[0:00] hi guys it's kapaka in this video i'll
[0:03] be talking about how to use live2d to
[0:05] animate your youtuber model
[0:07] in the last two videos i went over how
[0:10] to draw
[0:11] and cut up your youtuber model you'll
[0:13] want to have your photoshop file ready
[0:15] for live 2d import
[0:16] so if you aren't sure check that
[0:18] everything is formatted correctly in
[0:20] this video live 2d might seem daunting
[0:23] at first but
[0:24] so is learning how to use photoshop or
[0:27] whatever drawing program it is you use
[0:30] what i'm trying to say is live 2d is
[0:32] simple
[0:33] once you understand the basics and the
[0:35] tools
[0:36] let's get started firstly open up live
[0:39] 2d
[0:39] and import your photoshop file by
[0:42] dragging and dropping
[0:44] and select the highest resolution to
[0:46] view your model in
[0:48] before we go any further let me
[0:50] introduce you to the layout of live 2d
[0:53] parts show all the parts of your model
[0:56] which are also called
[0:58] textures and how they're layered from
[1:00] front to back
[1:02] the farmer is where you'll be working
[1:04] most of the time
[1:05] it shows the deformer hierarchy and
[1:08] where you create deformers that
[1:10] bend your model to create movement
[1:13] inspector is where you control the
[1:15] clipping id opacity and blend mode
[1:18] of your textures parameter is
[1:21] also where you'll be working most of the
[1:23] time it has the parameters that your
[1:26] face tracking program will use and here
[1:29] you set the keyframes that
[1:30] animate your model canvas
[1:34] shows your model and this is where you
[1:36] interact with the deformers
[1:38] use the scroll wheel to zoom in and out
[1:41] and press the space bar
[1:43] and click to pan around secondly
[1:47] select everything in the deformer window
[1:49] and generate a mesh
[1:51] select the standard preset and close the
[1:54] window
[1:55] next create a texture at this set the
[1:58] width and height dimensions to match
[2:00] your photoshop document
[2:01] the maximum will be 2048
[2:05] by 2048 pixels for the free version
[2:08] of live 2d
[2:12] set the margin to 30 pixels and select
[2:15] automatic layout click on any one
[2:18] texture
[2:19] and check that the skill is 100 percent
[2:23] if it isn't the image will look
[2:25] pixelated
[2:26] click ok
[2:30] and now save your live 2d progress
[2:35] thirdly
[2:36] sort parameters into photos so that is
[2:39] neither to work with
[2:40] create seven folders for the face eye
[2:44] eyeball brow mouth body and move
[2:48] drag the parameters into the
[2:50] corresponding folders
[2:53] you can add more parameters for
[2:56] additional animations
[2:57] click on the new parameter button and
[3:00] give it a unique name
[3:01] then click ok examples of additional
[3:04] parameters are
[3:05] arms legs ears wings or tails
[3:09] key forms are poses that you set as the
[3:12] maximum
[3:13] and live2d will animate the range of
[3:15] motions between these maximums
[3:18] you can also set key forms in between
[3:20] for specific
[3:21] transition points select the deformer
[3:24] and use the first two buttons to create
[3:26] key forms
[3:27] or the fourth button to place a specific
[3:30] key form next let's start looking at
[3:33] deformers
[3:35] you can think of deformers kind of like
[3:37] folders
[3:38] a deformer will bend all the things
[3:40] inside it
[3:41] this includes textures and other
[3:43] deformers
[3:45] there are three main type of deformers
[3:48] the most common is the warp deformer
[3:51] select the textures you want to group
[3:53] together and create a warp deformer
[3:55] this deformer controls all the textures
[3:58] selected
[3:59] to animate movement select a key form on
[4:02] the parameter
[4:03] and move the green controls around to
[4:05] move stretch
[4:06] and squish parts of the textures warp
[4:10] deformers are useful
[4:11] for x y z parameters
[4:14] the second is the rotation deformer
[4:17] select the textures you want to control
[4:19] and create a rotation deformer to place
[4:22] the rotation deformer precisely
[4:24] you can move the center of rotation and
[4:27] tail
[4:27] by pressing the ctrl key and clicking it
[4:31] to animate movement select the key form
[4:33] on the parameter
[4:35] and move the center and tail without
[4:37] holding ctrl
[4:38] to move and rotate the textures
[4:42] rotation deformers are useful for joints
[4:45] and sometimes z parameters
[4:48] the third is the deform path
[4:51] select one texture and place a dot in a
[4:54] line along the length of the texture
[4:56] to animate movement select the key form
[4:59] on the parameter
[5:00] and move the dots to deform the texture
[5:04] the form paths are useful for eyes mouth
[5:08] and hair
[5:12] make sure you have a green key form
[5:14] selected
[5:15] when moving deformers or you'll just be
[5:18] editing your default model
[5:20] it's better to have more deformers than
[5:23] too few
[5:24] if the object moves in xyz parameters
[5:27] make sure one deformer for each
[5:30] parameter
[5:31] or make at least three deformers
[5:34] note that one parameter can control
[5:37] multiple deformers
[5:39] this is my template for the former
[5:41] hierarchy which is on the screen right
[5:43] now
[5:44] this is the simplified version of what
[5:46] my model uses
[5:47] the general layout is the same for
[5:49] everyone but the specific
[5:51] part deformers will depend on how you
[5:53] separated your parts
[5:54] and how many moving parts your model has
[5:58] next let's go over parameters and where
[6:00] to begin
[6:02] i like to break the broad parameters
[6:04] first before
[6:05] moving on to the more detailed
[6:07] parameters
[6:08] the order i took when rigging parameters
[6:11] was
[6:12] body move face eyeball brow
[6:16] eye and mouth i started with the broad
[6:19] parameters because
[6:21] it was the easiest to rig and if i
[6:23] realized that i had separated the body
[6:25] parts incorrectly
[6:26] i could replace them easily the more
[6:29] detailed parameters
[6:31] are more work but if you separated
[6:34] everything
[6:35] it's unlikely that you need to replace
[6:37] anything
[6:38] lastly once you're finished with all the
[6:40] parameters
[6:41] we have to add physics under modeling
[6:44] click on open physics click
[6:48] add and name it for example hair physics
[6:52] select the input preset as your head
[6:54] input
[6:55] the physics model preset as your hair
[6:57] length and click ok
[6:59] click on output settings and add your
[7:01] hair parts
[7:03] by following these steps you can also
[7:05] add physics to the movement of your
[7:07] clothing and
[7:08] chest too on the preview you can click
[7:11] and move the cursor
[7:12] to test how the physics looks like
[7:16] finally we are ready to export your
[7:18] vtuber model
[7:20] under file click export for runtime
[7:24] export as a mod 3 file check that
[7:27] physics is checked and click ok
[7:31] create a new folder and save it there
[7:34] this folder is your vtuber model
[7:36] fully rigged and ready to be imported
[7:38] into your face tracking program of
[7:40] choice
[7:42] and there you have it your very own
[7:44] feedtuber model
[7:45] you just have to find a face tracking
[7:47] program but
[7:49] fear not i'm making a video comparing
[7:51] all the free face tracking programs for
[7:53] live 2d
[7:55] so i know i skipped the rigging of the
[7:57] individual parameters
[7:59] but there are 30 minute tutorials on
[8:01] youtube for every single one already
[8:03] i wanted this video to be a tutorial on
[8:06] the basics of live 2d
[8:08] and an outline of the steps you need to
[8:10] take from start to finish
[8:13] i hope you found this helpful leave any
[8:15] questions
[8:16] in the comments and i'll be sure to
[8:18] answer them thanks for watching