Hey ya’ll! Over the years, I have been asked, so many times that it’s nearly uncountable, “Well how do you animate poses with a reference image, anyways?” Animating With Reference Images Let’s start with an introduction to why I (and a lot of other people) use reference images. When I first started working with MMD,…
Ever seen those fancy animated titles that often pop up on TV news clips, pop videos and advertisements? In this article we will briefly discuss how to do something like that and really spiff up your own MMD videos! Adding Animated Titles to Your MMD Videos… AVIUTL® Video Editing Software adds animated titles to your…
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What codecs do I use for rendering a video in MMD? What codec gives me the best quality when rendering in MikuMikuDance? Do I need to transcode the video I rendered in MMD? What are the best codecs to use in MMD? Video Rendering in MMD: The right Codec Hey, it is parkeerwacht here! Yeah…
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How do I set up Kinect 360 to do motion capture for MMD? Which Kinect do I need to work with MMD? What software do I need to connect Kinect to MMD? Can I use Windows 10 with the Kinect 360 for MMD motion capture? Ever wondered if you could use motion capture with MMD?…
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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After a fat Eight or Ten Hours… I have my Arrow Lip-Sync finished! Lip-Sync as a separate animation file… I started this project with a soundtrack, a stage set-up, and some camerawork. I added some effects… and NOW it’s time for the animation! … but first… the lip-sync! My Arrow lip-sync took me, like I…
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…
MMD 9.32 is the latest version of MikuMikuDance! Where can I download the latest version of MikuMikuDance, the free 3D animation software from Japan? What is the latest version of MikuMikuDance MMD? Download the 64-bit version of MikuMikuDance. MMD 64-bit. MMD for Windows 8. MikuMikuDance for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10. Visit the DOWNLOADS…
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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