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custom motion clip problem

DesertWalker — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:21:22 GMT

Hi all,

After I edited a sequence of motions in the timeline, I selected a range and added to the libary (using the collect clip) as a custom motion. I then aplied it back to fill the rest of the timeline. The problem was that the avatar shifted to the right in the first instance of custom motion clip. With each addtional instance of the custom motion clip applied, the avatar shifted even more. Any solutions?

Thanks,

David

How ot really use the LookAt command

wizaerd — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:30:21 GMT

I'm just chock fullof questions this weekend... Kinda hoping to learn as much about using iClone since I've had it forever (since version 2) and haven't really ever used it... Now here we are with version 3.2, and I still really don't know how to use it.

My latest challenge... The LookAt command.

I've seen the demos of the LookAt on an object, then drag the object around and the actor looks at it. Swell, easy enough. But in context of the timeline, well....

In my previous applications, you would choose LookAt when you want the actor to actually look at someone/something. Then choose either stop looking at or set free when you want them to stop look at it/them.

But when I apply a LookAt in iClone, the character actually starts looking at them way before the key marker, and stops looking at them way before the stop looking at key...

http://www.wizaerd.com/hold/LookAt1.jpg
http://www.wizaerd.com/hold/LookAt2.jpg

So what's the secret to using the LookAt?

iClone3 Training Resources

Visconti — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:49:02 GMT

Dear all

Remember to check out the iClone3 Training Resource Home for
1. 8 entry-level video tutorials
2. More advanced video tutorials
3. Other User-generated video tutorials
4. Online Help
5. Reference Card (PDF) Download
6. Manual (PDF) Download
7. AML & Interactivity Training Resource

http://www.reallusion.com/iclone/ic_training.asp

PosHelper for Sofa iProp

dh216832 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:58:56 GMT

If you export the .aml for the sofa in the iprops folder and then try and import the .aml to a simple prop you have imported (like a chair), you'll notice IC3 complains.The issue is the PosHelper field in the command list. It is referencing a point in the sofa object (not visible). To make the .aml work with your prop:1. Drag the iprop sofa into the scene2. Export the .aml into your custom iAnimation folder3. Edit the .aml using an xml editor (MS is free) and remove the reference $.Sofa_Point01 (change it to just $). Save this .aml.4. Delete the sofa from the scene5. Add your prop into the scene (a sitting device would be appropriate)6. Right click on the prop and choose Dramascript->import script. Choose the script you modified, it should import properly.7. From the Props library, add a helper object to the scene, position it near where the avatar would walk to in order to sit down. I also rotated the object 180 in Z but I'm still experimenting.8. Make the helper object a child of your prop by clicking parent and then clicking the prop.9. You'll see the name of the object in the scene manager. Select your prop and click Launch in the iProp section of the modify panel to edit the dramascript for your prop.10. Change the PosHelper to $.!name of helper object!11. Save the .aml, and click the update button.You've now replaced the $.Sofa_Point01 reference with your own helper object reference. The animation may not be right (different sizes of props) but its a start at modifying what is included to work with static props.dhPS If you're interested in an illustration or video of this, let me know and I'll prepare one. I had to change step 10 for this forum. I usually indicate variables with greater than and less than signs (text in between) but this forum strips out everything. Argh.

AML Generator Not working

ric.revans — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:28:28 GMT

Ive been trying to use the persona generator on the site but all I get when I click the export button is

Server Error in '/' Application.

Thinking it might be browser related I have tried this in Firefox, Chrome and Explorer but its the same each time. Is the generator still avaible or has it been taken off line

thanks
Richard

Need help to use rowboat

dadarudran — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:14:11 GMT

With the backstage rowboat, I understand how to link the oars to the hands of a character, but the oars act like paddles instead of oars and they are difficult to control. In other words, for me, the oars don't stay in the oarlocks. How can I lock the oars into the oarlocks?

Sailor

Performances that can't be added

Paumanok West — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:16:28 GMT

I can use the online AML Generator now, but there are certain performances that won't load from the imported Persona when you call them up from the right-click menu.

I opened the AML file to see whether there are path locations for performance files that might be incorrect.

I find that neither the performances which load nor those which do load contain an embedded filesystem path. They only have ClipSeq ID and RefClipID. So it's not a problem with incorrect path.

How do I solve the failure to load?

I notice that some of motions used in the online generator are already installed. There are 2 or 3 motions on the web page which may not have been installed, but I would like to have them.

Javascript error on AML Generator?

Paumanok West — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:56:11 GMT

Over at

[url=http://www.reallusion.com/iclone/ic_scriptgenerator.aspx]http://www.reallusion.com/iclone/ic_scriptgenerator.aspx
[/url]

I tried to construct a simple AML script, but I keep getting a Javascript alert that says I have to choose one Walk/Run motion. Doesn't seem to be detecting the checkbox.

