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 can I use MME? How can I use effects for MMD? Can I hide MMD models from my mirror? Can I keep MMD models from casting shadows? How to edit effects for MMD? How to write new effects for MMD? Maybe you’ve had some time to play with MME effects for MMD. There are…
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What are PMXE materials? What is ambient, diffuse, and specular? Where can I find PMXE materials settings? How can I change the color of my PMX model? MMD uses lots of PMXE materials settings– maybe too many. It can be hard to figure some of them out. Maybe Teto and I can help? Ambient and…
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How do I render in 4K in MMD? What settings should I use when rendering in 4K in MikuMikuDance? What are the hardware requirements to render in 4K? Hey readers of LearnMMD it is parkeerwacht again! I haven’t posted on the site in a bit because I haven’t had much time to spend on MMD…
Learn MMD Basics before jumping into a big project! A reader wrote a comment… I tried to make a movie. I’m new to MikuMikuDance and I want to make my own but I don’t know how. Please help me learnmmd?! … and LearnMMD’s Silent Headset replied: Hmm…first off…make sure you already get the hang of…
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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…
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How can I make a walk-in-place motion for MikuMikuDance? is there an animation shortcut to making a walk-in-place motion in MMD? Easily Create a Walk-in-Place Motion in MMD A reader and I were trading ideas today, and she said she saw a method for making a walk-in-place motion for MMD in a video on YouTube……
How do I make MMD textures? How do I use Blender? How do I use MMDTools? How do I make better textures? How do I start with Blender in MMD? Making MMD Textures with Blender PMXE is a great program for making minor edits to MMD models. And it’s a great introduction to 3D…
What are normals? What are normal maps? How can I use normal maps in MMD? How can I fix my normals? How do I make hard edges in MMD? How do I make normal maps? How can I modify normal maps? What are normals? A normal is the line that extends out orthogonally from a…
What makes a good animation Great? Well this is art; so it is subjective. But to me, there are three main steps to building a great animation… and they can all be summed up in one word… Atmosphere Atmosphere is the sense that the animation you are watching complements the song or adds a sense…
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What is a chibi model in MikuMikuDance? How do I make a Chibi model? Can I use PMDE / PMXE to make a Chibi model? Make Chibi Models for MikuMikuDance! Hello everyone, welcome to Silent Headset and co.’s PMDE tutorial! Hosted today by yours truly, Silent Headset! First off, what is a “chibi character”? “Chibi…
