank you so much!

[@LumaYolanda]

i am SOOOOO HAPPY THAT I DID IT!!!! my microphone is HORRIBLE but i still LOVE ITTT!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am so grateful for this tutorial, totally life changer!!!!

[@kai-cheesecatt]

thank you so much for this! I’ve wanted to make videos/stream with a pngtuber or vtuber character for a while and this is probably the easiest way I have found :D

[@nicole_nekooo]

Wonderfully explained and now... I CAN'T WAIT TO TRY MAKING MY OWN. Thank you for this! I was always so scared to try this program out cuz new things freak me out. But watching you do it step by step, makes me feel safe to try it hahaha

[@tsurudraws]

enjoy!! i have a discord server as well if you ever need help troubleshooting (should be in video description or on my twt) best of luck making your own!!

[@loonywolf_art]

Create an animation folder and make a timeline, Animation> edit track> Assing multiple cells (B) Assing cell by name File> export animation (Y) > Export animation cells pick PNG and where you want to save

[@nekomari4231]

Here's a tip for exporting! In CSP if you save the file as a .psd you can import it to krita and use the macro there to export everything as layers! Took me less time to download krita than to export even half of the layers last time i did this in csp lol.

[@jessica_cobalt]

your tutorial is the only one that helped me figure this whole thing out

[@insert_rad_username_here]

this was so easy to follow! It *only* took me 5 hours to make a model of myself

[@YourKingPyro]

Thank you so much!!! I was super scared to jump into this bc I thought it would be really complicated but your guide was super easy to follow and helped a lot :DD I managed to set mine up super quickly after I drew all the parts thanks to your help :)

[@ReBbK15]

OMG you don´t know how long Ive been looking for something like this! thank you very much!!!

[@tsurudraws]

you're very welcome!

[@derpthefroggie]

absolutely brilliant guide!! Had my little froggie up and running in like 20 minutes, easy to understand explanations with excellent on screen info to compliment the spoken words. Definitely subbing and looking forward to future videos!!

[@tsurudraws]

glad it was helpful! please look forward to more shenangians from me!

[@WhereDaDuckAt]

one posted about pngtubers, and felt the urge to create one. just finished mine watching ur tutorial. tysm !

[@verm_ms]

i just found a way you can export all layers at the same timeISH so you need to export it as a psd, then import it into photopea (a web-based photo editor thingy) then in the file tab theres an option called "export layers" theres like 3 options that are automatically selected just unselect them and then you can export :D ALSO make sure you name your layers with names that dont have any special characters because each png will keep its layer name and you cant export afterwards (though you should already name them as you go for easier navigation) this is a lot of steps but when theres a lot of layers to export this is a huge time saver

[@tsurudraws]

krita also has a built in script for this!

[@VanTheVixen]

Honestly, this is super super helpful and so detailed! I am definitely going to give making my own pngtuber a shot using this guide

[@espersreverie]

This tutorial was so fun to follow and made this process really easy, thank you! Id love to see your process for the higher-detail model you showed, but all-in-all, this was great! thanks!

[@tsurudraws]

I unfortunately didn't record my process for that, but it was identical to the mini one I made for the tutorial! Just a lot more time spent on the art itself LMAO

[@espersreverie]

@@tsurudraws alright! Ill give it a shot!

[@sendaisweetie5297]

What an excellent, well-explained tutorial. I have zero experience with this but I feel confident that I wont have any trouble making my own avatar now. Thank you!

[@jennychenjen2151]

This is so useful! Thanks for the tutorial! I want to add more expressions for the toggle, so I’m learning as I go 😅

[@firasaeequihua]

This is the first time I see your content and I must say I loved your art style!!! Thanks for the video it was very useful!!!

[@starlightwitch12]

Thanks for this my dear! I hope I can understand this tutorial now that I am starting out as a PNGTuber.

[@pennyblush98]

I'm gonna be da talk of da town thanks to u 😎 lol thanks for the tutorial, i felt like i was dealing with a mythical fae that wanted several years off my life before i could get this to work

[@tsurudraws]

😂😂 glad this was helpful!

[@RinTheYordle]

Oh man this is perfect for me just starting out wanting a PNGtuber. Thank you so much for the guide!

[@ViktorPuss]

this is such a thorough and helpful tutorial!

[@kakaiya]

very well explained, thank you!

