I seem to be misunderstood. I'm getting advice on how to make money with an add-on product.

I am not asking about making something to sell.

Let's start over.

Some people gave me Rendo gift certificates. So...

I have some free money that is not real money - it must be used to buy something at Rendo.

Rendo does not have anything I want to buy. Everything I see here is either something I dislike, or something I have no interest in, or something I could do better myself.

Rather than let the money go to waste, I would like to use it to inspire a freebie.

I would like to buy something that OTHER people have so that a freebie shader set would be useful. Then when I actually have this thing I would be able to see it and fix it with my own hands and eyes. Usually I have to help people shade a product I do not have, so I cannot show you the best results - I can only give instructions. If I actually have a product in my hands, I can do things with it and share the outcome.

This would give me something useful to do with the money. At the moment the money is essentially worthless and creating no value.

I am not interested in making a product for sale here. I'm talking about a way of converting my useless $35 into a benefit for the community.

So the question I'm asking is - what product should I buy so that I can personally work with it and produce a better version of its shaders to give away?

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