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Category: Blender

Create/Export .x files in Blender 3 using PMXE (Blender 2.8+)

Create/Export .x files in Blender 3 using PMXE (Blender 2.8+)

There’s no .x export in Blender 2.8/2.9/3.0… you cannot directly Export .x files in Blender 3! How do I export a .x file in Blender? Help me: I want funny monkey head in MMD. They removed .x export in blender 2.8 and up :((((((((((((( This is the second worst thing to befall humanity ever since…

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Create Sph Files in Blender Without Drawing Anything!

Create Sph Files in Blender Without Drawing Anything!

How do I create Sph files? What can I use to create sph files? Can I create sph files without a drawing tablet? What are Sph files? There are many articles on this site alone that deal with Sph and Spa files. But the only MMD related thing the phrase “Create Sph Files” brings up when you type…

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Cycles Materials For Textures in Blender: Nice Textures for MMD Fast!

Cycles Materials For Textures in Blender: Nice Textures for MMD Fast!

What are Cycles Materials? How do you use cycle materials for textures? What’s the fastest way to make realistic textures? I’m in a bit of a “little old lady who swallowed a fly” situation. This article is about using cycles materials for textures. Cycles Render is an engine within Blender. So, you guessed it. It’s…

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Subtex slot for MMD models in PMXE

Subtex slot for MMD models in PMXE

What is subtexture?  What is subtex?  How do I use subtex for MMD models?  How do I use addUV with MMD models?  What can I do with subtexture?   What the hecks is subtex? If you’ve played around with making MMD models, maybe you’ve noticed that you have three choices for sphere textures. Add spheres…

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Make MMD Model Hands from scratch in Blender

Make MMD Model Hands from scratch in Blender

How can I make MMD model hands for my MikuMikuDance model? How can “Mark Seams” help me make nice textures? How on Earth do you make hands?! Use Blender to make MMD Model Hands from scratch: Making an Easy to Texture Hand One of the hardest parts of modeling hands isn’t the modeling itself –…

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Photos make realistic eye textures for your MMD models

Photos make realistic eye textures for your MMD models

How can I use Blender to make a realistic eye texture for my MMD model? Can I just paint a new texture image to be my model’s eyes? How can I use a photo to make realistic eyes for my MMD model? Hey there! Do you like eyes?! I do. I’ve been obsessed with drawing…

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Making Your First Model Part 1 – Franken-Reference

Making Your First Model Part 1 – Franken-Reference

How can I use Blender to make a model for MMD? How do I make my selfie model from scratch? Is it possible to make an MMD model from the sketches I draw? THIS is a MULTI-PART Tutorial on its OWN PAGE. Below is PART 1… CLICK to go to the full tutorial. Making Your…

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Export Import MMD Models Using Blender and PMXE

Export Import MMD Models Using Blender and PMXE

Oh, hi… its me! Teaching you how to /import/export in blender because Metasquoia is not free and not good and Blender is free and good… ;) How to Export Import MMD in Blender So, for this youI ‘ll need… Note: click on the names to download them MMD PMX EDITOR BLENDER Make sure your system…

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UV Unwrapping MMD Models in Blender with MMD Tools

UV Unwrapping MMD Models in Blender with MMD Tools

What is UV unwrapping? How can I unwrap models?  How can I UV map MMD models? What is a projection map? How do I make textures for MMD models?  Han can I use Blender to edit MMD models? UV unwrapping MMD models in Blender One of PMXE‘s most glaring deficiencies is its limited UV mapping. …

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Weight Painting MMD models in Blender with MMD Tools

Weight Painting MMD models in Blender with MMD Tools

How can I paint BDEF4?  How can I paint weights in Blender?  What tools are available for weight painting MMD models? Weight painting can be difficult and tedious– especially in an application like PMXE, which doesn’t have all of the tools of more professional 3D modelling packages.  In this tutorial, I’m going to show you…

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Import Daz models with Bones using Blender, Noesis, Xnalara

Import Daz models with Bones using Blender, Noesis, Xnalara

How do I import Daz models into MMD? How do I keep textures? How do I keep the bones? How to import Daz models into MMD… This tutorial was inspired by arisumatio. Okay, to make this as easy as possible I’m going to provide exactly what you need in order to get your Daz character into MMD. Links to…

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    Create MMD Lip-Sync Animation as a Separate File Creating Motions
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  • Storyboards organize your MMD animation Intro to MikuMikuDance
  • Raycast / Ray-MMD First Steps MMD Tutorials
  • Beamman’s MME SelfFreeze Effect for MikuMikuDance 7.39 MME Effects Tutorials
  • GaussianVariable MME Effect Blurs your entire scene! GaussianVariable
  • The Easiest Way To Add Hair Physics in PMX Editor! BigPerryman

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