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Dialog in IClone

ian — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:42:40 GMT

Having trouble figuring out how to add dialogue in IClone. I can see that it is possible to record and add a wav file at the begining of the timeline for a project. But what if I wanted to start the diague say 10 seconds into the animation? Is there a way that I can do that?Also I tried to start Crazy Talk and the program says that I need to purchase Crazy Talk 4.2. I have already purchased Crazy Talk 5 but it does not seem to notice? Any ideas?CheersIan

Using the bvh file converter

swilbert2002 — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:32:14 GMT

I downloaded free bvh files from Animazoo.com. When I used to bvh converter to convert the file an import it into iClone, the character's body is distorted, when I apply the motion. Why does this happen? Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong or not doing. Thanks. I tried applying the motion to different character and it happened on every character. Thanks in advance for you help. sheneka :hehe::)

Making of Gazella dorcas liveprop using DAZ Studio, 3dsmax and iClone

davidjosue007 — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:50:24 GMT

[center][img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1214760593_001.jpg[/img][/center][b]Tools Needed* DAZ|Studio* FBX-Plugin for DAZ|Studio* Photoshop (or other graphics program)* Autdodesk 3dsMax* Reallusion iClone * iClone VNS Exporter for 3dsMax[/b]1) First, you need 3D models store on DAZ website. To accomplish this four legged liveprop, I used these two products together: [url=http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/shop/itemdetails/-/?item=334&spmeta=ab&_m=d]DAZ Buck[/url] and [url=http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/shop/itemdetails/-/?item=305&_m=d]Antelope Pack expansion[/url][center][img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1214762370_002.jpg[/img][/center]2)Now load/build a scene with your model in DAZ|Studio. Don’t forget to apply animated poses to your figure. Fore more information about this, visit[url=http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/tutorial/0/-/?&_m=d] DAZ tutorials section[/url][center][img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1214763007_003.jpg[/img][/center]3)At this step, you need [url=http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/shop/itemdetails/-/?item=4137&_m=d]FBX-Plugin for DAZ|Studio[/url][center][img]http://www-cache.daz3d.com/store/item_file/4137/image_medium.jpg[/img][/center][i]FBX has quickly become the leading 3D File Interchange Format. It provides a powerful new way of working with 3D content from a wide variety of applications and source material providers. Exporting in the FBX format provides you access to an industry-wide 3D format, and allows you to use your DAZ content in products such as Maya or 3D Studio Max.[/i]Then click File -- Export and choose FBX 6.0 as export format. Choose a directory and file name for export and click save. In the following menu with the FBX-Export-Options choose the following options:[center][img]http://www.daz3d.com/sections/tutorial/images/2134/1-2.jpg[/img][/center]Click Accept and save your FBX-File.4) Import your FBX-File in 3dsMaxStart 3dsMax, Click File - Import and import your exported FBX-File.In 3dsMax you will find all imported textures in the Material editor. You can edit them in Photoshop or any image editor. Your models is correctly rigged with all bones and ready for motion[center][url=http://www.hebergementimages.com][img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1214763070_004.jpg[/img][/url][/center]5) Choose File>Export... to export your liveprop for iClone.In the File Type option, choose iCloneExp (*.VNS) file format and assign the designate folder. Choose "prop" object Type, assign to prop animation clip then click "OK"[center][img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1214764224_005.jpg[/img][/center]6) That's all! Now your prop is ready to be use in iClone![center][url=http://www.hebergementimages.com][img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1214764539_006.jpg[/img][/url][/center][center][flashvideo]http://www.youtube.com/v/Be2Nff2cKoU[/flashvideo][/center]

Lighting the sky

tonym — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:17:14 GMT

iClone seems to give me a lot of control of lighting in the scenes, except I don't seem to ba able to control the lighting level of the sky. So in a 3D scene which has a sky dome over it, how do I control the lighting of the dome texture? e.g. I want to make a night scene, it seems I can darken everything except the sky.

