How I make my MMD videos using Motion Data!

Hello! I shall be showing you how I make my MMD videos when using a motion data that someone has already made!

When you open up MMD it should look like this. (Depending on what version there is atm you're reading this)

First thing I do is load my model I am going to use. In the Model Manipulation box Click Load. A new box should appear with all of the models you have, I should explain that when you download models or anything else you need to find the MikuMikuDance folder and then put them where they belong such as, Motion and Camera should be in the Motion Folder, Stages and Accessories should be Accessories folder etc.

A box will appear sometimes it will be English, Japanese and sometimes you won't be able to understand it at all but just press OK.

And Voila! I'm using SetsunagaoP's Eren Model from Attack On Titan.

To be able to see the model properly in this mode go to Bone Manipulation and click Select 

Using the Right button on your mouse you can move around in all directions.

        To get rid of the grid on the floor click on View and click on Display Coordinate axis or press G to get rid of it or to reveal it if you want it for some reason!

 Also in View I go and change the Thickness of Edge Line or I just press E.

 



Using the scroll you can make the thickness change, 2.0 being the thickest. 











Going down to it's lowest is 0.0 makes it look like this and this is how I always make mine look like.

 

 Next thing I do is find a Motion Data I am going to use. I do this by clicking on File and then going to Load Motion Data or M for short. After that I find the one I want to use also Motion Data files are always VMD. I chose to go with Bye Bye Baby Sayonara 

A lot of the time when you have motion data, it will come out like this if it was originally Japanese. Not all the time, but half of my folders are in this jibberish. You just have to find out which one you need.

And then you wait for it to load, it can take some time but sometimes it can start instantly depending on how big the motion data is. If you want to load the Camera Motion you need to go back to Model Manipulation and change the thing you are one to Camera/Light/Accessory and then go to File, Load Motion Data and find the Camera Motion you want.

Time for the music! In File click on Load Wav File or W. Remember that all the music has to be set in on Wave file for it to work on MMD.

To add some sort of stage you can use a VMD file but today I am going to use a X file. X files are usually Stages, Accessories and effects. 

Go to Accessory Manipulation and click Load.

Your Stage should appear then!

Once I am happy with my piece I have done it is time to render it! Click Render to AVI file.

At this part you have to put 0~(How man frames there in the motion you are using) I decided to put 1000 frames.

When it's Rendering it should look like this, it doesn't take long a few minutes.

After putting it through WMM this is what it looks like. You can't just upload the video from it being rendered because the file is too big. 

And that's it! It's nothing too techinaical it's literally how I simply make a video.

Pudding out!