How to add moving sparkles to your Live2D model
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This tutorial explains how to create a shimmer effect in Live2D that moves with a character's motion. The creator, Ivy, demonstrates a two-part technique using a control object and a glitter image. The effect is subtle but adds visual interest to areas like hair.
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[0:09]
Tutorial Introduction
The creator introduces the tutorial, noting their beginner status but sharing a method they find pretty and useful.
[0:23]
Effect Components
The shimmer effect has two parts: a control object (orange region) and the actual shimmer image. The control is made identical to the area being decorated.
[1:14]
Applying the Control
The control is placed on top of existing meshes and warps, matching the underlying area to ensure it moves with the character.
[2:07]
Hiding the Control
The control's opacity is turned to zero, making it invisible. Its art mesh ID is noted for clipping.
[2:12]
Art Mesh ID
The art mesh ID of the control is copied, essential for the clipping process.
[2:30]
Adding Glitter Image
A large glitter image is added, which will be clipped to the control area.
[2:44]
Shimmer Composition
The glitter image contains multiple colors for variety, and is resized as needed.
[3:07]
Clipping Setup
The clipping ID of the control is applied to the glitter layer, and the blend mode is set to additive.
[3:26]
Testing the Effect
The character moves, and the glitter sparkles in response, confirming the effect works.
[3:47]
Effect Observations
The creator finds the effect realistic and notes it can be further animated for more motion.
This tutorial provides a simple method to add a moving glitter effect to Live2D characters. It is ideal for subtle, shimmering details that follow character motion.
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1:14
Place the control object over the target area, using its meshes and warps so it moves with the character.
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What are the two main components of the shimmer effect?
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What are the two main components of the shimmer effect?
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A control object and the actual shimmer (glitter) image.
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How do you make the control object invisible?
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How do you make the control object invisible?
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Set its opacity to 0.
2:07
What must you copy from the control object to use clipping?
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What must you copy from the control object to use clipping?
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The art mesh ID.
2:12
What blend mode is used for the glitter layer to make it sparkle?
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What blend mode is used for the glitter layer to make it sparkle?
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Additive blending.
3:21
💡 Key Takeaways
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Effect Working
Demonstrates the successful result of the tutorial—glitter moves with the character.
3:37
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Realism of Shimmer
The creator notes the effect looks realistic compared to actual shimmer.
3:47
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Two-Part Structure
Provides the core technique: control object + glitter image.
1:02
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Clipping Setup
Required technical step to confine glitter to the control area.
3:07Full Transcript
[00:00] [Music]
[00:09] hi youtube it's ivy and i thought i
[00:12] would throw together this little live 2d
[00:14] tutorial i'm still a beginner but i
[00:16] haven't seen a video on this and i think
[00:18] it's really pretty and that people would
[00:20] really like it if they knew how to do it
[00:22] so
[00:23] what i'm going to be teaching today is a
[00:26] shimmer effect that moves with motion so
[00:28] let me show you an example of what i
[00:30] mean
[00:31] so right here you can see that she has
[00:33] some little sparkles in her hair right
[00:36] here it's pretty subtle but they are
[00:38] there
[00:38] and as her hair moves they go glitter
[00:42] glitter
[00:43] and it's really simple effect but it's
[00:46] pretty and it adds a little bit of
[00:47] motion i think in areas that might not
[00:50] have it and since it's pretty like
[00:53] spread out and not too precise i think
[00:55] it can be applied to a large area which
[00:58] is nice so yeah let me show you how i do
[01:00] it
[01:02] so this is made up of two parts i'm
[01:04] going to apply it to this section next
[01:07] so you're going to want a control and a
[01:10] actual shimmer and i'll show you what i
[01:12] mean by that the control
[01:14] is this orange bit that you see right
[01:17] here
[01:18] so i made it exactly the same as the
[01:21] part that i want to apply it to
[01:24] that just makes it easy to stick it
[01:26] right on top of any warps or you could
[01:28] even glue it if you were using a lot of
[01:29] mesh editing instead of warps but for
[01:32] this particular case i can just plop it
[01:34] in with this mesh and its warps and it
[01:37] should move
[01:38] with the spot underneath so need to mesh
[01:41] it so it kind of moves a little bit
[01:44] better than it will right now
[01:46] and we'll just plop it into the warp
[01:47] with the existing ruffle there
[01:56] [Music]
[01:58] okay it's now in with this uh bubba
[02:01] ruffle
[02:02] and it should move with the body yeah
[02:05] all right but obviously you don't want
[02:07] this orange stuff here
[02:09] so we're actually going to
[02:12] go to this uh control object
[02:15] and turn this opacity down to zero
[02:19] and you're also at this point gonna want
[02:20] to make a note of what the art mesh idea
[02:23] is because this uses clipping
[02:26] so i'm gonna copy that
[02:28] all right and then you'll need to add
[02:30] the actual glitter
[02:32] which i just have one big image so
[02:35] there's a lot of glitter to like
[02:38] move around as this uh animates
[02:41] so let me show you what my actual
[02:44] shimmer looks like
[02:47] all right this is my shimmer
[02:49] i put different colors in it because i
[02:51] thought it might show up with some
[02:53] different stuff
[02:55] and uh yeah it's obviously a huge mess i
[02:57] think i'm actually going to resize it a
[02:59] little bit for this one
[03:01] make it a little bit smaller
[03:04] and now with that uh
[03:07] mesh of the control the id we're going
[03:10] to add a clipping id for the control
[03:14] [Music]
[03:15] make that this clipping id
[03:18] and now it will just show up on the
[03:20] control
[03:21] and i will make this into an additive so
[03:24] it's nice and sparkly
[03:26] now in theory when she moves it should
[03:29] sparkle so let's test it out
[03:34] wow
[03:37] yeah so it's a really simple effect but
[03:40] i think it looks really nice and i also
[03:42] think it looks pretty realistic as far
[03:44] as like how
[03:45] shimmer actually looks
[03:47] so yeah i'm really enjoying this effect
[03:50] and i hope you guys get some use out of
[03:52] it
[03:53] you can also animate the shimmer itself
[03:56] if you want it to move a little bit
[03:58] more uh but yeah i think it looks really
[04:00] nice
[04:02] all right i hope that was helpful
[04:05] uh go make your baby sparkly okay bye
[04:10] [Music]
[04:22] you