Sliding feet

tonym — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:13:18 GMT

Despite checking the "foot sliding removal" option, my characters still seem to walk with sliding feet. Now obviously if the character is animated but not moving across the scene, the feet will slide. This suggests that there needs to be some correlation between the speed at which the character's walking motion is aminated and the speed at which the character moves across the scence. Has anyone got any tips on how to match these so the look is natural?

Hair Models

swilbert2002 — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:13:40 GMT

Can I use the hair models from this website:http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/marketplace/0/-/?&_m=d&trid=267458128to import into iClone to create more hair options? Will I need to use 3Dxchange in order to make it work? Thanks. swilbert

editing the text

info — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:09:32 GMT

How do I change the text in the text animation so that it says something else instead of logo sorry new to iclone - I wanted to edit the bottom of the surf board in the project but can not so decided as time was against me to put in text spx instead.:w00t:

any tips on how to make movements look more fluid and less choppy ?

ckmknight88 — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:13:37 GMT

thx

How to change the special G2 charcter texture

davidjosue007 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:28:45 GMT

[b]City Elements - Citizen Extras[/b]

[img]http://www.reallusion.com/ContentStore/iClone/pack/CitizenExtras/image/Bimage.jpg[/img]

Question: Is there a way to modify the texture of these G2 special Character.
I love these characters, but for their skin color, it is difficult to exploit them as extras in an African town.
I already know that these characters are designed in one piece, so there aren't able to exchange body parts, (including the head) with other G2 characters.

camera animation

neillchapman2003 — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:21:26 GMT

I am trying to animate a camera down a 'SketchUp' hallway.

I can launch the animated camera, timeline and edit and can do key frames and move forward etc so all is good up to a point but then the whole thing collapses around me as I try to navigate around a corner of the hallway.

It seems (by the way I'm new to iClone) that the camera is a WYSIWYG set-up and that's fine so you always know what the camera is seeing but I don't actually ever know the camera's so when I try to turn a corner I have to estimate where the camera is and I bang into a wall or end up going through the wall. I have tried rotating the model at 90deg and leaving the camera alone but that doesn't seem to solve the problem. I also tried turning in small increments with equal lack of success.

I'm sure there's an easy answer as the stuff I've seen by iClone is magnificent. At the moment I give myself a -10 but I am hoping to get a whole lot better.

Customize your iClone Splash screen

davidjosue007 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:48:09 GMT

[b]Customize your iClone Splash screen[/b]

[img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1208551658_splashtutorial.jpg[/img]

SFX and Skies

Lionheart — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:05:50 GMT

Hi all - this is another couple of "how do I..."

First off sky colours. I have the Wilderness Packs, btu would liek some of my action to take place at night. further to some of my previous questions, I have now got a firey glow and twi-light shadowing inthe main part of my scene. (Thanks for all answers that helped with this) but unfortunately, there is still a lovely mid-morning blue summer sky in the background! Any way that the sky can be darkened? The only solution I can thnk of is to be clever with a 2D pic placed on the billoard, and positionsed between the liveplants and the skyin shot. Haven't had the time to try this out yet, but before I do, wondered if anybody had an easier or more practical solution.

Secondly - and hopefully this is more simple. Is there any way to for SFX to start in full flow? For example, the snow FX starts falling, but if I want my scene to take place where it is already snowing, because this causes an editing gaff (as was seen in the "All I Want For Christmas" which I put up in December.) I am currently using the HellFire although sized down to give a smaller campfire type of flame, but again, I want theis to be a fire already burning, not one that builds up from nothing over the first few frames.

All responses will be greatly received. Thanks in advance.

Rich.

