As Rampa mentioned in another post Autodesk have released a character generator. There is a free version and a paid for version. One of the things that the free version does not include is facial animation but the export to iclone is virtually seamless.

Heres a quick and dirty test video

and even dirtier (please dont judge quality - just a POC) with facial animation (cos lucky to have a son at school)

don't forget to make a rig template......for 3dx:)

i sound like towelie...

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I think the free does include the facial animation - you just have to make the bone high def in the settings. That's providing they didn't change it since beta.

what I did see that was costing was the new stylized shapes they added since beta ...and they are pretty cool too. Not sure what their 5 cloud points were - never found a price chart on that.

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I tried a few characters when it was still the Pinocchio project. They had facial animation and were quite nice. Skirt of the girl was a problem when she was sitting down, but that often the case.

I think I imported them using the Maya template in 3DXchange. It worked well. I just wished I had made more characters before Pinocchio closed...:crying:

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It does use the standard Maya rig, so the preset in 3DX works, including facial bones!:)

Sounds cool! Is there a link to this software? :D


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http://area.autodesk.com/products/features/charactergenerator

You need an autodesk login, but that is free.

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Couple of other things to note

When exported as biped you need to reassign the hip and one spine bone

two texture maps are output - one for the eyes and one for everything else which becomes the "skin" in Iclone. Specular and normal maps can also output. The textures in my videos look a bit washed out but that is because I didn't realise that they import with the strength slider at about 70%. Bump it up to 100% and they look fine.

Does the FREE version output of a character allow its direct import into iClone? Does it have bones and is ready to animate with the regular iClone motions etc? It sounds like a nice addition if I don't have to have a $4000 app to finish the character. :P
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theschemer