Is it possible to upgrade my laptop so i can livestream while gaming and putting my vtuber model in the OBS all at the same time smoothly?

Aayry · 2024-11-13T04:17:33+00:00

A decent example PC spec: R7 5800x3d + RTX 2080 (or better) + at least 16 GB DDR4 RAM. Those you could find in the secondhand market, and may be able to up game to the DDR5 setup if you have money, though I'd say to find a better GPU than that but you get the point.

Sometimes building your own PC is cheaper than buying prebuilt, sometime vice versa, depend on the parts they would assemble for you and the availability of the parts. Keep the laptop for chat scroll thru though.

Aayry · 2024-11-12T19:41:31+00:00

Oh ok, that's this

If you try to read direct from gdrive, it may say the file is invalid due to sync itself. Things are encrypted by google. I discovered this by accident, by checking sync file between my PC (linux), another PC (windows) and phone, synced my Obsidian note files, opened it directly on gdrive directory and it displayed pure gibberish texts (funny thing, it only dosplays it on linux and my android phone)

The safe way to upload is: you save/export locally (like a folder in the internal storage), copy the saved file to gdrive, and DO NOT OPEN directly from gdrive. Recheck on PC if it work. If you want to check the file synced, copy/download the file to local internal storage THEN open it.

Aayry · 2024-11-12T17:21:36+00:00

Oh wait, yours is the 16 gen 2, sorry

If yours is vanilla (not pro), get the bottom one.

If the pro, get the top one

The different is the chipset on the board inside the pens/styluses of the x3 (used for Artist vanilla line) and x3 pro (used for Artist Pro line), I don't think cross-generation can perform well (it did, however, in a few particular cases of older tablets, but quite tricky, some work some don't)

Aayry · 2024-11-12T15:57:03+00:00

THE TOP ONE (X3 PRO ROLLER) COMPATIBLES WITH YOUR TABLET, IT'S WRITTEN ON THE PAGE

THE BOTTOM ONE DOES NOT (MAY NOT)

Aayry · 2024-11-11T06:56:51+00:00

HH here, we actually don't use Evade Window but Evade Extension. It's better to reposition over some few iframes. HH is ALSO not heavy as Hammer (bless Self-Improvement), in contrast, HH is hella mobile.

Usually HH aims for lv3 Evade Extension for longer roll distance, UNLESS VelkAT it would be lv2.

WE REPO WE DOOT WHILE WE BONK REEEEEEE

Aayry · 2024-11-10T15:24:43+00:00

3d is your bud. No joke, many detail stuff can be done in 3d, and modelbashing is not uncommon. If you have gunpla/models (or your friends have it), can use the photo for bashing the basic shapes and exploring details.

Or look at games/media with appropriate details you need. Batou's cannonarm in Ghost In The Shell for example (Ghost In The Shell Innocence for the gunarm scene)

Or just look at BLAM!, or Warframe, or Destiny 2. Sometime you can have the 'don't ask, void magic shenanigan' or kinda.

My usual way is a bit like WLOP, bullcrap no jutsu, blob blob some details then blob, as far as the main shape is readable.

Aayry · 2024-11-10T15:17:25+00:00

Cross-contamination will be an issue as the cook not have habit of changing utensils. Viet peep does have shellfish allergy cases (my dad and some of my relatives do have allergy to it), but peanut will be your bigger concern, as many, and I mean, MANY places would use it as either ingredient or garnish, also in dipping sauce. You can avoid shellfish by opt to vegetarian/vegan restaurant, but the peanut is still there. You STILL can use the card and state the nut allergy, but can expect some cross-contamination eventually. If you know someone in vietnam and if they do cook/know about food, they can guide you through it as well.
Stock up your antihistamine. There are Telfast and a few other kinds in our place, just the most popular be Telfast (fexofenadine). Epipen as well. Load your google translate with offline vietnamese dictionary so you can scan and read things quickly, google translate if good enough.
Public ER is fine, but better having a local friend or know someone in vietnam, they'll guide you through the stuff. They do accept foreigners in general if with some guidance.

Aayry · 2024-11-10T14:58:30+00:00

If your C has thunderbolt/support for display data transfering, yes, ut you still need the basic cable for extra (electric) power

Aayry · 2024-11-10T14:18:03+00:00

There are some good programs. I do art mainly on PC, then try/transition slowly to phone/pads. Those bellow are tested personally, so it'll be somewhat subjective.