Liveplants scene texture editing....

davidjosue007 — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:32:18 GMT

Question: Is there any way to edit texture in liveplants. I want to change for example savannah green
[img]http://www.reallusion.com/ContentStore/iClone/pack/world_wilderness2/image%5CSavannaGreen.jpg[/img]
in a safari savannah
[img]http://i.d.com.com/i/dl/media/dlimage/13/91/56/139156_large.jpeg[/img]

I mean a savannah in a dry season... I used 3dxchange 2 in order to convert the liveplants scene to a props...but liveplants are not kept in the prop.
Indeed even, when I converted the liveplants scene into another one via 3dxchange, the new one does not support liveplants...
Someone would have an idea on this topic ?

Thanks!

Technical Problems with Installing iClone Content

swilbert2002 — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:28:37 GMT

When I double click on current freebie, cell phone, I get the following error message:

Set up program did not find iClone on your computer, the installation of this content pack will be terminated. Please purchase and install iClone before you install the content pack.

I do have iClone installed and it's open, when I try to install the content pack.

What should I do?

iClone Filmmaking Tips Video 4U

Pauly — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:15:26 GMT

Here's a video I made for Expert Village, where I show how I make my iClone movies. It's just basic stuff and I hope it helps some of you with ideas. Enjoy! ;) ...Pauly

WATCH THE TUTORIAL VIDEO HERE

My horse won't walk

klobi — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:58:55 GMT

Hello everybody, I bought the horse pack and I have tried a lot to get my horse to walking. I downloaded the tutorial but I don't understand everything. Step 1 and 2 = no problem. Step 3 is my challange. See the bold words. My English left...

[quote]Now that the horse has animation applied to it, you need to move the horse forward in the scene to create actual movement of the prop. Move to the end of the project and then select the horse and move it forward across the scene. Time your key frames to coincide with the clip animation. To make sure your animation clip carries out over the entire duration of the project, scroll over the right side of the blue GALLOP animation clip until you see the ARROWS icon, click and drag to lengthen then animation. Click PLAY to review.[/quote]

What does it mean: scroll over the right sight... until you see the arrows? I tried like the picture says but there are no arrows / no icon. What do I wrong or what do I need to do?

Thanks for your help,

René

[Archive] Two Characters Onscreen

ForumArchive — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:12:55 GMT

I think that the fact that two characters cannot be seen onscreen at the same time without both sets of lips moving is a serious bug! It's more than a bug, it's the Insect That Ate Cleveland.
I can't believe that this "feature" was allowed to get by in 1.0, let alone 2.0. How many times can you cut to a closeup or shoot over characters' shoulders or have voiceovers? Geez. iClone could be the premiere filmmaking tool in the world but for this. Is any thought being given to fixing this, or are people just going to go on doing their little fantasy films?

Four "iClone & film editing" tutorials

Visconti — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:55:23 GMT

1. iClone Tutorial - Video Editing in Movie Edit Pro

In this tutorial you will learn how to use iClone and Movie Edit Pro to provide a quick and easy platform for Video Editing. Everyone who would like to embark on additional editing outside of the options presented by iClone Studio, can now use MAGIX Movie Edit Pro to simply arrange and effect their footage almost effortlessly.

[flashvideo]http://www.youtube.com/v/zeHYYfkOUtw[/flashvideo]

2. iClone Tutorial - Overlaid Avatar in Movie Edit Pro

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a chromo key effect on a rendered avi output from iClone 2.5. This is a scenario that is easy to set up in iClone using a single avatar and a solid green 2D Background. Then MAGIX Video Deluxe 2008 makes it simple to import and overlay your clip with a piece of background footage using a single video mixing effect. Together iClone and Movie Edit Pro provide a solution to everyone who wish to create quality composites with their virtual identity.

