Getting Start with iClone
Welcome to iClone! With this powerful character animation tool, it allows users to create high-quality animations with motion capture, facial animation, and realistic character design. With a user-friendly interface, you can easily edit, animate characters in a quick and intuitive way.
iClone supports import and export with most major 3D industry software, making it a versatile choice for filmmaking, game development, and virtual production.
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You can find specific tutorials on Reallusion Courses for free. Or refer to the Skill Path.
Let’s dive in the learn parts:
Character
You can apply characters from default free library with Content Manager in iClone. Or create character with Character Creator 4 and send it to iClone.
If you want to import custom character, kindly refer to the Humoniad Workflow tutorial: https://courses.reallusion.com/home/character-creator/characterize
Motion
You can simply apply motion from Content Manager to the character or use Motion Director to animate your character. Here are the related tutorials.
Getting Start with iClone8, Content Manager
https://courses.reallusion.com/home/iclone/getting-started?v=iclone-8-tutorial-getting-started-with-iclone-8
https://courses.reallusion.com/home/smart-gallery/smart-content-manager-for-ic8-cc4/getting-started?v=iclone-8-and-cc4-tutorial-getting-started-with-smart-content-manager
Motion Director
https://courses.reallusion.com/home/iclone/motion-director
If you are using external motion, see below:
Importing Standard Motion
https://courses.reallusion.com/home/iclone/mocap-animation-training?v=iclone-8-tutorial-importing-standard-motion
Importing Custom Motion
https://courses.reallusion.com/home/iclone/mocap-animation-training?v=iclone-8-and-cc4-tutorial-importing-custom-motion
Here are the tutorials about Visual & Lighting: https://courses.reallusion.com/home/iclone/visual-and-lighting
And the tutorials about Camera: https://courses.reallusion.com/home/iclone/camera
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Saving motion from character A to character B
After retargeting your custom motion, you can save as Reallusion motion (.rlmotion format) by one of following methods.
Saving Clips: https://manual.reallusion.com/iClone-8/Content/ENU/8.0/51-Animation-Timeline-Editing/Saving_Clips.htm
Collect Clip Track: https://manual.reallusion.com/iClone-8/Content/ENU/8.0/51-Animation-Timeline-Editing/Collect_Clip_Track.htm
Now you can use the Mixer to mix with rlmotion with Motion Director. Kindly check the following tutorials about Motion Director Mixer.
https://courses.reallusion.com/home/iclone/motion-director?v=motion-mixer-in-motion-director-|-iclone-8-tutorial
https://courses.reallusion.com/home/iclone/motion-director?v=custom-idles-and-performs-in-motion-director-|-iclone-8-tutorial
More tutorials about Motion Director: https://courses.reallusion.com/home/iclone/motion-director/
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