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The SSAO effect adds depth of color and shadows for greater realism! MME MMD 7.39

Playing with MME – Using MORE cool MikuMikuEffects!

Posted on November 22, 2012September 11, 2018 By VocaMix2684 18 Comments on Playing with MME – Using MORE cool MikuMikuEffects!

What is the SSAO effect for MikuMikuDance? How do I use MME effects in MMD? Do some MMD MMEffects load like accessories? LearnMMD MME Tutorials. Where can I get MME effects for Miku Miku Dance?A Feature Article by contributor VocaMix2684 on LearnMMD.com

Learn to use the MME  SSAO and the SvDOF Effects

Hello again dear MMDers!! (^^)/

I have once again come back to tell you about some really great MME effects, MMEffects, that can be directly applied, and give the most wonderful results!!

Before you can use these effects, you must have MME downloaded and installed in your copy of MikuMikuDance.  DOWNLOAD MMEffects from LearnMMD’s Downloads Page!

Use the SSAO Effect …

Let’s start with my personal favorite of all the effects: SSAO!

While I might not know what SSAO actually means in its full form, I know that using this effect will give a really gorgeous and realistic look to your models and the background stages you use!

You can see the difference in the image below:
Click the Picture for the larger image!

The SSAO effect adds depth of color and shadows for greater realism! MME MMD

In simple words, this effect makes your images look more sharp and gives them a more ominous effect by giving them some shadows that make them look realistic.

Using this effect is simple! You just have to load the “.x” file like any other Accessory through the Accessory Manipulation area … that’s it … the effect is loaded!

Here is the download link to the effect:

http://mqdl.jpn.org/public/SSAO.zip

Clicking on this link or pasting it to your web browser will automatically start the download as a “.zip” file. Save the ZIP file to your desktop. Unzip the folder and drop the new folder into your MMD Accessories folder … (Make a new “Effects” folder inside the Accessories folder and keep your effects in there.)

Start MMD. While in the Camera/Light/Accessory mode, load SSAO like you would any accessory. See that the SSAO folder has two effects:  “SSAO.x” and the other “SSAO_Lite.x”. The SSAO effect gives a stronger result, while SSAO_Lite gives a lesser effect of the same kind. It’s up to your choice which one you want to use!

Now try the SvDOF Effect … It’s Adjustable!

ALRIGHT! Now to the next effect which is really interesting to use and look at! It’s the SvDOF or DOF effect!

SvDOF gives a blurred effect to the Background surrounding your model. Unlike the SSAO effect, this time it’s necessary that you adjust the effect so that you get the right “look” … otherwise your model may look “blurred out” as well, which is not what we really want!

Here is the link to the SvDOF effect:

http://www.mediafire.com/?xx3hex7qfr1875v

After you have downloaded this effect, just extract the file to your Effects folder. Then start MMD and set up your models and your stage before using the effect. For this effect, you set up your stage and your models first … and then apply the SvDOF effect to give it a final touch!

After arranging your stage and models, go over to the folder with “SvDOF2” and, upon clicking the folder, you will notice that there are three effects. The effect on the top, the “ManualFocus.x” effect, doesn’t really have any sort of effect on your setup, so it is practically notYou can adjust the SvDOF effect to control the amount of BLUR in your MMD animation. needed here … let’s ignore that one and take a look at the other two: the “SvDOF.x” and the “SvDOF_HQ.x”. These effects are the ones that really work! :3

After selecting the effect, you will see that your whole MMD set-up looks rather blurry, and, by adjusting the settings in the boxes with the numbers (like 0.0000), you can get the outcome you desire. Keep making adjustments until you love the result!

An example of how this effect works is given below (through Yuma-san who voluntarily posed for this picture!).
Click the Picture for the larger image!

The MikuMikuEffect SvDOFeffect is adjustable so you can set the amount of blur.

Thank you for reading this article! (^^)

If there are still any doubts or any troubles with the effects, do comment on this article and I or Reggie-san will see to it that you get it solved! :3
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Comments (18) on “Playing with MME – Using MORE cool MikuMikuEffects!”

  1. Hannah says:
    January 18, 2021 at 10:25 pm

    I’m trying to use the SSAO effect and it just comes up as a blue cube. I’ve downloaded everything I needed to, and I tried it with both the lite and normal ones

    Reply
    1. KillerBeer says:
      January 19, 2021 at 1:25 am

      When someone says “I did everything right”, the correct translation usually is “I did all what I knew about”, and that apparently was not enough. Please describe every step you did at installing MMD, MME, and applying the effect. The more details, the more probability that something important does not slide under radar.

