How to Make a MikuMikuDance Series With Pictures

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Do you want to make a MMD series, but don't know how to do the animation part? You don't have to. As long as you follow these steps, all you have to do is make the models pose!

Steps

Make sure you have MMD downloaded. If you already have MMD, you can go to step 2. Unless you only want to use Miku, the Multi Model version is recommended, which you can download here for free. Also, make sure you have some kind of video editor that lets you put music into pictures and stuff like that. (Ex. Windows Live Movie Maker, Windows Movie Maker, Sony Vegas, and etc.)

Now, think of an idea for your series. Is it a love story? Is it a party? Killing? Randomness? Anything you can think of.

Before you can start making the pictures, you have to find a place to keep your pictures. There are two options: Make a folder with the series name on it. Keep the pictures in the MMD folder.

Once you make the folder, you may want to download some MMD models. Unless you're going to use the ones that come with MMD, go to YouTube or MikuMikuBeat. Store models in your downloads and make sure to put all of the other files that come in the folder in the downloads too. There are some people who make MMD models for you to download.

After that, get some stages or pictures (make sure the pictures are .jpg) for the backgrounds. Store pictures in the "Backgrounds" folder which is in the MMD folder, and store stages in the downloads. Now, if you want, get some accessories. Store them in the downloads.

After that, go online and find some music. VOCALOID/Anime songs will be most likely fitting (they are in Japanese, but you may want to learn a little about anime to get the idea on what it's about). You can also find instrumental songs for download, but make sure they are a .wav file. You can turn mp3s into .wavs using Audacity, which you can download here.

Now, open MMD and start making the pictures. Click on "Load" under model manipulation to get out a model. It must be a PMD file. Start moving their bones however you want, to make it look like they are striking a pose, or taking a step, or whatever.

After each pose, go to "File" and then click "Render to picture file(B)", or just press B. Now name the picture. Say Ep for episode and pic for picture or p for part. Save it in the series folder you made. For example: Ep 1 pic 5.

After you made all of the pictures for the episode you are working on, close MMD and open up your editor. Put a picture in from your folder.

When you add each picture, put a caption on it for the title, episode name, or when people are talking. If you don't want to use captions, you can also use your voice to voice them, but you'll have to make them lip sync between pictures.

After you finish the captions, add some effects.

Now, add the music you want.

When you're done, watch your video to make sure you didn't make any mistakes. If you're satisfied with it click "Save movie" and name it like this: MMD [NAME OF SERIES] Episode [Episode number]. It should be a .WMV file.

If you want to share it with people, upload it to YouTube or Metacafe. Be sure to delete the .WMV part of it. Also, if you're on YouTube, it will only take 10 minutes unless YouTube give you permission to make videos longer than 10 minutes. Metacafe only accepts 5 minutes.