[@SnoFitzroy]

while this video didn't answer 100% of my questions (I'm still wrestling the mic sensitivity - it seems to detect my fan better than my voice despite full speaking volume directly into the mic???), this 100% clarified the confusing UI and made the whole app feel much more intuitive. I still wish I could pan my camera view though without moving the whole avatar lol

[@tsurudraws]

PNGtuber+ has very limited audio adjustments; if its detecting your fan consistently, see where the green bar peaks on average while not speaking; adjust the slider to the left of that peak to help reduce background noise. Does your mic have directional sensitivity? If so, check that its facing you properly. Would also recommend double checking that you have the right mic detected in PNGtuber+

[@lyonsin2535]

extremely helpful guide, thank u

[@robynhanrahan]

This is by far the best tutorial I’ve seen for setting up a pngtuber!! also I CANNOT place what Pokémon city theme it is at around 6:00-7:00 and it’s driving me insane 😭

[@katchii93]

this was incredibly easy to follow & digest. thank you!

[@Dazia]

Wonderful tutorial. Thank you for making this!

[@doogong]

Great tutorial!

[@mochi_friesia]

Thank youuuuuu, i love to start adding this service in my commissions it looks so funnnn! ♡♡♡♡

[@Renimyyy]

This is so helpful thank you so much!!

[@doveydaze]

I wish I watched this before starting to make a PNGTuber, I realized I went about this all wrong :') TY for the tutorial!

[@tsurudraws]

better late than never! hope this helped resolve some of the issues!

[@kirakira878]

Thanks for the tutorial! I love this program so far. It reminds me of emofuri but in English.

[@tsurudraws]

I'll have to look into that! I'm always on the look out for new lightweight programs~

[@Mewl22]

Thanks for the video!! The app is so confusing unless u know what everything does, I get frustrated with linking and gave up but my avatar worked out nicely ❤️

[@BlueSharky_69]

Thank you this was super helpful

[@radarsada]

Amazing, thank you!

[@dechimegami]

Great video!! thank you so much!

[@luxaeterna4387]

Right when I was needing something like this!

[@pickledomo]

great tut!! thank you!!

[@biggestrebel]

This is AWESOME THANK YOU!!!!!!

[@bestjoygames]

Goated video

[@sheriffpirek]

Fantastic and detailed tutorial. thank you so much!

[@yoshgurt]

I made my first one and she's fantastic. But I didn't separate her layers at all- so now I need to remake her for my friend to rig AHAHA

[@ardemo_111]

THANK GOD U EXSIST

[@PerfectBurn101]

I know how to draw on a sketchbook, but I cannot draw on a digital tablet. Its kinda difficult for me. So what I do is take a picture of my work from the sketchbook and then pass it over to my PC and then work with it on photoshop.

[@luealie7521]

my face when you said you were skipping over the coloring process: 👁👄👁

[@KyogreMastery]

Awesome tutorial!!

[@latiplushie1541]

Thanks! I succeeded making a Vtubing avatar for my boyfriend ^-^

[@RrmrTV]

Super cool!

[@nellie__]

will you do a tutorial about complex pngtubers in pngtuber plus? :o

[@tsurudraws]

I might make a mini guide for how to do more complex things, but everything is fundamentally the same as the basics!

[@CornerLineStudio]

this is cute! didnt know this exist! gonna subs for other new stuff!

[@beewells]

For some reason I forgot blinking, when I tried adding it, after I added all of the other png's, it won't show in the file directory.

[@Chaimelo]

This is an awesome video. I now have a cute lil dude. Thank you so much

[@mothman5883]

I need HELP!! it won't pick up my mic which I have on my headset. I am not sure why of that either, I checked if my PC was blocking this, but no it doesn't even say that this app is asking for my mic

[@tsurudraws]

I'd recommend restarting the program if you're not seeing your mic under the mic sub menu of PNGtuber+ in view mode

[@harvencosset3147]

I suppose my biggest issue is that I may have made my sprite too big and it fills the entire frame. Is there a way to fix this outside of resizing everything? Edit: Nevermind I found your comment and fixed it, thank you ^^

[@pvtslade2921]

Thank you for the tutorial! I've gone from staring at the program and screaming to a master of PNGTuber+ in 17mins!

[@tsurudraws]

that's the goal! 💖

[@SalchichaGaming]

Very good tutorial!!!, tho I have to say I spend about 20 minutes trying to delete the example model, and it's still there, somehow the trash can doesn't work, acually nothing on the editing part works

[@tsurudraws]

i would definitely reinstall the program (fully delete first) and make sure you're on version 1.3 at minimum

[@Yasu_fox]

OOOOOH! THANK YOU 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@javaaquaticfish469]

How do you get detected on the virtual cam discord? Can it?