[flashvideo]http://www.youtube.com/v/T5Yah9PbNqo[/flashvideo]

motion editor

domindian — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:21:59 GMT

hello forum. allthough I am tinkering with iClone for a while now I still may not know very much about it. for example - I read from someone that he set up a motion in the motion editor. he talked about editing like taking one of the standard motions and then movng one hand into the air for a wave-like motion.... but, how could he have done that? for me the iClone motion editor appears as nothing more than a motion mixer. take one, cut ist to some length, take another and place it after the other, choose transition time and live with that, or don't. features like aligning (where I still have not figured out if there is a visual difference between align and 'align whole motion') are the special treat.

now, is it actually a motion mixer or is there really the posibility in iClone to take the puppet's limbs like a hand, a foot and move it to some place on some frame?!

another question is this one: is there a way someone knows of, to freeze some bodyparts where aligning to that limb is not enough? it still moves to much. for example the feet. the person stand still, but with prebuilt motions there is always motion of the feet and mixing between motions makes the person slide on the ground like on a frozen lake in Winter. wichever foot I align the other slides and the first doesn't stand still either.

I would appreciate any kind of hint, or help!
and thanks for reading.

d~

Prop Conversion

Lionheart — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:16:15 GMT

Hi All.

On my travels around the various I-Clone sites and blogs, I have come across people who have converted poser props etc. for use in I-Clone.

Please can you tell me how this is done? I know 3d Exchange can't do it, so do I need a different program as well? Or is there a simple way?

Thanks.

Rich.

Lighting

gary — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:57:52 GMT

I am having trouble with my lighting.

I wish to start my video in near blackout and turning to full brightness as if somebody has turned the lights on.

It is a hip hop video, with an introduction at the begining (hence the blackness)

I have tried to edit the keys as I do for my camera but when I edit a key they all change?

I always click the edit key before changing the lighting keys but they always all change.

Please help.

While I am at it, my lip sync seems to have a mind of it's own, the sync is all out of time and nothing like the vocal.

Any help would be gratefully accepted.

Thank You

Making Face texture for iClone character in Photoshop

davidjosue007 — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:10:14 GMT

Here is a short tutorial that will help you make the most of your software for editing and creating a very beautiful face for your character...and may be [url=http://forum.reallusion.com/Topic3410-52-1.aspx]the most beautiful iClone Girl [/url]:D

[b]1) Use your search engine in order to fine any face picture[/b]

[img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1205078079_Making-face-texture-for-iclone-in-Photoshop001.jpg[/img]

[b]2) We need a full face, straight on shot. Celebrities face picture on wallpaper may be perfect! [/b]

[img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1205078849_Making-face-texture-for-iclone-in-Photoshop002.jpg[/img]

[b]3) Open your picture in your favorite image editor, Adobe Photoshop for example[/b]

[img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1205078906_Making-face-texture-for-iclone-in-Photoshop003.jpg[/img]

[b]4) Resize your picture[/b]

[img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1205078959_Making-face-texture-for-iclone-in-Photoshop004.jpg[/img]
[b]

5) Draw a centerline that divides the two sides face symmetrical and Clear one half[/b]

[img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1205079130_Making-face-texture-for-iclone-in-Photoshop005.jpg[/img]

[b]6) Duplicate the face layer and apply a symmetry horizontal to the new layer for a perfectly symmetrical face[/b]

[b]Tip:[/b] You can use for these step Symface or Symmeter. These web-based system provides a simple way to measure the symmetry of any person, place or thing that can be rendered through a digital image.
[url=http://www.symface.com/]http://www.symface.com/[/url]

[img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1205079182_Making-face-texture-for-iclone-in-Photoshop006.jpg[/img]

[b]7) Enhance skin tone ([url=http://www.photoshopu.com/?p=33]read the photoshop enhancing sking color tutorial [/url])[/b]

[img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1205079219_Making-face-texture-for-iclone-in-Photoshop007.jpg[/img]

[b]8) Merge your face with an empty skin body texture, clear hair and face contours[/b]

[img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1205079274_Making-face-texture-for-iclone-in-Photoshop008.jpg[/img]
[b]
9) Refine your face with a digital makeup ([url=http://www.photoshopgurus.com/tutorials/t027.html]Read the photoshop digital face makeover tutorial[/url])[/b]

[img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1205079425_Making-face-texture-for-iclone-in-Photoshop009.jpg[/img]

[b]10)Finally, load your image and Create your 3D character face in iClone[/b]

[img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1205079479_Making-face-texture-for-iclone-in-Photoshop010.jpg[/img]

SMOKING AND CLEANING POSE

storiesdialogues — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:27:14 GMT

Heloo,

Is there any smoking and cleaning pose?

