1. EmotiveFaces depends on the ImageMagick set of programs. So the first thing we are going to do is download and install ImageMagick. You can find the installer here:
https://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php.
Scroll down to the Windows Binary Release and download and install ImageMagick-7.0.3-10-Q16-x64-dll.exe.
2. (Optional) Let's do a sanity check. Open a command window and type 'where convert'. If the first result is in the ImageMagick folder, then we are good to continue. Otherwise you will have to modify your path to place the ImageMagick folder before C:\Windows\System32\. But, typically, you shouldn't need to do this. To modify your path, follow the instructions here: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm.
3. Next, subscribe to the Steam Workshop Item found here:
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=818453743
4. Go to C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\363890\818453743\. One way to do this is to open Steam Management in RPG Maker MV and load the Emotive Faces project. Then open the project folder by select Game->Open Folder.
5. Enter the EF\ folder and double-click the EmotiveFacesInstaller.exe to install the program. I recommend installing to somewhere like C:\bin\EF because this is a command line program and no shortcut is provided. You can install in the usual place (C:\Program Files\...) and then update your path if you are comfortable doing that.
6. In RPG Maker MV, open the project for which you wish to create your facial expressions.
7. In RPG Maker MV, select Game->Open Folder.
8. Create a temporary folder called EmotiveFaces in your project folder.
9. In RPG Maker MV, open the Character Generator by selecting Tools->Character Generator...
10. Customize your Male and Female (and possibly Kid) characters .
11. Select the Save Settings... button and save the json file to the EmotiveFaces folder as SavedSettings.json.
12. Copy the EFCustomization.json file from C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\363890\818453743\ to the EmotiveFaces folder in your project.
13. In File Explorer, enter the EmotiveFaces folder.
14. Open EFCustomization.json in a text editor. I recommend Notepad++.
15. Under the "male" section, give your male character a name by updating the "Name" field.
16. In the "mouth" field, create a comma separated list of mouth indices. Index 0 is the 1st mouth Variation in the Character Generator.
17. Repeat point 16 for the "eyes" and "eyebrows" fields. Keep in mind that a facial expression for every combination of mouth, eyes and eyebrows you list will be created. So if you have 3 mouths, 2 eyes and 4 eyebrows, 3x2x4=24 faces will be created for a total of 3 images of 8 faces each.
18. Repeat steps 15-17 for the "female" (and "kid") section.
19. Open a command tool by holding Shift and right-clicking inside the EmotiveFaces folder. Then select "Open command window here" from the menu.
20. On the command line run c:\bin\EF\EmotiveFaces.exe SavedSettings.json EFCustomization.json.
21. Images for male, female and kid will be created in the EmotiveFaces folder.
22. You can now import these into img\faces with the Resource Manager.