How do I make an MMD music video? Where can I download what I need to make an MMD music video? This video is just a 90-second test of a fun project you can download and try using MMD. I loaded my models… loaded the motion data… loaded the WAV file… and pushed PLAY. That’s…
What is weight painting? What is skinning? How can I paint weights in PMXE? What is BDEF? What is SDEF? Weight painting, sometimes known as skinning, is my least favorite part of making a model. If you want to paint weights, it’s important to understand as much as possible about the tools and terminology to…
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How do I use the GaussianVariable effect? What does the MME GaussianVariable effect do? Where can I download the GaussianVariable effect? GaussianVariable MME Effect Blurs your entire scene! A reader sent me an email asking me how to use the GaussianVariable effect. I had no idea! … so I did a quick search and found…
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How do I use Beamman’s SoftSmoke? I loaded the effect, but it’s just a black blob! How do I control it? Make use of Beamman’s SoftSmoke Beamman’s SoftSmoke is another example of an effect controlled by a .pmd/.pmx model. To use the effect, you load both SoftSmoke_SP.x and SS_Controller_0.pmx into MMD. The former controls effect’s…
How do I make ColorShift effect match the beat of the music? Use VMDSpectrum Analyzer to animate effects A reader asked us for help about making the ColorShift effect “to make the color appear on beat”. Well, “out of the box”, the effect has no such possibility. All that is available for controllong the vanilla…
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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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I started this MMD animation with music, camerawork, and effects… and the actual animation is coming last! Can Animasa’s Haku pull-off a Diva performance?? It’s all finished except for the animating… ! … Rather than starting with the animation, I started with the soundtrack and the camera-blocking… and the effects. Now all I have to…
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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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– After breakfast this morning I decided I wanted to give Rin a hug. It’s one of the Zero-to-450.com Challenges offered on that site. The challenge is simple: Rin needs a hug… give Rin a hug. The idea is to create your own animation from scratch with a 15-second, 450-frame time limit. My new “Rin…
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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…