Is it possible to create an avatar from an 3d model in Google Sketchup?

inetsfr — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:16:30 GMT

Hi all,

I am curious to know if it is possible to create an avatar using a 3d model that I have imported into Google Sketchup. It would be cool if it is. If so, how do I do this? Thanks.

Steve :)

How to use 3d Materials?

doelie5457 — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:20:31 GMT

If you download buildings or so in iClone 3DXchange, is it possible to use 3d materials to make reallistic buildings or so?

Applying artwork to props

charles_avanti — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:36:35 GMT

Once again I'm trying to do something, and I can't find help in the iclone 3 manual or find a tutorial.

STEP ONE: I designed a spaceship interior door in Photoshop. How do you apply the Jpeg to a 3D wall or door prop? If I double click "diffuse" the design gets cut short and turned 90 degrees. The same thing happens if I apply an iclone supplied "material". If I apply the Jpeg to a flex prop by double click "diffuse" the design looks fine.

STEP TWO: I want to animate the door to make it look like a monster is progressively denting it from the back side. I'm having limited success with flex prop. Can someone please tell me the right tools to use and "how to"? Thanks.

2 scenes in one iclone project

sd001 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:30:40 GMT

i wanted to know how do you guys make a different scenes in iclone? like if have one scene of a guy running but then he is driving a car. do i have to create two projects one with the guy running and then the other scene with him in the car? if anybody have used blender they have stuff like layers and also different scenes that you can have in one project. Is the anything like that for iclone3?

Color too dark in YouTube

DesertWalker — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:04:41 GMT

Hi all, I rendered a movie to YouTube and the color was a lot darker than the original. I used Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9.0 to assemble the clips made in iClone. Many of your guys' movie has nice colors, what rendering settings did you use? Thanks -David.

ive exported my movie as xvid-mpeg-4 codec into movie maker wont save?

melv18_20090922183043185 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:55:06 GMT

hi there i have just finished my movie and ive exported my project in xvid-MPEG-4 codec.and ive taken the movie to movie maker,now when i go to save my movie file.it wont save can someone tell me where im going wrong.

Liquid/Chrome, Liquifying Effects in iClone 3 Standard

MaryS.Hines — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:34:24 GMT

hi, I'm sure there are those that have created effects far above and beyond this one, but just thought this was interesting and also might be helpful....I started out importing an object that I created in another program, (converted it to .vns),,,and I was playing with the settings in iClone and it turned out like this...just thought it was a cool effect that could be used for various vids..(kinda reminds me of the 'Exterminator' liquifying effects)..I can post the settings I used for my object conversion and/or the settings that created the 'liquid/chrome' effect, if any of you are interested......I noticed that it reflected the canyon and the desert, but didn't reflect the water.(it might have eventually if I had tried more adjustments) ..but still cool.:)

.this one is the canyon reflection ;

.this one is the desert reflection ;

Getting weird result conv to Iclone w/3ds

cortes_will — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:30:55 GMT

Im trying to create a character in 3ds. Everything works fine in Iclone when I export..up until
the point when I convert the character into an Editable Polygon. I would wrk step by step
exporting into Iclone trying to find out where the error lies.

Once I export after converting into Edit Polygon and animate, the only moving part is the head. The rest of the body does not move.

Prior to this step the character wrks fine in Iclone.

Q creating character w3ds

cortes_will — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:03:04 GMT

Are the only tools avaible to manipulate the G3 template are the Scale and Move tool?

It seems the modifiers wont wrk or at least it wont make any changes to the template

when used.

Am I doing something wrong?

Geeting started tutorial?

alpha117 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:06:14 GMT

Hi all

I have watched most of the tuts on the web site and read alot of the posts about them also, but I think it needs a tutorial that walks you through a project from start to finish and step by step. Has this been done anywhere?

BTW...the tutorilas on the site are very good, but as others have said, they seemed rushed and the expectations are that you already know something. I also use Poser and Vue, so it not that I'm a total 'newbie', but even I find them hard to follow sometimes

Regards

How to use new iClone31 AML templates - Sit on any chair, Character Interaction

Exchanger — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:06:48 GMT

[b]AML Operate Dummy - sit on any chair, or anywhere on the floor[/b]

Try the new iClone3.1 AML templates (Dummy objects) for sitting and grabbing, eg. users can attach the sit dummy to any chair to make the character sit there, or attach an object to the grab dummy so the character can grab it.
　

