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Ray-MMD LED widget replaces MMD screen capture widget

Ray-MMD LED widget replaces MMD screen capture widget

How to use the Ray-MMD LED widget… Chibi Miku’s Old V2 Droid Ever since MMD was first available it always had a screen capture widget. The first stage model that featured this widget is the default stage that comes with all versions of MMD. But, the screen widget is really easy to model so a…

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PMXE Plugin adds Arm IK bones allowing automatic MMD model interaction

PMXE Plugin adds Arm IK bones allowing automatic MMD model interaction

The simplest interactions between people in real life can be very difficult to animate; especially when you have two characters interacting and they have to come into physical contact with each other. Simple interactions like holding hands or trying to co-ordinate a dance where two people need to be holding each other can be a…

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Animation Shortcuts
Ray-MMD environment controls create MMD dreamscape

Ray-MMD environment controls create MMD dreamscape

Ray-MMD Nocturne… Ray-MMD environment controls create MMD dreamscape… One of the wonderful things about Ray-MMD is its ability to allow users to completely control the lighting environment. Many YT MMD video makers have taken advantage of this with varying degrees of success. But with those who put in some real effort into using the effect,…

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MMD Tutorials
Using BeamMan’s fluid2D Creates Fabulous MMD Under Water Scenes

Using BeamMan’s fluid2D Creates Fabulous MMD Under Water Scenes

There are some rather nice MMD assets around that can be used to create really nice under water scenes. So what this article will be exploring is how to use some of these assets to create a really neat under water scene. When you take things under the surface of the waves, the way to…

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Translate Japanese Models Using PMXEditor’s Batch Name Editor

Translate Japanese Models Using PMXEditor’s Batch Name Editor

Many of the models that you download for MMD do not have comprehensive translated labels for things like bones, morphs and materials. It is really hard to work with a model when her bones are labeled: Null_82, etc. The situation is even worse when all the morph labels are incomprehensible. Often you have to go…

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MMD Fill Lights Part 2 – (Ray-MMD)

MMD Fill Lights Part 2 – (Ray-MMD)

MMD Fill Lights Part 2 – (Ray-MMD) Welcome back if you’ve read Part 1 of this series. But if you did not, no matter as this part will deal specifically with the application of fill lights in a Ray-MMD environment. I will be using some terminology and concepts introduced in the last part but this…

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MMD Fill Lights Part 1 (Half-Lambert Shader)

MMD Fill Lights Part 1 (Half-Lambert Shader)

MMD and the use of Fill Lights … Part 1 (Half-Lambert Shader) Fill lights are an important component in the lighting systems used by commercial photographers, cinematographers and lighting engineers. It can be an incredibly complex subject but for our purposes as MMD content creators, fill lights can usually be regarded as simply auxiliary lighting….

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Half-Lambert Shader
Good MMD videos require Inspiration, Vision, Planning: The Lament of Okada’s Ghost

Good MMD videos require Inspiration, Vision, Planning: The Lament of Okada’s Ghost

The Lament of Okada’s Ghost… The secret to making good MMD videos All MMD videos have three common components and these are listed below. One or more performance models A setting for the performance Performance data But all these components should also ideally have a unifying factor, a “glue” if you like, that binds all…

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MME: Less is More… Select only those that you need.

MME: Less is More… Select only those that you need.

Carefully select only the MMEs that you need for your scene. Control the look of your scene by adjusting the settings of your MMD lighting and the MMEs you have chosen. Adjust an MME’s variables to gain its maximum potential effect. Ray-MMD is NOT a must-use effect for modern MMD animations. MME: Less is More……

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Ray-MMD Godrays… argggh!!!

Ray-MMD Godrays… argggh!!!

Godrays created by Ray-MMD are awesome but they come at a price. Wherein, they’re not really that hard to set up, the process can be extremely fiddly. Ray-MMD Godrays… argggh!!! But, it you were wondering about how some of the really beautiful MMD videos on YouTube that uses Ray-MMD Godrays were set up, this article…

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Making JRPG style scenes using MMD

Making JRPG style scenes using MMD

Making JRPG style scenes using MMD Specifically here in this article we are referencing the JRPG/VN (visual novel) style games which have a distinctive style. This can be summarized as illustrated in the image below taken from Utawarerumono Mask of Deception: The basic elements are very simple: A rendered background image An anime style character…

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