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Adding and using lights Studio scenes start almost unlit. How to add directional, point, and spot lights, aim them, and set color, brightness, and shadows. lightingstudio Read B Tutorial
Camera work in Studio Frame better shots: focus and orbit, save and recall camera angles, fly the camera freely, and make it follow a moving subject. studio Read B Tutorial
Editing clothing in Studio Change outfits, clear patterns and overlays, preview half-removed states and save an outfit as its own card, without leaving Studio. clothing Read B Tutorial
How to change a shader Studio has no built-in shader editor. Here's the real tool that does it, step by step. materials Read B Getting started
How To Enable BepInEx Logging & Redirect Output This guide will teach you how to setup BepInEx logging and redirecting the output. This will make troubleshooting alot easier getting-startedtroubleshooting Read B Tutorial
How to use BetterPenetration Three steps to get BetterPenetration snapping into place correctly. nsfw Read B Tutorial
How to use blend shapes Pose facial expressions in Studio by hand-editing blend shapes through HS2PE. characterposing Read B Getting started
Installing a mod Where to place your zipmod files after downloading getting-started Read B Getting started
Installing a plugin Where the DLL goes, what BepInEx needs, and how to confirm it loaded. getting-started Read B Getting started
Installing HS2 the right way The two ways to get a modded Honey Select 2, how to extract the multi-part archive without breaking it, and the install-path trap that quietly wrecks mods. getting-started Read B Tutorial
Material Editor essentials The everyday Material Editor moves: open it on the right object, recolor, swap a shader, and control transparency. materials Read B Getting started
Saving, exporting and backing up Save outfits as cards, pull a character out of a downloaded scene, load part of a card, and back up your work before a reinstall. getting-started Read B Getting started
Studio basics: your first scene From an empty Studio to a saved scene, the essential buttons and the order you meet them. getting-startedstudio Read B Tutorial
Studio items and props Add and control Studio items: stop a prop built-in animation, recolor anything, and build a glowing light-source prop. studiomaterials Read B Tips & tricks
Studio keyboard shortcuts Every hidden keyboard shortcut built into Studio, pulled straight from the game's code, not a wiki guess. studio Read B Getting started
Where to get mods and plugins The illusionmods GitHub is gone. Where cards, mods, plugins and updates live now, and why keeping them current matters. getting-started Read Intermediate 14
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Animating with Timeline Build custom Studio animations with Timeline: keyframes, the Use Current Value gotcha, speed and looping, and piston gimmicks. posingstudio Read I Tutorial
Character height and proportions Change a character height and fix proportions in Studio and the Maker, including the male-height slider gotcha. character Read I Tutorial
Clean screenshots and renders Take crisp Studio shots and fix the usual render problems: hidden UI, F9 vs F11, depth of field, transparent backgrounds, SSR and SEGI. studiolighting Read I Tutorial
Expressions How-to ENY's walkthrough for building believable facial expressions in StudioNEO, from blendshapes and bone edits through to pose, hair and lighting. characterposing Read I Tutorial
Facial detail: teeth, makeup and brows Finer face work: custom teeth textures, two-tone eyeshadow, removing blush, and reshaping eyebrows without a bone. charactermaterials Read I Tutorial
Fluids and effects Add cum, sweat, tears and a wet-skin look, and animate fluid effects over time in Timeline. nsfwmaterials Read I Tutorial
How to parent an object with Node Constraints A basic parent-child link between two objects. Here we constrain a sword to a hand. posingstudio Read I Tutorial
Overlays, tattoos and custom skin textures Author your own overlays: export a body or face texture, paint on it, and bring it back in for tattoos, paint and detail. materials Read I Tutorial
Physics and jiggle Dial in breast, butt, hair and skirt movement with Dynamic Bones and HS2PE, add collision, and fake wind. physics Read I Tutorial
Posing by hand: IK, FK and hands Hand-pose a character with the IK and FK handles, pose fingers and fists, and avoid the node-selection and ankle-spin traps. posing Read I Tutorial
Reflections and mirrors Get real reflections in Studio with mirror shaders, mirror items and reflection probes, and fake a floor reflection. lightingmaterials Read I Tutorial
Skyboxes, cubemaps and night scenes Set a proper sky with cubemaps, swap a cubebox image, and build a convincing night scene with god-rays and a fake sun. lighting Read I Tutorial
Uncensors and genitals in Studio Choose the right uncensor, swap body type in Studio, scale and position genitals, and set up what penetration mods need. nsfw Read I Tutorial
Working with eyes Aim a character gaze, animate where they look, tune iris and sclera, and fix broken-looking eyes with the Deep Dive shader. charactermaterials Read Advanced 2
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Adjusting and repositioning clothing Move a clothing item so it sits right, two ways: the fiddly built-in two-body method, or one-click with Bone Visualizer. clothingstudio Read A Tutorial
Lighting with the Graphics plugin Every lighting button and slider in hanmen's Graphics plugin, what it does and when to reach for it. lighting Read