[@pousthemoco]

Thank you

[@midnitejesus]

So we are limited to two states for mouth animation, mouth open and mouth closed? I animate my character right in OBS using the OBS move plugin, and I have 4 states for the mouth from closed to open. The animation is much smoother and better looking.

[@tsurudraws]

Just two states, but you can add animated mouth forms using animation sprites! I go over it in my part 2 tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZTPpJueesyGntksi=vK7uzF1WwSvS536j

[@midnitejesus]

@@tsurudraws Thanks will check that out!

[@asteriaddraws3497]

Do you need all the different layers? Nothing in my first png tuber will be moving. I have the main 4 frames. (Eyes open/mouth closed ; eyes closed/ mouth closed; eyes open/ mouth open; and eyes closed/ mouth open) and now im worrying about if i have to redraw everything

[@tsurudraws]

you can have as many different layers as you want additional freedom to animate/rig components separately; i.e. splitting hair for more motion, limbs for rotational animation, etc you won't have to redraw anything as long as you're fine with very limited animation/expressions.

[@kyocallscats]

Great tutorial!! I was wondering how could I set 3 frames of blinking? Is it possible?

[@tsurudraws]

its possible, but won't be consistent; you can add a 2 frame blink for eyes closed, and up the frame rate/speed by a LOT theoretically, it'll sometimes play fast enough during a blink to mimic a 3 frame effect otherwise, you can set a manual animation that isnt tied to blink/open at all with 3 unique frames (eyes open, eyes half lidded, eyes closed) and use a LOT of repeat eyes open frames as filler

[@CobaltFoxPlays]

All of my own PNGTubers I made in Illustrator, and I build them like Flash puppets. But I've only used veadotube for the hotkeys to change the expression. Does this software have hotkeys too?

[@tsurudraws]

It does! It has 10 mutually exclusive hotkeys, and pretty much an infinite number of customizable hotkeys that can layer with each other

[@ColorfullGremilling]

I'm having problems with my png tuber, when I click on the left tab it closes, no matter which option I click on it closes, I can't delete items or configure it, does anyone have any idea what could be happening?

[@WittyArty]

Thx for the beatiful video is really well made

[@tsurudraws]

sort of! you can use animated sprite sheets to create a spinning effect I go over this in part 2 of my tutorial here (timestamped) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZTPpJueesyGntksi=BE1wMML8WRlDxQ-P&t=127 as a heads up though, i believe the program plays sprites forward, then reverse, rather than continuously looping through from beginning to end, so motions that only go in one direction like spinning might not read very clearly!

[@lorisidirgiichi4056]

Are there going to be plans for tutorials adding and creating your own alternate costumes?

[@tsurudraws]

perhaps, if there's enough requests for it! full outfit changes use the same set up as toggles/hot keys, especially on the current most version of PNGtuber+

[@S3redaee]

sorry if this is a dumb question, but is there any option or something to turn the little animation you make there "like the floating one" as a gif or video?

[@tsurudraws]

If you mean a way to export the idle animation/avatar, I just record mine in OBS over a matching background color and then greenscreen it if needed. There's no built in way to export unfortunately

[@ArohaTheStrange]

Im having difficulty with the Origin Point part? I cant tell if you mean press the O key, or the 0 [zero] key then using WASD to move??

[@tsurudraws]

hold down the O key while using WASD!

[@cg_thebandit7328]

I’m having a hard time link an item to the right thing, like I try to link the hair to the head but then it will link to somthing close to or behind it. Is there a way to hide layers to link easier?

[@tsurudraws]

if you're on the latest version of PNG+, you can click on items in the layer panel directly instead of the item itself!

[@Bluem0onJ]

I did a little bunny slime :3

[@EditorArts]

squash in mouth is cool

[@nishiki_guy]

I know how to draw but I'm SOOOO LAZYYYYYY. I wanna make a pngtuber of my self-insert but it's TROUBLESOME. My laziness is one of the reasons why I don't make my own vtuber model 😂

[@javaaquaticfish469]

Can Pngtuber be used as a virtual cam for live streams?

[@tsurudraws]

It can! Just capture it as a game window in OBS/SLOBS and allow transparency. As long as you're not in editing mode, and aren't actively tabbed into PNGtuber+, it should capture just fine.

[@NayaNaomi]

does IBISPaint still work?