About MMD
So have you know about software
named MMD, or maybe like intrested to try the software after watching
some fun and amazing MMD videos
on youtube ?
you’re lucky cuz i will describe almost
all about the MMD here.
You have to watch video in youtube with keyword “MMD” to know how awesome it is.
Lemme tell you, MMD is the acronym
of “Miku Miku Dance”
“Miku” is the name of the main
idol in virtual band named Vocaloid.
And “Dance” have the meaning of aa... you
could make Miku dancin in that program, well uh i don’t really know about the
details about the meaning behind that, just ask the official site...
Oh well, about MMD lets getting
started !!
So MikuMikuDance is
free 3D animation software for the PC, a modern DirectX”software” MMD is like a
toolbox packed with modern digital equipment. So your job is to learn to acces
the many tools. And get used to it duhh. To create the animation and videos you
can “see” in your minds eye.
MMD is free software “no charge” and it’s not a software that
take’s some space in the disk, if i remember it’s about 8mb more or less(for
the program), at least spare some space for the render. “the sky’s the limit’s”
as to what you can create with it, it’s just like a complete freedom ! there
are tons of copy of the Software available for download.
Freedom Within Limits
MikuMikuDance is an
art program “given to us” by Yu Higuchi, one of the leading 3D
program developers of Vocaloid characters on Nico Nico Douga. MMD was
developed as a promotional tool to sell the Yamaha/Sony/Sega/Vocaloid Products.
The MikuMikuDance program, itself is distributed from the VPVP homepage, and
redistributed throught the LearnMMD.com page, note : just check the website for
the details.
The characters (The dance models), and
the props and accessories included with your download are free to
use/copyright-free. No music is included with your MikuMikuDance download,
you have to add your own tunes, or you can download other’s MMDers creation from the internet.
About COPYRIGHT ownership
is an issue. Everything included in your original download is yours to use. ANYTHING else you download for your use
probably belongs to someone else. There
are hundreds of MMD models
and thousands of accessories available for download 99.9% of it is not for
sale, so everything is free to download. Each model or item is created by an
artist who wants credit for what they have created. Most things you download
will include a ReadMe.txt file
in which the artist give him/her permissions, lets you know if you can make
changes to him/her model, if you have permissions to redistribute the model,
that kind of thing. Often, that ReadMe file is in Japanese. You are still
responsible for the content of the ReadMe.
LearnMMD.com is the
website that spells-out the proper MMD Etiquette for the use, alteration, and
sharing of the intellectual property created by MMD artist. Visit that page and
read throgh it so you can learn what it takes to be a rensposibe member of MMD users. Music and Motion is
generally copyright-protected... but you can usually get away from it !
There are tons of music and
motion files available for download. Many were created by MMDers using
Vocaloid or some other software, and many are popular songs translated by MMDers who make the files available for download but the way we
MMDers use it, in an artistic, not-for-profit way, will usually allow our
videos to slip-through the system and remain on display on YouTube. YouTube
does have a copyright policy, and they may flag your video as a possible
infringement but let it stay online. They may also remove your video with a
note that your video was pulled down due to copyright infringement issues. So
be it!
Getting
started with MMD !!!
Finally, here we go !
Create
animations from scracth
LearnMMD.com has several articles written to
help MMD newbies with doing MMD. I recently read the article for the basics
info you will need as you begin to create your own animations.
There is some info there, along with links to
other LearnMMD articles that show you how to move the models, add a stage, and
manipulate the accessories and props that you will be using.
Create
comics, art images and pictures.
Use MMD as
a tool for assembling 3D models to make pictures and comics!
Load your models and props, set the stage,
adjust the lighting, “take the picture”, and open that picture in your art program so
that you can crop the image, adjust the levels, and add captions and type
to your image.MikuMikuDance has a picture-taking function that captures your screen image and saves it any of several
popular file formats. You can also automatically drop-out the black background of your picture to capture just the model against a transparent background.
So have you know about software named MMD, or maybe like intrested to try the software after watching some fun and amazing MMD videos on youtube ?
LearnMMD.com has several articles written to help MMD newbies with doing MMD. I recently read the article for the basics info you will need as you begin to create your own animations.
I like to set MMD, using the View Menu, to “View Separate Window”, to show me my stage image as large as possible on my monitor, and then I use the keyboard key “Print Screen” to put that image into memory. I then open a New window in Photoshop, GIMP, or Paint and Paste the picture image into place. I can then crop, resize and adjust the picture as I wish, Fun!Enjoy MikuMikuDance …
It’s
Fun, it’s Free, it sets your creativity free!