      Reply
  2. octaita says:
    March 18, 2020 at 8:11 am

    You guys are great! These articles are making it possible for me to use the software at all. Thank you so much!! love

    Reply
  3. cyd101 says:
    April 17, 2016 at 2:38 pm

    Everytime I load an effect it just turns in a blue or red square… Does anyone know why this is happening?

    Reply
    1. KillerBeer says:
      April 17, 2016 at 9:02 pm

      You mean *any* effect, or just one? Do you have DirectX 9.0 runtime library installed? What your video card is?

      Reply
      1. Stef says:
        March 8, 2023 at 7:23 am

        Hello! I have the same issue (with any effects, except the Luminous one, it just doesn’t work at all) I installed DirectX 9.0 (it’s one of the firsts things I did after installing MMD) and my graphic cards are AMD FirePro (TM) W4190M and Intel(R) HD Graphics 620 (I don’t know if it responds to your question :/)

        Reply
        1. Reggie_Dentmore says:
          March 9, 2023 at 4:30 pm

          Do you have the MME showing in the upper-right corner of you screen?
          Success with MME

          Reply
  4. Emily says:
    January 30, 2016 at 11:54 pm

    How do you change where the point of focus is using the depth of field effect? I need to slowly switch it from the foreground to the background in a project.
    (I’m also very curious what the manual focus effect does as I haven’t been able to figure it out.)

    Reply
    1. KillerBeer says:
      January 31, 2016 at 3:47 am

      Assign the effect to a Dummy Bone and move that bone to change the focus. You can assign another accessory to the same bone as well to see where exactly your focus is and make it invisible right before starting rendering.

      Reply
    2. bandages says:
      July 9, 2016 at 1:27 pm

      Manual focus lets you do the same thing– adjust the depth at which the blur works. First, you load whichever SvDOF accessory you want (HQ is higher resolution but slow). Then you load manual focus. One of manual focus’s fields (si? can’t remember) will shift the depth of the DoF effect. Close-ups can get as low as 0.2, long-distance stuff can get to 2. Numbers outside of this range are probably a bad idea unless you’re trying to make things really blurry on purpose.

      Reply
  5. Kahvana says:
    November 5, 2015 at 4:35 am

    Hello!

    Thank you really much for the tutorial n.n . It was really helpful!.
    Oh, and about the SSAO effect: It doesnt give shadow, but it fakes it (see: shader code). An easy way to eliminate the distortion artifacts at the edges, is to use Anti Aliassing.

    Once again, thank you very much!.
    – Kahvana

    Reply
    1. Reggie_Dentmore says:
      November 5, 2015 at 7:22 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
  6. dragonfury25 says:
    December 11, 2012 at 12:09 am

    erm…I meant the download link isn’t working. that is, at least it’s not for me. then again, my computer has been coughing a lot…I think it’s got a cold (haha) I’ll check it out. sorry to have troubled you. [p.s. I finally figured out how to use the mirrored water effect! yay-me!]

    Reply
    1. Reggie_Dentmore says:
      December 11, 2012 at 2:55 am

      I tried the link and it sent me to a YouTube Redirect page but there, under the big orange bar was a link to the zip file: http://mqdl.jpn.org/public/SSAO.zip
      Try that one! — Reggie

      Reply
  7. dragonfury25 says:
    December 10, 2012 at 4:07 pm

    I’m just starting MMD and am overwhelmed by the whole thing but I’m learning! And, I must say that your site has been a huge help in that. The reason I’m writing is to both tell you THANK YOU! and to mention that your SSAO effect link doesn’t work. Might need to check that out. ;p Again, thank you much for your great site! and ROCK ON! :D

    Reply
    1. Reggie_Dentmore says:
      December 10, 2012 at 6:26 pm

      Hmmm … SSAO is one of my favorites … works for me … how does it not work for you … what’s missing?

      Reply
  8. LuluGirl122 says:
    August 14, 2012 at 8:48 am

    I can’t beleive I’m saying (writing) this, but SSAO is better than adult shader. It’s great on everything, and doesn’t limit itself to only certain models (DT/PD models can look kind of funky too!).

    Reply
  9. reggie_dentmore says:
    May 7, 2012 at 1:28 pm

    I wish I had used the SSAO effect on my latest “Departures” video on YouTube! My chibi-Miku has delicately colored lips that didn’t show in my video but now, with the SSAO effect, everything on-screen is both more richly colored and more detailed. It’s a beautiful effect.

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