~Sarah's Toolbox~

Below is the list of various tools, software, and whatnot that I use for all of my projects. Please keep in mind I only use a Windows PC and cannot recommend alternatives for other devices or operating systems


2D Art

PaintTool Sai + PaintTool Sai2 Digital Art Software Paid - Perpetual License My former main drawing software. Still an amazing tool and highly recommended!
CLIPStudio Paint Pro V1.5 Digital Art Software Paid - Perpetual License (Pre V2) My current drawing software
Piskel Pixel Art Software Free + Open Source My former pixel art software. Extremely solid
Aseprite Pixel Art Software Paid + Open Source My current pixel art software
AnimeEffects 2D Animation Application Free + Open Source
Photopea.com Photo and Graphics Editor Free with Ads - Browser Based
EZGif.com Online GIF Maker and Editor Free - Browser Based Great website that allows for the creation an editing of GIFs as well as APNG, WebP, MNG and AVIF. Supports multiple video formats as well
Canva Graphic Design Platform Freemium For all of my graphics. Not a fan of their pricing model
DesignDoll 3D Model Poser Freemium Great for anyone who doesn't have access to CLIPStudio's 3D model tools

3D Art

Metasequoia 4 3D Modeling Software Paid - Perpetual License
MikuMikuDance (MMD) 3D Animation Software Free
PMX Editor 3D Model Editing Software for MMD Models Free
Scultpris 3D Sculpting Software Discontinued Previously Sculptris was available as a free product separate from ZBrush. It appears to no longer be distributed since Maxon's purchase of Pixologic
Blender 3D Modeling Software Free + Open Source
Unity Game Engine Freemium? (At least for personal use?) Exclusively used for editing VTuber models. Their business practices suck

Miscellaneous

LMMS Digital Audio Application Free + Open Source I am not at all versed in this program and only occasionally use it to make small snippets of music
DECTalk Text-to-Speech Software Abandonware?
Audacity Digital Audio Editor and Recording Application Free + Open Source
VSDC Video Editor Freemium Maybe just learn Da Vinci Resolve

Streaming

OBS Studio Streaming Software Free + Open Source The industry standard
Streamer.bot Twitch Bot and so much more Free Genuinely don't know how to summarize Streamer.bot. From alerts and sound effects to channel point interactions and controlling OBS; Streamer.bot does so much during my streams
Stream Avatars Twitch Interactive Chatter Tool Paid - Perpetual License

OBS Plugins

Move by Exeldro Source Record by Exeldro 3D Effect by Exeldro Scale to Sound by Qufy Win-Capture-Audio by Bozbez Image Reaction by Scaled Closed Captioning Via Google Speech Recognition by RatWithACompiler JRDockie by DCmouser Spout2 by Leadedge Advanced Masks by FiniteSingularity


VTubing

Veadotube Mini PNGTubing Software Pay What You Want Extremely light weight PNGTuber software for anyone wanting to test the water or just getting started
Veadotube Live PNGTubing Software Early Access Veadotube Live is still in development and available for testing by supporting olmewe's Ko-Fi
PNGTuber Plus PNGTubing Software Pay What You Want Available on Itch.io and Steam
Inochi 2D 2D VTuber Editor (Creator) and Controller (Sessions) Paid (Perpetual License) + Open Source Still in development
Puppetstrting VTuber Tracker Free Specifically designed to be used with Inochi2D. Available on Itch.io and Steam
VNyan 3D VTuber Application Free

Hardware

Elgato Stream Deck Wacom Intuos S CTL4100 Logitech C920 Blue Yeti USB Microphone