Full Beginners Guide to Animating in MMD (2023)

Eugh this video is long overdue...
DOWNLOADS AND HELPFUL TOOLS BELOW!!
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I tried to include my entire process (animating, rendering, detailing) but its hard within such a small time frame xD
even with some parts sped up haha.
Sorry if any parts of the video seem out of place, some of my files got corrupted.
I also included the full animation at the end :D
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Download MMD:
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FFDSHOW:
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Audacity:
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MISSING MMD FILES DOWNLOAD (my personal copy):
unzip and move these FILES into your MMD folder.
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Download BLENDER:
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Windows Movie Maker:
WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER IS IN THE PHOTO GALLERY FOLDER.
You only really need this to watermark your content.

[YumiizArts]

Sorry if the audio quality is poopy I don't have a noise canceller LMAO.
AND sorry if any parts of the video are missing. Some files got corrupted.
Downloads and important stuff and helpful tools are available in the description <3
Happy learning <3
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Also pls note I'm barely at an intermediate level IN MY OPINION. This is just how I animate. There's no right or wrong way to animate.
srry abt any lack of speech i'm secretly very awkward and stutter a LOT. lmao

[MichaelNoLastName_]

watching this has made me realize how much animators go through to make complex animations like fighting scenes or just a simple dance, the amount of work, time and patience one must have to make something so simple and short is just crazy, i have a new found respect for any animator now, great video

[taraoya]

The fact I just deleted mmd yesterday because I didnt know how to do animating💀💀guess ill be downloading it again, but either ways thank you for the tutorial yumii!

[Murdstone]

ngl this is definitley the best MMD beginner guide to ever hit youtube. you go so in depth with the functions and really know what you're doing, most vids ive seen just dance around that, arent straight forward and dont explain much. Subbed😊

[khcbepv]

I've been wanting to create a video series but don't have the skills to do animation for it. Thank you for teaching me how to do the animating in MMD, I've always wanted to learn how but never felt confident about it. You're video was easy to follow and I can deinfetly say this tutorial has been both helpful and a joy to watch. Thank you so much

[hollylawton]

This will literally become my interest for the next month

[AutisticFloppa]

thanks, i was animating in stop motion using image rendering but this tutorial helped me

[Okabenshin]

Thank you for this tutorial, I needed it because when it comes to walk animation, my brain is like "nop, Ima head out, see ya👋"

[graysh.]

Animation is so sick and ive been meaning to do this stuff for years but i finally have the means to

[Simeone]

Yumii this is amazing! Thanks for the tutorial and all the links!

I just recently became interested in mmd and was very confused about alot of things so this was really helpful xD

[zeephilic]

Thank you so so much Yumii! I’ve recently gotten into animations and stuff like that, and you and a couple other people have inspired me. <3

[chxse_mmd]

OMG YOU SAVED ME😭
Ive wanted to to make a modernized verzion of a mmd drama for around a year now and make small partz in the mvz I make to make a story? idk but thank you yumii for this wonderful tutorial ^-^

[cat-star]

Great video! This cleared up several questions I had about animating my MMDs so hopefully I can now make better ones. Thanks!

[paulchristianranoa]

POV Ei making Scaramouche moves smooth be like

[licorish_]

I AM SCREAMING THIS IS SO INSANELY HELPFUL
I was watching and pausing this while I worked on my own just to try it out and I was able to do a walk cycle so easily even though this is my first time 😭this is literally so much fun thank you so much for making this tutorial it is so helpful

[naufal_]

Ohhhh this is gonna be difficult for newbie to trying this guide 🤧🤧💖💖. Such a awesome vids 💖💖💖

[leiathrix]

Thank you so much for the tutorial 😭✨✨✨
Also your audio is a-okay 💙 you have a beautiful voice!

[takolukaisacutiepatootie]

this video was posted on my birthday thats so cool

and it's also an epic tutorial

[sou.p]

wonderful tutorial! especially with scara! tysm!!

[yanautau]

I've been using MMD since 2013 and haven't been using it for a couple of years (didn't hate it, just trying to move on) but i've been thinking about picking it up again 'cause i've been into making models lately and MMD is something i wanna make the models for since, again, im just really used to it. But animation was something i never understood and this video was really helpful!