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
https://courses.reallusion.com/home/iclone/mocap-animation-training?v=iclone-8-and-cc4-tutorial-importing-custom-motionIf 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:
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
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/