What is Hitogata? How does the face tracking program work? How can I make MMD facial animation from a video file? Hitogata Brings Face Tracking to MMD Hitogata is a new project from Mogg, the same person who created Face and Lips, the VMD Smoothing Tool, and MikuMikuMoving. It is a facial tracking system that…
How do professional movie studios animate? What tricks do professional animators use in their work? What can I learn from people who animate for a living? MMD is an awesome program. It’s totally free, has an enthusiastic community, and modern effects and rendering options can create strikingly beautiful scenes. It’s not really considered a…
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How do you make an animation in a language you’re still learning? How is lip sync in MMD affected by different languages? What was the process for making “Boum Boum Boum”? In the summer of 2018, I went to Quebec to learn French in a language immersion program. This program insisted that we talk and…
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<hr /> Why do these VSQ files make MMD crash? Why does FAL not show all of the notes in a song? How do MMD and FAL read VSQ files? MMD and Face and Lips are two different programs that use Vocaloid VSQ files to create lip sync for MMD. On the surface, it might…
What is Sweet Home 3D? How can I make interior stages for MMD? Where can I make my own stage for MikuMikuDance? How do I use Sweet Home 3D to make a stage? Using Sweet Home 3D to Create Custom MMD Interiors Sweet Home 3D is a free architectural model making software. The designers…
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How did my “We are Broken” animation come to be? What goes into an MMD animation? What’s it like to make an MMD video for a whole song? My MMD videos are always different. In general, I like to create videos that elicit emotions. Two of my previous videos feature “endearing friendship” and “a wild…
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How can texture transparency make my model look better? Is there a shortcut to making my model’s clothes fit better/look better? Can I make my model’s skin invisible in places where it looks weird against the clothing? How do I make a part of a model’s texture be invisible? Texture Transparency hides MMD model problem…
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Q: What is choreography? What is “park & bark”? How can these tools improve my animation? “Park and bark” is not a term you’re likely to hear when using MMD. Choreography is more common, especially since the program was first designed to be a virtual dance studio, but it’s still not a term you will…
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At the end of June, I decided I wanted to do some sort of celebration for Canada’s 150th birthday. 150 years ago, Canada went from being a bunch of colonies to being a Dominion, which means that it’s part of the British Common Wealth, but is mostly independent. The making of my “O Canada” video……
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