What did I just see, who are these people, and why should I care? (Oh, all right, and how was it made, too) Spoilers Synopsis As practically everything I do in MMD, it’s a Portal based story. This time, main characters are Aperture Science Sentry Turrets: a regular one (white) and a defective one (black)….
How do you make an animation in a language you’re still learning? How is lip sync in MMD affected by different languages? What was the process for making “Boum Boum Boum”? In the summer of 2018, I went to Quebec to learn French in a language immersion program. This program insisted that we talk and…
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Why would I make a 15-second MMD animation? What can you do in only 450 frames? 15-Second MMD animation: “Smash Walkin’” I’ve got no excuse. This started out to be a 15-second animation showing Rin walking through the school. I loaded Rin and added that Mahlazer walking motion … then I added that school stage…
Raycast MMD is a popular MME that seems to be all the rage these days in MMD videos on YouTube. But there’s very little information for the average user on how to use the system to get the kind of awesome results that the better MMDers seem to be able to get from this MME….
Once there was a war… I sent Reggie D., this site’s owner, a link to a new video that I uploaded the other day and he responded as follows: That’s Great, all right! … Wow! … a Diva performance from the tank-turret! Camera motion/view angles are awesome, the music sounds great when Loud… and that…
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How do I make an MMD animation from scratch? How do I use my inspiration to create an animation? An MMD animation from Scratch… “The Wind-up and the Pitch!” A while back, I got a bee in my bonnet to make a nice MMD animation from scratch: I wanted to animate a baseball pitch. I…
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How did my “We are Broken” animation come to be? What goes into an MMD animation? What’s it like to make an MMD video for a whole song? My MMD videos are always different. In general, I like to create videos that elicit emotions. Two of my previous videos feature “endearing friendship” and “a wild…
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Today I went looking through YouTube for a new MMD project to share on LearnMMD… and I found: “The Zombie Song” Fun… Cute?… with plenty of room for creative use of effects! There are MANY MMD videos of “The Zombie Song” already posted to YouTube… I used this search-phrase… MMD “The Zombie Song” (dl, link,…
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What’s involved in an MMD animation? How can I personalize a pre-made animation? What’s it like to make an MMD video? Hi! Reggie’s been bothering us to write making of articles. I don’t normally make a lot of animations– I’m usually more interested in making models, effects, and other tools– but I was recently inspired…
At the end of June, I decided I wanted to do some sort of celebration for Canada’s 150th birthday. 150 years ago, Canada went from being a bunch of colonies to being a Dominion, which means that it’s part of the British Common Wealth, but is mostly independent. The making of my “O Canada” video……
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What’s involved in the typical MMD download project? Is it easy to download an MMD animation project? My camera VMD doesn’t work right with my models. My new VMD motion file makes my model’s arms pass through her body! “Lucky” was a typical MMD download project… … needed a few tweaks and a little extra…
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