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Creating Hand IK Bones with the IKMakerX PMXE plugin

December 15, 2016 7 Comments Written by KillerBeer

Can I have IK bones in hands? What is the IKMakerX plugin? Hand IK bones are actually easy Creating IK bones is something that less experienced users rarely attempt, considering it rather confusing stuff. On the other hand, most new models are created with pre-made base bodies, already with bone structure that includes IK bones, […]

KillerBeer, PMDE/PMXE tutorials

Fixing white models and accessories that don’t follow in PMXE

September 1, 2016 32 Comments Written by bandages

Why do imported objects turn white? Why don’t imported accessories move right? How can I fix imported textures and bones in PMXE? Hi! Reggie forwarded me a few questions from readers having to do with some problems that people often have when starting to learn PMXE. One reader writes, When I load the finished model […]

Bandages, Fixing Broken Models, Making Models, MMD Tutorials, PMDE/PMXE tutorials, PMX Editor

bandages, MMD bones, MME Effects Tutorials, new model, new model not working, PMX Editor

PMXE weight painting tools and deformation types for new MMD models

August 26, 2016 5 Comments Written by bandages

What is weight painting? What is skinning? How can I paint weights in PMXE? What is BDEF? What is SDEF? Weight painting, sometimes known as skinning, is my least favorite part of making a model. If you want to paint weights, it’s important to understand as much as possible about the tools and terminology to […]

Bandages, MMD Tutorials, PMDE/PMXE tutorials, PMX Editor, Rigging Models, Weighting Bones

MMD bones, new model, PMX Editor

A better MMD followcam in PMXE with physics and IK bones

July 14, 2016 17 Comments Written by bandages

How can I control the camera in MMD? How can I make an MMD followcam? What can I use IK bones for? How to make IK bones? What is follow cam? What is OP? What is camera tracking? How can I follow a model in MMD? Have you played with outside parent settings yet? What […]

Animation Shortcuts, Bandages, Camera Motion, Dummy Bones, Follow Bone, MMD Tutorials, OP Outside Parent Settings, PMDE/PMXE tutorials, PMX Editor

bandages, camera motion, dummy bone, PMX Editor

MMD Outside Parent Setting Enables Bone Connecting

September 2, 2014 5 Comments Written by commanderzoey

What’s new about MMD? How is MikuMikuDance 9.12 different from 7.39? What is OP? How do I move multiple models at once? The Outside Parent Setting Lets You Connect Bones in MMD It looks like MMD is on an updating spree, but what do any of the new versions have to offer that 7.39 doesn’t? […]

Animation Shortcuts, CommanderZoey, Follow Bone, MMD Tutorials, OP Outside Parent Settings

Rig a Model: Adding and weighting bones with PMDE

March 7, 2014 13 Comments Written by KillerBeer

Let the model itself help you to align its bones!

Help! I downloaded a model, but it has no bones! What am I to do? Can I be adding and weighting bones with PMDE? How do I add bones to my MMD model? What is bone weighting? How do I weight bones? How can I fix a ripped model in MikuMikudance? How to rig a […]

KillerBeer, PMDE/PMXE tutorials, Rigging Models, Weighting Bones