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…
Making JRPG style scenes using MMD Specifically here in this article we are referencing the JRPG/VN (visual novel) style games which have a distinctive style. This can be summarized as illustrated in the image below taken from Utawarerumono Mask of Deception: The basic elements are very simple: A rendered background image An anime style character…
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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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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How can I control my animation environment. What goes INTO a solid animation environment. How do I set the “ambiance” of my scenes in MMD? MMD animation environment… … MORE than just a model on a stage! I see many MMD animations on YouTube that have a fine MMD model on an amazing stage… and…
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How can I make MMD smoke Clouds? How can I make clouds of smoke in MMD. What’s an easy way to add cigarette smoke to my MMD scene? How can Beamman’s Breath Effect make big MMD Smoke Clouds? Create MMD Smoke Clouds and a Smoke Filled Room… The LearnMMD Accessory folder contains “lights”… I have…
My VDE-3 Entry has Music, Camera, Dancers… Now for the HARD part. … gotta animate the Lead-Singer! THIS is how I create my animations… I start with a concept. I needed an idea for LearnMMD’s Video Dojo Expo 3 “Gotta Sing… Gotta Dance!”… While listening to this old Robert Palmer song “Trick bag”, I “had…
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