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Published: 2012-07-11 23:09:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 11091; Favourites: 168; Downloads: 104
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Description
Here's another way to make awesome screenshots using MMD, MME and Photoshop (or an equivalent graphics application).Credits
Vocaloid: Touhou - Kamishirasawa Keine (Montecore)
Background backdrop stock by *Twins72
Software Used
MMD 7.39
Photoshop 7
Errata
Thanks to ~xXHIMRXx for pointing this out - I forgot to mention: When you render the image from MMD, set the screen size to the maximum resolution of your monitor.
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That tutorial (and model) dates back to 2012; seems like yonks ago for some reason. Still have that model though.
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(facepalm) Your question is unanswerable ...
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No, joke, I found it already, I know it's in Skydrive
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The shadow effect are the ones that comes with MMD by default except in the last panel which was 'Photoshopped'.
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Wooops. Ignore Me! I Was Confused For A Second. XD
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That's fine. I'm confused during all my waking hours anyways ...
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Haha I Was Looking For An Effect Called "Vignette" And I Was Like "Oh A Tutorial 8D" And Thought It Might Have It XD
NEVERMIND! o n o
Vignette Seems Really Cool Though. I Might Try It On An MMD Picture.
n u n
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I'm afraid you're going to have to Google it as I don't log links.
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Thanks for the steps! However, how do you get rid of that red dot on models?
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There are two ways to get a "clean" screenshot.
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THANK YOU FOR THE RED DOT THING!
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Thanks! When I selected Render to picture file, and saved, I ended up with the vertical green line. I realized that I had to unselect something first, but couldn't find options to remove the red circle. I then tried Render to picture file again, and got what I wanted. I guess at first I didn't realize that only the green line showed, not the red dot.
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The vertical green line is part of the grid and can be hidden - it's under the View menu (I think - not in front of MMD atm).
The grid is useful for setting things up, but should otherwise be hidden. The red circle shows whenever your not "playing" or rendering, and this is actually a useful feature as you'll know exactly where the MMD camera is pointing.
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Thanks! I finally figured out how to save it the way I want.
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Under the File(F) menu choose Render to picture file(B).
But before you do that, normally you will want to set your screen size to the full extent of your monitor. This function is under the view(V) menu - screen size(O)
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To get a bigger image you can always adjust the screen size to fit your likes and your pc's measurements
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Turning the girl 90 degrees makes it possible to get an even larger picture of her than by just setting the output to match the monitor's size (which I do anyway).
The larger image, especially in either BMP or PNG format contains more data for a high resolution output which is necessary when you export to an external application and want sharp detailed definition.
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But you did point out the one thing I did neglect to mention in the tutorial ><
LOL
You want to render the export at the same physical size as your monitor
I just do this so routinely I completely forgot to mention it, thanks LOL
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well, you actually can export much bigger sizes than monitor. Depending on the computer it may even let to render up to 3000 or even 4
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Well you're lucky - on my system if i tried that MMD crashes, so in a sense this is a workaround I developed for my situation.
Good thing you pointed this out though, for the benefit of those with newer systems or better graphics cards.
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Yeah, i had an old pc so i know your pain. Though i was able to put it past 1280 and 1024 but just by few hundreds.
It also depends on the mmd version as older ones crash at bigger resolutions that work on newer ones on same computer
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Which is one of the reasons why I'm phasing out support for models that work with MMD ver 5.24.
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Really helpful!
Please make more of this
It would really help the MMD Comunity improve their pictures. It also seems fun to do
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They are fun to do; and DA has a wealth of stock to choose from.
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Today I found an old folder I had not seen for a year. Hundreds of backgrounds and templates. LOL
So, I for practice threw one together and posted it. Funny how you thought to do a tutorial on that type of subject. I owned a photography studio at one time & to engineer photos was our edge over the competition.Verbally you simplified the process
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