Your First Video

This will help you get to know the program just a little better. Not throwing you deep into the frying pan yet, but you'll definitely get your feet wet. We're going to be making a video using motion data that has already been created. Many people make videos this way, so you'll be well on your way to making your own.

Fist of all, we're going to open our model.


This panel is what you want. Not only does it load the model data but it also is what you use to switch between them. Get to know this panel. You'll notice there is one that camera/lights/accessories, this one will be useful when you start setting up the camera for your videos.


Next select the model your going to be working with. Miku is always classic.


Next you'll be wanting some motion data huh? Motion data can be downloaded from the VPVP Wiki page. I linked you directly to the motion data page since navigating the Wiki can be confusing. o,O To say the least. I'm using "Be Myself" for mine. Use this menu to load the motion data to your model.


Next for some tunes. Its going to have to be in WAV format. This article describes how to convert your MP3 into WAV, as well as converting your Jpeg into Bitmap. Give it a read if you have any questions on that. Use this menu to ad the wav to your file. ^^; Or they'll be dancing to the music in their heads.


Next to get rid of that nasty axis. The axis is a tool to help position your models while your creating your dance. Since the dancde is already done, you'll have no need for that axis. Use this menu to togle the view on the axis. Before!


After! Looks much better yes?


Depending on the look your going for you may want a background for your video. You can use this menu to add a bitmap to your project. You may even add an avi file it you like. For this I chose some cutesy hearts.


Next for the all important render to video. Use Render to AVI .


Next you'll see this. Make sure you fill out the from frame to frame. This dance runs from frame 0 to 8800. (the screen shot is wrong. lol)


Next it will ask for compression rate. These setting look pretty decent when your going for space saving. (But if your uploading to youtube it will rape any setting you put out. It looks nice while running on your computer.)

Next thing you'll see is your dance running in supreme slow motion. It will take around ten to even twenty minutes to finish this. Its a waiting game now folks! But when its done, you'll have something like this!



Don't worry about the different model. That was just me playing about with the PMD Editor for future tutorials. That's for another day, when I fell more confident about it. Hope you found this tutorial useful. Have any questions ask away.