I am a newbie, with a capital "N",and find the tutorials pretty frustrating, to say the least. I want to learn this so bad, for no other reason than enjoyment of fooling around with animating in my retirement years to give me something to do.

  I believed the advertising that said this was all so easy, but I think that the tutorials, and the people that give them, all more or less assume that the people watching them have some kind of prior experience and leave certain steps/instructions out of the tutorials because of that assumption. To someone like me that needs specific instructions of "click this key-push that button,etc.", all these tutorials leave me wishing I hadn't spent the money.

  I saw in one of the posts where one of the administrators said that beginner type lessons might be possible in the future, but am real curious as to when that might be-2 months? 2 years? I'm not trying to be a smart alec or anything like that-it's just frustrating trying to figure out the gaps/missing instructions.  I was hoping this would turn out to be much easier than it has been so far.

Welcome to the Forum:)

If you're referring to iClone, you only need 1 Tutorial: Warlord's Beginners Project-based Tutorial. Additional Props that aren't included in iClone Program are included with the Tutorial.

To save yourself money, purchase the PDF Version. Have that Open at the same time as iClone, switching Windows as you go through the Tutorial. The Best & easiest to use PDF Reader is Foxit.

I'll add Links to the Tutorial & Foxit to my Post, here. 

ADDED - Foxit: http://foxitsoftware.com/downloads/

             Warlord's Tutorial: http://www.iclonebeginnersguide.com/

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I feel your pain thunder ;) I guess I'm responsible for some of those awful tutes myself. It's always good to have at least skimmed the manual "F1" before you even look at a tutorial...I'm going to do that sometime ;) And to frustrate you even more here are my confusing tutorials :D

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB19A9CF2BCAE5FAF&feature=plcp

And don't forget Stuckon3d's awesome tutes at his YouTube Channel...

http://www.youtube.com/user/stuckon3d




Click here to go to my YouTube Channel filled with iClone Tutes and Silly Stuff

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As Mark has said above it is vital before you start watching the tutorials to read through the Online Help Guide which will show you where everything is. Once you understand the interface, where the movement controls are and the timeline etc you will find it much easier to follow the tutorials.

Both iClone and CrazyTalk Animator have a learning curve and the biggest frustration comes from trying to do too much too soon. As the saying goes, don' try to run before you can walk. You won't learn everything in a day or even a week. Start simple and don't rush on to the next thing before you have mastered the first.

It can be frustrating I know but if you hang in there and read and watch as much as you can I'm sure it won't be too long before things get easier to understand. :)

                                                                

Peter
Forum Administrator

www.reallusion.com

I'll say this to anyone just starting out and might be overwhelmed. I started off with ZERO experience, but through watching tutorials on Youtube, I'm able to make some pretty epic videos. They're banned here apparently because the swear words makes the mods cry, but if you check out my page, you'll see why I have 875 subcribers and people call me a future legend in iClone animation.

Here it is. Might wanna bookmark it before my post gets deleted by these Nazi mods here.

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My iClone short films: https://www.youtube.com/iClone316

Hilarious, seeing Prince Charles speak with a real nasty Texan drawl! :w00t::laugh:

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From W.H. Auden's (1907-1973) 1942 poem "Canzone":

When shall we learn, what should be clear as day,
We cannot choose what we are free to love?
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August Graf von Platen-Hallermünde (1796-1835),
Auszug aus einem "An Justus Liebig" gerichteten Gedicht von 1828:

Soll bergen ich mein innerstes Vermögen,
Was ich empfinde zu bekennen schwanken?
Ich schämte mich der eigenen Gedanken,
Wenn sie, wie Schwalben, an der Erde flögen.
Hienieden lohnt's der Mühe nicht, zu zagen,
Und wahr und frei zu sprechen kleidet Jeden,
Da bald wir Alle ruhn in Sarkophagen.

NOWAY look at the nobbit...

Back to the tutorials YES I totally understand where you are comming from .. Its like people who have been at this or any other game for a time forget what its like to not know anything about the subject... Keep on with it and it all falls into place (kinda I still get lost from time to time):P



I Make My Mates Do The CanCan For The Amusement Of Killer Robots:D

Dante1st as you well know your videos are removed because they contain extremely offensive language and content which is totally unsuitable for a family friendly forum like this one.

It is of course your right to make these type of movies but I'm baffled that you can't understand why you can't post them on this forum. Are you honestly happy for children to watch them?

Important: Please add a warning to your signature or this will have to be removed too. Thanks.

                                                                

Peter
Forum Administrator

www.reallusion.com

I have just watched your film .. which makes my earlier comments about the nobbit sound idiotic as the nobbit uses bad language but yours are borderline pornographic (which is always good for me:D)but this is SOOOOOO not the place to post them , and really you should know that ....



I Make My Mates Do The CanCan For The Amusement Of Killer Robots:D

We're getting severely OT again. Don't want to scare new users away...

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