Placing Several Characters In Same Scene

zechariah4 — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:14:33 GMT

I posted this more than a year ago in the old forums, and thought it would be helpful.

To place more than one character in the same iClone scene do the following:

1. Work out (in your head or on paper) exactly what you want each character to do and say.

2. Set up your first character.

3. Once the first is exactly as needed, press and hold the Ctrl and F7 keys at the same time. Your new character will appear in the scene's center.

4. While still in the Character view press the Modify tab on the right. Now use the "Character Position" controls to move your second character into position.

That's it!

NOTE: In iClone2 you can edit each character individually by double clicking on it and then making your changes.

Hope this was helpful.

Zecharaih

Need a home exterior and interior

richardgaspa — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:29:40 GMT

I would like to purchase a project file of a house both the exterior and the interior. Any one know where I can find one? I been looking all over

Linking

Phil — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:37:35 GMT

How can I link a Character to a Prop using iClone 2.0?

Linking Characters to Props with the Link To Feature

For this example we'll use The Silver Surfer.

Step 1.)

Place a default character and a default surf board prop into the scene. Go to SCENE – PROPS – TEMPLATE – PROPS folder and choose from two surf boards, either one will do. You can fashion your avatar and prop with metal diffuse and reflection maps if you like, however, any
default character and default surf board prop will do for the purpose of learning the Link To
function.

Step 2.)

Position your prop in scene where you wish the interaction to take place with your character. Go to the MODIFY tab and use the MOVE and ROTATE tools found in the ADJUST portion of the menu to place the surf board under your avatars feet.

Step 3.)

Now apply a motion to your avatar, to do this go to ANIMATION – MOTION – TEMPLATE –
MOTION folder and select the IDLE02 motion. This is so the character will not be static and
have its own animation applied before you attach it to the prop in scene.

Step 4.)

Animate the surf board moving in scene, move to the end of your project before animating so that the key frame you will automatically create will be at the end of your scene. Go to SCENE – PROPS – MODIFY tab and then use the MOVE tools in the ADJUST portion of the menu to move and position the prop. Use the PLAY / PAUSE button to review and notice that the avatar is going to stay in a static position without linking the character to the surf board.

Step 5.)

Select the character and go to AVATAR – CHARACTER – MODIFY and locate the LINK TO
feature. Use the down arrow icon to open the LINK TO selection menu. Choose the SURF
BOARD and then click on the LINK NODE icon to activate the LINK TO SUB-NODE menu, this
is where you will be able to select individual nodes for each asset in scene, the SURF BOARDS set of nodes will be displayed after the prop is selected. Use the PLUS ARROWS to locate and select the BOARD node. Be sure you have ALIGN TO PARENT POSITION checkbox checked
ON and then click on OK to apply.

Step 6.)

Now use the PLAY / PAUSE button once again to review the linked animation. Notice that the avatar now follows the animated prop while retaining the motion animation applied to the
character. Even if you decide to place additional key frames in the middle of the prop animation the character will follow that path. You have now successfully linked a character to a prop.

Lighting

Lionheart — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:53:38 GMT

I am after the sort of grey not quite light, not quite dark that you get just after sunset. I've had a play with the colour settings, but can't seem to get it right - e.g. I get a light and dark half of the room etc instead of just dimness.

Does anybody have any ideas or know how to set the lighting settings to achieve this. Also, I know that there is the example in the IClone 3 peak, but is there any way to get a fireside glow lighting an area of the room in 2.5?

Thanks.

How to format for YouTube?

