Frequently asked questions
About the beta, Setup and features.
What is RearSilver Avatar Suite?
Bring your PNG avatar to life with voice reactions, expressive effects, layered accessories and streaming-bot controls.
RearSilver Avatar Suite is a Windows application for PNGTubers who want more control over how their avatar looks, moves and reacts during a stream without needing a Live2D model or camera tracking.
Import your own PNG artwork and create complete avatar presets with separate idle, speaking and blinking images. Avatar Suite listens to your selected microphone locally and switches your avatar automatically when you speak. Adjust the reaction threshold, release timing and background-noise sensitivity, or use the built-in calibration to get a response that suits your microphone and room.
Add movement with an ordered collection of effects, including bounce, breathing, float, shake, squash and stretch, tilt, and different brightness levels for idle and speaking states. Each effect has approachable controls and named intensity ranges, making it easier to create anything from subtle breathing to deliberately chaotic reactions.
Build more detailed avatars with additional image layers and groups. Position, scale, rotate, mirror and reorder accessories or expressions, then control when they appear. Your complete configuration is saved as a preset, including its artwork, layers, blink settings and effects. Presets can be exported with their required images and imported on another computer.
Avatar Suite supplies a stable 1920 × 1080 canvas for OBS, so resizing or minimising the application does not change the source dimensions or disturb the placement you configured in your scene. Choose Game Capture, Window Capture or Spout2 output, with transparent, solid-colour, chroma-key and image background options where supported.
Local integrations for SAMMI, Streamer.bot and Mix It Up let stream events control your avatar. Use the built-in action builders to create ordered actions for presets, layers, groups and effects without having to write the underlying command yourself. Advanced users can also copy the generated command directly.
Guided setup walks you through the essential configuration, while the permanent Settings interface lets you revisit every option. Feedback and diagnostic reports are prepared locally for you to review before choosing whether to export or share them.
This is a one-time purchase for the current paid edition. The purchased edition does not expire, and updates released for it are included.
Who is the private beta for?
The private beta is for Twitch streamers who want to try the Suite and help improve it before release.
You don’t need software-testing experience. Feedback about confusing instructions, awkward controls or missing explanations is just as useful as a bug report.
Is the private beta free?
Yes. Approved testers can download the current private-beta build free of charge.
Beta access does not promise a free licence for a future commercial release. Details of the commercial versions will be announced separately.
How do I join?
Complete the private-beta application form. Applications are reviewed manually.
If approved, you’ll receive the private access details and an invitation to the beta Discord. Follow the supplied instructions to access the beta product and complete the free checkout.
Private Beta application page.
Why do I need to complete checkout for a free download?
Checkout creates an order so the store can deliver your installer and manage your download access. The beta product costs £0.
After completing checkout, you’ll receive an email containing your download link.
What do I need to run the Suite?
You’ll need a Windows PC.
The current beta has been tested with OBS Studio 32.2.2. That is the tested version, rather than a confirmed minimum requirement.
Do I have to set up every feature?
No. Guided Setup lets you work through the main settings in order, skip optional features and return to them later.
You can revisit your choices in Suite Settings, or run Guided Setup again.
Do I need to keep the Avatar Suite open?
Keep the Avatar Suite running during stream. No app open means no PNGTuber on stream.
Which image sources can I use?
The Suite supports PNG's for the idle/static, reaction, blink and layers images.
Do I need my own images?
While the Avatar Suite is designed for you to bring your stream to life, you can absolutely use the Avatar Suite mascot as your starting point.
Downloads and support.
Why does Windows show “Unknown publisher” when I install it?
Windows will ask for permission to make changes and may display “Unknown publisher.”
RearSilver Avatar Suite is an independently developed application, and the installer needs administrator access to add the Suite to OBS Studio’s protected installation folders. Only continue if you downloaded the installer from the official RearSilver private beta link and Imperial Infusions store/site.
Where is my download, and how many times can I download it?
Your download link is sent by email after the free checkout. Check your spam or junk folder if it hasn’t arrived.
The current beta download allows three downloads, and the download page displays how many remain. If your link stops working or you need further access, contact beta support.
How will I receive beta updates?
Update announcements and instructions will be shared through the apps update page.
What happens when this beta expires?
After expiry, normal Suite functionality is disabled. Feedback & Diagnostics remains available so you can still prepare information for support.
Check the beta Discord for announcements about subsequent builds.
How do I report a bug or suggest an improvement?
Use Feedback & Diagnostics in the Control Hub to describe what you were trying to do, what you expected and what happened instead.
For bugs, include the steps needed to reproduce the problem where possible. Review any diagnostic report before sharing it through the beta Discord.
Reports are not automatically sent to us.
Diagnostics & Privacy page. Keep the detailed reporting screenshots on that page.
Can I share the installer or invite a friend?
Please don’t redistribute the private-beta installer or share your access password or download link.
You’re welcome to direct interested streamers to the application page so they can apply themselves.
My customer name is different from my streamer name. How will you recognise me?
Your application asks for your streamer contact details. You can also optionally provide your preferred stream name, Discord username, Twitch channel and alternative email on the beta product page.
These details help match your order with your application and identify the best way to contact you about beta access and support.