– After breakfast this morning I decided I wanted to give Rin a hug. It’s one of the Zero-to-450.com Challenges offered on that site. The challenge is simple: Rin needs a hug… give Rin a hug. The idea is to create your own animation from scratch with a 15-second, 450-frame time limit. My new “Rin…
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Learn MMD Basics before jumping into a big project! A reader wrote a comment… I tried to make a movie. I’m new to MikuMikuDance and I want to make my own but I don’t know how. Please help me learnmmd?! … and LearnMMD’s Silent Headset replied: Hmm…first off…make sure you already get the hang of…
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How do I use Beamman’s Breath Effect? Why don’t I see anything when I load Beamman’s Breath Effect? Beamman’s Breath Effect v1.1 shows warm breath in winter… … and a FIRE BREATH anytime! A reader asked me, today, about Beamman’s Breath effect. I had to fiddle with it, a little, before I discovered the trick….
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How can I make a walk-in-place motion for MikuMikuDance? is there an animation shortcut to making a walk-in-place motion in MMD? Easily Create a Walk-in-Place Motion in MMD A reader and I were trading ideas today, and she said she saw a method for making a walk-in-place motion for MMD in a video on YouTube……
How can I do a fade-to-black in MMD? Can I do a fade to black without using a video editing program? Can I do a fade to white in MikuMikuDance? The Blackout Effect by Soboro Easily fade to black or fade to white! The Blackout effect by Soboro 「そぼろ」 is easy to use and it…
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How do I get Beamman’s Water v5 effect to work? All I get is a white square. How do you use Beamman’s Water v5 Effect? Is there a trick to making it work? Beamman’s Water v5 Effect is beautiful… but you have to fix it before you can use it! I was asked, today, about…
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How can I keep the Japanese file names when I download and extract new MMD models? Do I have to use Applocale to keep the file names from getting scrambled? Bandisoft’s free Bandizip® software lets you keep the original Japanese file names! Over the years that I have been enjoying MikuMikuDance, the on-going bugaboo has…
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How do I make an MMD music video? Where do I find the files to make my MMD music video? How do I use MikuMikuDance? How can I find new models and motions for MMD? Make an MMD Music Video Bo Beep Bo Beep ! This morning I decided that I wanted to make something…
I have, like, writer’s block. How do I get started with my MMD animation? I can’t make my MMD video, it’s too hard to get started. Create your collection of saved poses… Animation Shortcut: Use Saved Poses to get your MMD Animation Started! When you first load your model… “There she is…” frozen in that…
What screen size should I use for Widescreen in MMD? How do I set the screen size in MikuMikuDance? What screen size does YouTube recommend? Widescreen! Most people enjoy a screen dimension of 16×9 “Widescreen”… could be 1600 x 900 pixels… but that’d be too large for me… my file size would be huge! For…
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How do I use the stage lights. Use Dummy Bones to move the stage lights. Use Dummy bones to animate accessories. Using Dummy Bones. Opening multiple dummy bones. Delete Miku and Learn About the Sample Dance Stage Lights The MikuMikuDance Sample.pmm dance is busy with plenty of examples of what can be done and how…
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