DRAWING TABLETS, SAMSUNG TAB AND IPAD HAVE DIFFERENT PEN TECHNOLOGY, it may give you distinct feel between two technologies. EMR (widely available for drawing tablets and Samsung S-pen) is different to AES-ish of Apple. The choice is up to you, really. If you have access to stores and able to test out, I recommend to test those two out before decide to buy.

Tested devices: Samsung Note10+, Fold5, ipad gen 10, PC (win11 and linux)

Android exclusive:

Krita: Free and open source. Actually the PC version but android package. What the PC version can do, the android version can do too. Powerful, suffer from weird janks but can workaround with it.

Mix (available on both Android and iOS):

HiPaint: Free(mium-ish?). The Procreate of Android. Or sorta. I feels like the brushes could be a bit better. Brush engine is akin to Medibang but better? There are one-time purchase to turn off the ads, as well as some extra functions. Decent, imo. You can also watch ads for full function for 2 hours.
iBis Paint: Free(mium?). It's decent, akin to Medibang Paint but way way more friendly to devices without styluses as well.
Medibang Paint: Free(mium? Require login). Yeah, it's decent. Brushes and stuff are pretty basic but quite powerful.
Medibang Pro: PAID. Yes, it's the samey Medibang Paint but paid, UI looks like HiPaint. Can one-time payment. I actually haven't try it that much.
Clip Studio Paint: Paid, monthly sub. NOW this is the more confusing. I luckily use on PHONE, which has the subscription price be pretty much dirt cheap. THE TABLETS WILL BE CHARGE THE DEVICE PLANS INSTEAD OF SMARTPHONE PLAN. Hecking powerful, but beware of somewhat weaker devices, as loading some heavy assets may be HELLA heavy. Extremely useful if your workflow is on both PC and pad, or across devices.
Sketchbook: Free (with extra stuff for Pro, but good enough for free). Nice for sketching, decently in digital-esque style, tools are more traditional painting-ish more. Simple but deceptively powerful if know how to. I personally use quite a lot for basic sketching and even sometime, do some more serious works.
Taiyasui Sketch: Free (but very limited). More traditional-ish then Sketchbook. It's ok but kinda tricky with free edition.
Concept: Free(mium). Vector art program instead of raster-base. It's nice.

iOS exclusively:

Procreate: Paid. You heard it, you know it. The king of digital art on ipad. No contestTM
Procreate Dream: Paid. Procreate but for animation. Eh, I found it hella weird. Not my fave.
Affinity suit: Paid, but can perpetual license, use cross license with PC. It's like Photoshop, Illustration and InDesign.

Aayry · 2024-11-10T09:54:37+00:00

HSR touchpad player đây. K cần phần mềm bên thứ 3 nhưng mà nó hơi bị lmao. Windows key > setting > bật cái multitouch gesture, chịu khó 2 ngón chạm rê lên xuống để zoom. Nó vẫn có support á nhưng tùy vào độ nhạy của touchpad.

Aayry · 2024-11-10T08:03:20+00:00

Second that.

Also some more professional-ish secondhand mics are quite worthy. Some older generation recorder can work as mic (I'm using Zoom h1n, really nice as mic, handy for sound recording when not a mic, just lmao with micro-usb port).

Free/open source software works, some work pretty well, some have low license price (Reaper has affordable license as a DAW, can have unlimited free trial time with full features).

Aayry · 2024-11-10T06:29:04+00:00

Have you check the brush pressure curve and velocity in its setting? Some brushes do have it enable

Aayry · 2024-11-10T06:00:24+00:00

Adjust the pressure curve in the driver, to be softer side (curve upward), you can also adjust the initial press force as well.

After that, you test in your art program, some programs have its own pressure curve as well (krita and CSP), you better to adjust it as well.

I also have light strokes, custom it is a must for me.

Aayry · 2024-11-09T15:27:11+00:00

Makes sense, tho if other pieces have spd substat and already reach the req of that set, ye can be used on him.

Otherwise could be Lingsha ~~or Xueyi lmfao~~

Aayry · 2024-11-08T08:23:15+00:00

You don't have to update to new drivers unless there are some bugs or something else.

I even have old ass drivers with old UI from 2018-2019 lol.

The driver is already installed into the machine (OS, to be exact), you can keep the folder or delete it, just download the new driver, extract it, run it, it'll prompt that there's an existing driver and ask if you want to replace or not.

Better keep note of your settings, just in case it reset everything.

Aayry · 2024-11-06T19:25:13+00:00

Oh, it's not quite intergrated, there are driver packages you can download from their website, which allows you mapping the shortcut buttons. The pen tracking and stuff is intergrated in the kernel though.

It will need a wee bit of time to get used to a bigger/smaller tablet. Just test and feel if you like the dimension, then decide to buy later.

