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Dave2D

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Capture

Camera equipment1

  • Elgato (video switcher)
    “And then, uh there's this like table shot. We have an overhead camera and then we also have this like back camera that uh we use for like different angles and all four angles are visible here and this is all real time right like this is something that I try to capture um all at once and all the edits like switching between the different angles like the face the overhead the table like this is all done with an Elgato I'll switch between them and the purpose of it is just to make it as fast as possible for me”
    View source at 0:21from September 2026

Editing and post

Editing software1

  • Adobe Premiere
    “However, if you have a more RAM intensive application open in the background, like let's say I do this a lot. I'll have Adobe Premiere open and I'll be all tabbed in a browser doing stuff.”
    View source at 5:27from June 2026

AI software3

  • Gemini

    mixed views on it

    “All the ads are about this and even when I asked Gemini just now, what's the thing? They talk about the wiggle.”
    View source at 5:46from October 2026
  • Draw Things

    mixed views on it

    “I tested out Draw Things, which does local generative AI video. I personally don't love the idea of this.”
    View source at 4:52from September 2026
  • Claude

    first cited October 2026

    “There's no action button anymore, which is something I miss because I used to launch Claude all the time with it.”
    View source at 13:07from October 2026

Desk

Computers15

  • Lenovo Yoga Slim 7X (2024)

    speaks highly of it

    “And this was the one I brought, the 2024 Yoga Slim 7X. I didn't even bring its charger and I ended up using the laptop for over 15 hours at the event and on planes and it still had juice left over.”
    View source at 0:20from March 2026
  • MacBook Pro

    first cited October 2026

    “But I will just say from an anecdotal thing, this screen material like the nanoexture, I had a candle that it it fell on my MacBook and it left a streak on the nanoexture screen of my MacBook Pro and no matter what I did, I tried like alcohol, soapy water, halfozen cleaning products.”
    View source at 9:53from October 2026
  • MacBook Pro (M2 Max)

    first cited October 2026positive about it

    “I'm still using an M2 Max product. It's like four years old at this point and I'm perfectly happy with it.”
    View source at 6:52from October 2026
  • MacBook (12-inch)

    mixed views on it

    “Like this is a this is a 12-in MacBook, but this was like a very small drop. And like when this happened, I was so disappointed because it's like right, this is a really expensive machine that if this was plastic, nothing would have happened to it.”
    View source at 1:42from March 2026

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