* How to use it? Tell Character A to sit on a chair:
o Place the "sit here - chair" dummy to a chair which is about the same height of a normal office chair. Please note you can rotate the sit here dummy, and the small arrow indicates the direction which the actor will move in to sit
o Click A.
o Select the "sit here - chair" dummy.
o Right click menu - Operate - Sit Down
o After A sit down, you can right click on the Sit dummy, and let A stand up

use the same method for "sit here - floor" dummy

simply attach objects to "grab it dummy", then you can ask a character to grab it

[b]Dummy AML props for Character to Character Interaction, eg. say hello, kick, and hit.[/b]
　

* How to use it? If you want Character A (active one) to say hello to Character B (passive one):
o Place 2 actors in the scene, A and B
o Link the "hello" dummy object to the BoneRoot of B. (BoneRoot is always kept on the floor, so there is less alignment issues comparing link it to particular bone when an actor is in motion)
o Click A, which tells iClone that you want A to say hello to B.
o Back to select the "hello" dummy, use right click menu "Operate-hello" to start the animation between two characters.

Use the same method for hit and kick dummy. Place it on the ground about 2 meters from B character (to be hit), let it face B, and link it to B. Now you can click A, and then back to select the hit or kick dummy - operate - hit at. there you go!

[b] New 3.1 AML Templates can be found in Props -AML Templates[/b]

[b]Note: [/b]
please start from a blank track when animate characters using AML dummies, or record from the end point of the previous recorded motion. Don't overlap the recorded animation, the blended result will be wrong.

If you use reset motion to clean up all motions, you need to relink the dummy to actor B to make it work, because the link relation also got reset. (link can set key in timeline, so it also get cleaned when reset)

Problem with G3 in 3ds Max

setroc2 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:13:41 GMT

Im trying to .understand your instructions on creating characters from 3ds

Ive uploaded the G3 template and noticed that the connections are already there
for the neck, waist, feet and hands in Vertex mode which is great.

Your manual states to import the G3 character, switch to Scale ,Ref Coordinate to Local
& use Pivot Center. I did that.

Problem is I cannot select individual parts of the body and Scale them.
Im only allowed to select Upper Lower Hands & Ankles. Your diagram
shows you can select Upper Chest Lower Chest, Forearm, Upper Arm and so forth.

In Mesh Select Mode I can only select Upper , Lower, Hands and Feet and Scale them
If I go into Vertex Mode & Select an area the Scale tool is disabled.

Do I need to use other tools instead like Push?

Ive only started using 3ds and I think your instructions could be made a little clearer for those
of us just starting out.

attaching smoike to tail of plane

power — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:51:35 GMT

Hi:

Anyone knows how I can attach smoke to the tail of a machine of war plane? Want the smoke to continue showing at planes tail during a flight. The idea is to draw something at the sky. You know some I love you thing..

TIA

:cool:

Problem selecting vertices in 3ds

cortes_will — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:06:38 GMT

I can only select 24 vertices from the G2 template when the manual says 28. Is this a typo?
Also the manual says on pg 30 of the RLguide to name the upper and lower border vertices to Connect02.

Shouldnt they have have a different name?

Movie Edit Pro 15 version of i clone

Heavytiger — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:34:56 GMT

I need a beginners tutorial how to do the very basics of the version of i clone that comes with Movie Edit Pro 15 plus.

I have no idea how to do anything. I have watched some of the i clone demo's but they don't start from ground 0.

thanks, Heavytiger

Audio - Duet voices

ktkachuk3 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:47:28 GMT

Has anyone worked with audio in the timeline where two characters sing a duet? If the same stereo track is applied for each, one of the tracks gets a delay and echo. Split the duet portion of the tracks in Audacity so each wave file carried a single track for that section. They both sounded correct in Audacity, but when added to the timeline, one character ended up stereo for a duet segment and the other remained silent. Any ideas?

Creating charatcers for sale with Clonebone

setroc2 — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:46:48 GMT

Is it possible to sell characters by simply using the clonebone feature to add
body parts thereby modifying the characters original shape?

Need to get a video clip from my camera into iclone?

melv18_20090922183043185 — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:22:44 GMT

hi there, i have a video clip of my son playing football and i want to export it into iclone3 so i can go over the top of clip with his name etc.can some one help please

having trouble exporting.project size is 200616kB

melv18_20090922183043185 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:02:19 GMT

dose anyone know where im going wrong,for some reason my project is really big and i cant upload my clip onto coolclones or myspace.i use 720hd for output size how do i change the project size.has it got to do with the time setting pannel?.ive made pleanty of clips before that go longer than 4 mintues and had no problem,ive must of changed something along the way,which makes my project really big.please help

Import 3ds faces into Iclone?

setroc2 — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:26:37 GMT

Is there a way to create a face in 3ds and import into IC3?

new iClone-German-wiki

hans jörgen — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:27:44 GMT

hallo I put on in dependence on the English Wiki for [url=http://iclone3-the-missing-link.wikispaces.com/]iclone3-the-missing-link[/url] a [url=http://iclone-deutsch.wikispaces.com/]German Wiki[/url].
The Wiki is a not commercial offer by user to user.
Who would like can itself at the construction of the pray urgent WIKI one.