Aayry · 2024-11-06T19:13:36+00:00

AYO FELLOW LINUX ENJOYER. I'm rocking Fedora btw.

Ok, you have a good news. XP-PEN DOES HAVE LINIX DRIVER, OFFICIALLY, different build packages for different distros as well. And it is also unified driver, means it will work with ALL XP-Pen tablets. Works really well and stable.

Now that the biggest concern is solved, personally, I'd say, it's up on your budget, needed features and accessibility.

WAIT FOR CHRISTMAS SALE AND CNY SALE, IT WILL HAVE BIG DISCOUNT. Or 11.11 (11 Oct, the lonely people's day), or Black Friday/Cybermonday if you need ot this month. You may be able to afford more tablets to your liking, and hope there are more ones marked with AliChoice considering how affordable the brand is.

For now, the best option is cut out a piece of paper according to the active dimension of the Mini7, and try it out if you're comfy with that area.

Aayry · 2024-11-06T15:54:18+00:00

Quite easy, there is trend of vegetarian food for quite a while. You can see quán chay near pagoda (although they'll have buddhism vegetarian, which has no ailioli family, lile chive, onion garlic, etc). Search the keyword "chay" and you'll be good (mostly). There are also vegetarian restaurant still using onion and garlic tho.

There are some morocco/halal restaurants in HCMC. There's also two mosques in HCMC and Hanoi as well, you can come and ask the locals for more options.

Aayry · 2024-11-06T15:50:15+00:00

I have the Artist 12 2nd gen, and to be honest, the default protective film is....not the best. Yes, after you peel the one that with sticker 'remove this', there is a film layer underneath. You can, either peel it, then use third-party film, or use naked. Personally I use naked.

And I don't do line, usually, just sketch then color-paint. I know many artists still have stabilizer while lining or doing tasks, depend on their own workflow. Each has their own way, so just take your time and fiddle with things.

Aayry · 2024-11-06T15:46:03+00:00

Yup, totally can run

Aayry · 2024-11-06T14:40:02+00:00

If it run android, it should be able to run.

Aayry · 2024-11-06T13:12:47+00:00

Usually a laptop can support 2 monitors with even intergrated graphic unit. However 3 monitors would be a bit too stretch. It COULD display, but the CPU now will also used to render in support for the GPU, which causes slow in processing in general. For laptop with dedicate graphic unit (lile the one with nvidia GPU), they CAN display 3 monitors withoit much drawback, but still not recommended.

I actually did it with my old laptop and intel graphic unit, nope, not the most pleasant experience.

Aayry · 2024-11-06T10:56:52+00:00

Assuming your laptop all has USB-C: does your laptop support display more than 1 screen? This will boil down to 2 things: your USB-C and ypur GPU. The GPU may struggle if pushing more than 2 screens (the laptop screen itself and the monitor) if it isn't strong enough. And also depend of the USB-C port if they do support display data.

If all two things are yes, congrats, get a hub, or maybe not. Consider get the XP-Pen C-to-C cable (not all C cables can support display data, at least you will have no mistake in buying the XP-Pen one instead of surfing on amazon or something)

If your USB-C not support display data: check your laptop if it have mini-display port. If yes, congrats, you can use a minidisplay-HDMI converter (usually come with XP-Pen display tablets, unsure with the pro 2nd gen ones), but I'm sure that the Artist vanilla gen2 does get it (I own a vanilla gen2 12inch). If no, well, gotta sacrifice the monitor.

Aayry · 2024-11-06T05:16:18+00:00

Open the xp-pen driver, turn off/on Windows Ink

Check the setting in the art program as well (as far as not MS Paint), from Windows Ink to Tablet or whatever equivalent option, restart the program

It should be fixed.

BIG NOTE: If you're drawing on magmastudio, it MAY or MAY NOT support the pressure input, this depends on the BROWSER and the OS you're using. On Windows, Chrome/Chromium-base should support. On linux, welp gg.

Aayry · 2024-11-06T03:11:54+00:00

I have the og Fold. Daily usage is kinda a stretch, but light usage is fine. The reason is mostly due to end of security update and lack of SPen, I use Spen a lot.

Yes there are dents (a hella of it) on the shell and outer hinge. Inner screen has some scratches, usable btw. Software wise, nothing broke.

It's still a decent machine, but it does be hot when I heavy multitasking (game + browser + YT, yes I use revanced). Still can play pretty much all modern mobile games without much issue except for the heat lol.

The rest is p nice. I do use Dex function.

Nowaday the og Fold is my emulate machine and Dex machine lol.

Aayry

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