I'm new to the Reallusion world. I've worked with Maya, 3DSmax, Lightwave, Blender  ect.... but what is an iAvatar? I'm watching a tutorial and they mention that you can save a Character Creator model as either a regular character or an  iAvatar.

Short answer: iAvatar is the format used within iClone. "Regular character" is sort of a vague term; Character Creator has its own format called a ccproject. A ccproject not only saves the character but also all morph settings and Substance material settings. When exporting to iClone as iAvatar these settings are 'baked", so they can no longer be changed within iClone. However, this is for iClone 6; things may change in IC7.

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Sw00000p, Thanks, does importing an original character that I created to 3dExchange put that character on a "cloud" or something similar in such a way that others can have access to it?

I am an advanced 3D modeler and I do not want to be a part of a system where my models are everyone else's and vice versa because I use some exchange program.

What does 3DExchange actually do?

Thanks, Animagic.

Import Export models etc..
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3DXchange is just an import and export tool with enhanced functionality. Nothing is placed in any cloud, your files are all local. (Thank goodness for that!) "Exchange" in this context just means you can exchange between 3D applications.

EDIT: everybody types faster...:blush:

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Thanks, Kevin, Sw00000p, and Animagic. That is a relief. I knew it had import/export capabilities but was concerned about possible 'fine print'.

Sw0000p, am considering "iClone 7 Studio Pipeline Suite" for $649.00 because it seems to have everything the lesser priced bundles do, plus extras. Is this true?
Here is the comparison link: https://www.reallusion.com/store/product.html?l=1&p=ic

Slight correction on 3Dxchange versions.
Pro can import FBX, BVH, OBJ, 3DS, Sketchup. It can only export OBJ.
Pipeline imports all of the above, but can also export FBX and BVH. It also allows iClone to export Alembic.

Thanks, Rampa.