RockWebcast — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:48:03 GMT

Most of the video’s on YouTube look like third generation tape copies but some look crystal clear. Surprisingly YouTube Help provides bumpkiss of help regarding how to format and encode a video so it comes out decent on upload. I’m deep in the heat of cranking out what I believe to be seriously awesome iClone video’s. So I pose the infamous YouTube question here.

Would someone be so kind as to share with me precisely what application, codec and settings one must use to achieve video clarity on YouTube?

Changing Horse Skins

tonym — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:52:19 GMT

I want to create a scene with a variety of horses including black, dun and dapple grey. I have the purchased the Horse & Tack theme pack. Is there a way I can edit the horse skins?

Adding to my Content Library

swilbert2002 — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:34:54 GMT

I want custom content (apparel, shoes, accessories, props and scenes), but I'm not familiar with any 3D graphic software like 3D Studio Max.

If I bought, 3D graphics in 3ds form and used 3d studio max exchange to convert them for iClone, would that work?

What graphic program can I use to create custom hairstyles? Can I use one of the change programs to put it in my iClone library?

Linking motions to character

adrian.truss — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:14:39 GMT

How do you assign various motions to a character so they become options on the timeline?

Link Character to Prop

swilbert2002 — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:23:27 GMT

How can i link character to prop using iClone 2.0?

creating iclone characters

storiesdialogues — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:07:22 GMT

Hello,

Although there are tutorials on how to create characters from photograph, there arent any tutorials explaining how to create fantasy characters like spiderman, princess siela, fionaa.. these cartoon kind of characters using Iclone...

There are some people who have created? How was it done? Can anyone put up a tutorial for the same..

Where can I find such a example. For example say I want to create a character from shrek, how do i go about as their face and body structure are different...and it is diffiuclt to create them using the usual way.

hoping for an early reply.

Several Questions

Lionheart — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:52:13 GMT

HI - I am just trying to finailise a few of my scenes and I ned a bit of advice please:

1. Some of the motions in the motion editor have a direction element to them. Is there any way that the following motion an start from the same direction. e.g. I am udsing the look around motion from one of the mega motion packs, which includes the character doing a 180 turn, but any other motion returns to the defaulkt positionmaking the character swing back to face the opposite way. Can this be overcome? And how?

2. Occassionally, some part of my character or scene flashes after export - usually somethin like the hair or the shoes. Looking at it there are some scenes where they appear to lose the texture and just become black for one frame. Is this something to do with the Compression? If so, which is the best compression to use? I have previously used MJPEG, but founsd that with bigger scenes, DV seems better. What would you advise?

3. I am back on my own machine, so have 1.5GB RAM and 2.6GHz processor, but still get crashes after some saves or exports, usually if I have another progamme running. Are there any known clashes with I-Clone and Movie Maker - or do I just have too much on the go? I am assuming these are both pretty big programes.

Hope you can help.

Thanks in advance

Richard.

Customize your avatar eyes in iClone

davidjosue007 — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:23:32 GMT

[b]Customize your avatar eyes in iClone[/b]
[i]
I haven't checked if this tip had been already done in forum or tutorials
[/i]
1) Step1: Launch iClone and then go to CHARACTER - TEMPLATE - 0_MAN

[img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1196695928_how-to-custom-eyes-in-iclone-001.jpg[/img]

2) Step2: Click the Scene button. Click the Props button. Click the Modify tab. Click the Import button in the Import Props field and browse to the location of the eyes VNS files ( default is C:\Program Files\Reallusion\iClone 2\Template\iClone Template\Eyes)

[img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1196696414_how-to-custom-eyes-in-iclone-002.jpg[/img]

3) Step3: After importing your eyes 3D props, use Camera Control Bar buttons for adjust it in the scene. Then, Edit your diffuse texture, you can click Launch to open image editors such as Corel Paint Sho Pro, Adobe Photoshop. etc .

[img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1196698244_how-to-custom-eyes-in-iclon.jpg[/img]

4) Step 4

[img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1196698718_how-to-custom-eyes-in-iclon.jpg[/img]

After editing, don't forget to save your texture with its original temp file name.

