Here's a quick test I did with a custom Toon Generation character and some dialogue from an old 11 Second Club competition.  I didn't spend too much time on it but I'm awfully happy with how it turned out!
Pierre

Pierre
Good to hear that you have had some success.

You can change the size of the character or individual body parts (with varied results) by using AVATAR PROPORTION

Mick

BTW, even though the conversion process works very well, I gave in and purchased one of the packs being offered with a coupon I had on hand.
The characters are incredibly well done and animate like a charm, though you have to adjust the arm positions a bit so that they don't merge into the body with certain motions.

To answer my original question, the characters really aren't customizable at all (as far as I can tell) other than modifying the color of certain elements or modifying the texture map if one comes with the character.  I haven't tried all the characters I purchased but what you see on the website is basically what you get.

No matter, these characters are really lovely models and really open up the opportunity to use iClone for a more "cartoony" look.  Given the option to purchase a ready-made character or buy the DAZ version, I would suggest buying the DAZ models which give you more opportunities to customize as long as you have 3DXchange to import into iClone.  If not, the models are still a great value.

Pierre

Setting up the first character certainly takes a bit of time but I was able to successfully customize and rig a character using the steps you outlined.  It's certainly going to be a faster process from here on in.

The only problem I found is that the character is much smaller than the standard iClone characters.  I can't seem to scale the characters after I've pressed the "convert" button in 3DXchange.  The Scale widget is greyed out in iClone as well so there's nothing I can do to fix this.  I'd like to suggest the need to check the size of the character in 3DXchange before committing and converting your character.

Still, this is all very exciting and I'm so happy for the help you've provided.  I'll try and post something I've done soon.

Pierre

Thanks for posting that tutorial video. I am bookmarking this thread for future reference.

Wow...that's so incredibly helpful.  I really appreciate what you did here to explain the process.  I haven't tried it myself yet but I certainly intend to do this later.  I'll let you know if I have any problems but in the meantime, thanks again.  It's very much appreciated!

Pierre
Video uploaded here (it is still processing at the moment but a decent quality version should be there soon)
http://youtu.be/Sw1JRjbIhq4



Basic steps are:

First character

Daz

Load base Toon Generation figure
Switch to pose animate tab
set FPS to 1
move to Frame 1
adjust all expression and viseme sliders that you want
save the file for use as a base for any further figures
export FBX

3dxchange

Load FBX in 3dxchange
convert to non-standard character
use genesis preset
amend spine and assign eyes
save characterisation profile
convert
launch expression editor
set autosave
adjust all required expressions
save face profile

Subsequent characters

Daz

start with base figure
in frame zero adjust body/head shape - add clothes etc
export new figure

3dxchange

Load FBX in 3dxchange
convert to non-standard character
load previously saved characterisation profile
convert
launch expression editor
load previously saved face profile and adjust expressions as required to give uniqueness of character

I would appreciate it enormously.  No problem time-wise.  I'll gladly wait until you've got something to show.
Thanks again!
Pierre

Pierre if you an wait until tomorrow afternoon I'll try and sort something out but there is a pretty quick method and once you have done one you can reuse the same profiles for others. The individual facial movements can be quickly added to the second frame by simply moving all the sliders and then baking the key frames before exporting

I purchased the DAZ Toon Generation pack at a discount but am having an awful time converting them to iClone characters.  For starters, I don't seem to be able to get any facial animation from the characters.  Do I have to set up all the morph blend shapes on keyframes in DAZ before saving as an FBX?  Is there a specific video tutorial that would be helpful here?  Is it possible to create a short video tutorial or walk-through concerning the conversion of these characters to iClone using 3DXchange?  The combo of DAZ Genesis 1 & 2 characters with 3DXchange is fantastic and seemingly quite easy but this has me stumped!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Pierre