Title: Achieving Photorealism in Non-Real-Time Animation: An Analysis of the "Excellent Shadow" Rendering Technique in MikuMikuDance

  • The Problem: The bias is too low, causing the shadow to calculate onto itself (acne). Or too high, causing the shadow to detach.
  • The Fix: Start at 0.05 and increase slowly until the "acne" on the face disappears, but before the feet float.

You can find and download various versions of the effect on BowlRoll, the primary Japanese file-sharing site for MMD assets: ExcellentShadow2 (BowlRoll) ExcellentShadow for MikuMikuMoving (BowlRoll) Excellent Shadows 2.4 - Soboro's Original List (NicoNico)

Load the Accessory: Load the ExcellentShadow.x file into the Accessory Manipulation panel.

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