[img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1196698831_how-to-custom-eyes-in-iclon.jpg[/img]

5) Step 5

Click the Update button to apply the result when you switch back to iClone.

[img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1196699135_custom-eyes-in-iclone-002.jpg[/img]

6) Step 6

Keep the result for later use, click the Add button to add the prop to the Custom tab and rename it

[img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1196699456_custom-eyes-in-iclone-003.jpg[/img]

7) Step 7

Copy the prop from custom folder to C:\Program Files\Reallusion\iClone 2\Template\iClone Template\Eyes...

[img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1196699882_eyes-in-iclon.jpg[/img]

8) Step 8: Now you can select your custom eyes for your character:
Click the Head button. Click the Eyes button. From the Template tab, double-click your cutom eyes to apply them to the current character.

[img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1196700253_custom-eyes-in-iclone-004.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.hebergementimages.com/images/1196702474_eyes.jpg[/img]
You can download the custom eye vns [url=http://www.box.net/shared/u7561luysv]here[/url]

creating a 10 headed monster

storiesdialogues — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:11:48 GMT

Hello,

How do i create a character who has 10 heads? and all the heads should be joined. I mean as the character walks the heads shud also move, the way, one head moves.

(Theory-Practical) The Perfect Mirror. (V.2)

Armstrong — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:54:07 GMT

Some of you may remember the clumsy mirror technique used in an early scene of a project here. Using a hole in the 'mirror' as opposed to an actual plane. Looking through a hole in the set wall at a duplicate character and duplicate room with duplicate everything.
Looked OK, but sucked your life away in hours of prep.

[img]http://www.iclonetutorials.co.uk/ti/mirror/thi-Mai_mirror1.jpg[/img]
(Thi Mai v.E.)

This time I sat and worked on making a near accurate version using layers. It uses a rather dirty motion file for the sake of extreme gesture .... for the sake of the example but it clearly demonstrates the ease of use and in the final movie this effect appears in puddles, lakes, rain strewn windows and, yes, even distorted chrome bars across a window.
For those you simple add the layers and squash them forcing nuetral grey as their C-key which gives, at about 98% transparency, about a 30% transparency element to all spectral values. The effect is a near tubular reflection with the bars metallic reflection jointly showing through.
However...

[img]http://www.iclonetutorials.co.uk/photos/iceoutstill1.jpg[/img]
(4 Layers inc. Primary.)

[img]http://www.iclonetutorials.co.uk/photos/iceoutstill2.jpg[/img]
(6 Layers & invisible base Primary layer. (Thi Mai v.15a))

On the snowscene there's no real animated primary baselayer.
Just a graphic with a timescale the entire length of the walk and other events.
The 1st layer is the upper walker anim.
The 2nd layer is the reflected walker anim.
The 3rd layer are the grasses (a still) at the base of the tree to break the uniformity of the horizontal cut from the lower reflection.
The 4th layer is a long horizontal dithered breaker (a still) that diffuses the line between the upper and lower main animations across the whole movie width.
The 6th layer is an additional snow sheet. Anim. (A bit large but for the purpose of the demo works ok!)

Version three in a moment.

gun withdraw and shoot pose

storiesdialogues — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:12:00 GMT

Hello,

Any project file of gun withdrawing and shooting?

Hands

Lionheart — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:37:27 GMT

Hi - I am trying to get the hands to go from a point to a thumbs up - both of which are in the standard templates, but the point is too many frames. Is there any way I could shorten this, to get the thumbs up where I want it?

Thanks.

Camera animation

Spider_Mycron — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:34:22 GMT

Hello ,
Could some one please just describe to me how to animate the camera adding many key frames ?

i know how to use a ready made animation for camera , but i'm not able to understand how to do it manually ...
when i start that just get lost of control for how i want to get my camera move .

P.S: for example i wish to have the camera statrt by long distance , then it come by rotation around then comes very close to the face head.

Best Regards