Hallo zusammen
Ich habe in Anlehnung an das englische Wiki iclone3-the-missing-link ein deutsches Wiki angelegt.
Das Wiki ist ein nicht kommerzielles Angebot von User zu User.
Wer möchte kann sich am Aufbau der WIKI beteiligen.

hans-jörgen

Saving Motions

cortes_will — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:23:03 GMT

In IC2 I was able to save motions from the motion editor. How do I save motions
in IC3?

how to upload my clip,my clip exceedes more than 700.00mb

melv18_20090922183043185 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:49:26 GMT

iv made a 4minute clip,but for some reason when i go to upload it to myspace or coolclones it says maximum upload size is 700.00mb.ive made 2 clips before and have had no problem,am i not using the right output.can some one help me please.

How do I make a mirror?

pelotica — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:51:54 GMT

HiI tied to make a mirror using the reflectiveness of materials, but the reflection I got was like 4 times bigger that the object in front of it. Is there a way to make a simple, functioning mirror?

My first iClone Character

sbmartinbooks — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:18:28 GMT

Hi,

Okay, I'm creating characters for my fantasy movie. This is the first character I created and I think I need a bit of advice as to how to make him look a little more realistic and a little better. ;)

He's a werewolf, at least he's supposed to be. I used the Humans and Creatures texture for the fur. Without further ado here he is and feel free to :laugh: if you want. :)

[url=http://www.postimage.org/][img]http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/1442/77699589.png[/img][/url]

Does Anyone Have a Peacock Feather?

sbmartinbooks — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:36:07 GMT

Hi,

I know this is an odd request, but it's in my novel so I need one. :)

Does anyone have a Peacock Feather? I've tried to make one for a couple days and I can't. Sometimes you must admit defeat or at least I must. ;)

Thank you! :)

Changing Character Mood

sbmartinbooks — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:37:23 GMT

Hi,

Is there a way to Change the Character's facial expressions in iClone3 pro when the character is not talking or do I need Crazytalk for that? I have quite a few instances when my characters need to look scared, mad, happy, excited, etc..

Any help is apreciated!

Thank you! :)

3DXchange Trial Question

sbmartinbooks — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:45:33 GMT

Hi,

If I get the trial of 3DXchange will I be able to import props from Sketchup? I believe I have Sketchup 7, but all my props are saved as Sketchup 6. I was using another animation program to turn my 500 page fantasy novel into an animated movie, but I wasn't very impressed with the outcome I was getting. IClone3 is a much better program for my need, but all my props are in the other program. I don't want to have to import my iClone characters into the sets from the other program, but I wanted to see what the props will look like before I purchase 3DXchange. Basically I'll have to import an entire magical world into iClone3 and I want to know that it will work.

Thank you! :)

Create 3.0 character using 3ds

cortes_will — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:34:27 GMT

I already loaded the proper plug ins into their corresponding locations.
My question are as follows

1 Do I need to use the iclone male template?
2 Is there a template for IC3 since I have the old template and where is it for IC3

Merged props not working

DesertWalker — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:24:06 GMT

I have had this problem for a while. I attached several pieces of 3D blocks together, merge them to form a single prop, and add it to the library so that it can be available for use. The problem was that it only worked if I put it back into the project from which it was created. When I tried to apply it to a different or new project, it deforms. Some parts are huge, some are very small.

Is this a known problem with a solution?

Thanks.

David

Help Needed - Custom animation segments.

craighill — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:45:42 GMT

I am a martial arts instructor and would like to use iclone to create animations for the students to learn from. What I would like to do is create movements and save them as custom animations so I can then just drop them in in front or in back of each other to create compound motions. However, to make the transition fluid I would like to copy the last frame of one animation and paste it as the first frame of the next. Is this possible or is there a way to truncate an animation so as to have only the last frame or so?

Any help would be appreciated.

New iClone3 Wiki has just opened

Anim8torCathy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:58:45 GMT

Hello Gang-

There is now a Wiki for iClone tips, tricks and solutions that can [b]not[/b] be found in the manual or in the Help Files. It's called "The Missing Link" iClone Wiki.

I just finished designing the exoskeleton - index and blank pages. Next we need you to fill it with your hard-won iClone3 tips and tricks!

Hope to see you there!

[url=http://iclone3-the-missing-link.wikispaces.com/]LINK: http://iclone3-the-missing-link.wikispaces.com/[/url]

Cathy :hehe: