Have you ever wondered about what it takes to make original animation videos from scratch? It’s not as hard to do as it may first appear. This article tells you my thought processes behind making this type of video. The making of an original animation video… Reggie, this site’s proprietor, wrote an email recently suggesting to the correspondents…
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Where did MMD come from? Where is the users manual for MikuMikuDance? Why is MikuMikuDance so hard to use? Is MMD a professional animation program? Who did they write MMD for? Why doesn’t MMD have a Users Manual? Why does MMD HAVE to be EXCRUCIATINGLY CONFUSING? Reader… This doesn’t work. When I click load and…
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Simple centuries-old art techniques can be used in MMD to bring your model’s to life. This article will introduce the basic methods behind these concepts. Breathing “SOUL” into MMD models, scenes and images using traditional fine-art techniques … and Shaders! MMD models are 3D anthropomorphic representations of anime characters which in themselves are caricatures of…
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Play Games within MMD! The MMD physics engine is really quite remarkable; after all, it was written by a professor working for Tokyo University. In this article we’re going to show you exactly how good this physics engine is by showing you how to make a vocaloid actually throw a ball. USING MMD AS A…
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I want to make a bouncing ball. How can I make a ball that bounces on its own? How can I apply physics to my bouncing ball? The MMD physics engine is powerful. In this tutorial we will make a dynamic model, a bouncing ball, which takes full advantage of the MMD physics engine! Use…
What happens to your video after you’ve uploaded one to YouTube? YouTube serves video playback quality to best suit your viewing-screen! A bit of trivia for those of you who want to know a little bit more about what happens to your video after you’ve uploaded it to YouTube for streaming. To make it more…
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DO NOT reduce AVI file sizes that go up to YouTube Our Reggie Dentmore just posted an article showing you how to reduce an AVI file’s size so as to make it upload to YouTube more quickly. My advice is that you DO NOT reduce AVI file sizes that go up to YouTube anymore than…
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Shading China Dresses Using Advanced Shader Techniques There is a whole series of Tda style models decked out in China Dresses or Cheong-sams (literally: long dress) which are highly popular. The models are beautifully detailed and featured regularly in videos on YouTube and in fact, one well known MMD video maker (RongSamaYou) specializes in using…
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How do I use shaders to make photo-realistic renders in MMD? Can I make realistic-looking images in MikuMikuDance? What effects do I use to make realistic skin-tones in MMD? Almost Photo-realistic renders in MMD using Shaders and Effects NOTE: It is recommended that you click on the Haku images in this article to see the renders…
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How do I use MMD trains? How can I make MMD trains work? Do MMD trains follow the track? What are all those bones in my MMD locomotive? Should I move the engine or the scenery? There is a plethora of superb MMD trains and railway related models, but have you ever wanted to know the…
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How do I create a Diva Performance MMD animation? How do I make a professional-looking MMD music video? What software do I need to make top-end, high quality MMD videos? What is the actual process for creating quality MMD animations from scratch? Creating MMD Diva Performance Animations … An Overview In the final analysis, MMD…
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