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….
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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How do I make an MMD model that has two eye colors? Can I make a model that has two eye textures? Can I modify my model to have two different eye colors? Want to have different eye textures in one model? It’s very easy to make a model that has two eye textures. You…
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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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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…
It is I, Kazumi! Aka “that one Sukone Tei stan” aka “RoboCheatsy”! I can’t believe I won VDE-4! I just entered for the fun of it, not expecting to actually win!! Thank you everyone who voted for me, I can’t really express how grateful I am!! I consider this MMD to be one of my…
I have created several MMD animations from scratch over the last few months and I have discovered this little trick: Sometimes you need a “motion scratchpad” while animating in MMD I would be working along, trying to make an arm move just right as I also twisted the model’s body… and it “looks pretty good”……
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I added a mother bone to my model but where did the Center bone go? My center bone does not show on the bone chart. Why can’t I see my Center bone on the frame chart? How do I get my Center bone back? Keep the Center-Bone when adding a Mother-Bone to an older model!…
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How do I make my own MMD animation? MikuMikuDance videos are complicated… where do I start? What’s an easy way to make my own MMD video? How can I know my music choice will be OK with YouTube? Workin’ on my VDE-4 Animation… …The Easy Part is Complete! My inspiration… I was listening to some…
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How can I “go back” while I am animating in MMD? How can I un-save my work in MMD? How can I save old versions of my work in MMD? Sure… you can save often as you animate in MMD… but… How can you “go back” to undo what you just saved? MMD Animating SAVE…
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A reader commented: Is it against any rules to sell an All-in-1 software pack in different variations? Like after I get everything that I think I need to start an MMD from scratch, there are still things that I don’t think about because I’m new to MMD? Starting-out Using MMD… … Reader discovers missing elements….
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