Wonderful!  Thank so much for the detailed explanation.

The primary reason I'm interested in the new version of CC is because of the ability to import clothing and accessories from sources other than the reallusion store (regular 3d objects from places like cgtrader, turbosquid, etc.).

Sounds like I'll need to get the pipeline edition to make that work, am I reading you correctly?


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Yes, but remember that you *can* do that now, even with CC2.  I've made a number of tutorials on the process (particularly direct from Daz) but I'll just provide one link below so you can get a quick idea.

What CC3 *should* do is make the process easier -- in my tutorials you'll see that an outside program like Blender (free as it is) is needed to "weight" the clothing and get it fitted properly.  I can bring in any Daz clothing in less than five minutes, but that's because I've set up the dummies for Daz properly.  Trying to do this with other clothing like you mentioned might be a LOT harder, and thus something that CC3 ought to really help with (in essence it appears to combine my own process of rigging the "dummies" up by conforming said clothing items inside.  Time will tell on how this actually works in practice).

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My interest is in importing DAZ characters to animate in iClone. The CC3 advertising materials don't make it clear to me what the benefits of CC3 will be for that use case. Will CC3 make it easier to import and use DAZ characters in iClone? Or will that still be 3DXchange's job?

CC3 is a tool to create characters for iClone, so it is unrelated to DAZ characters. You would still use 3DXchange for importing DAZ characters.

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Again, great info (and tutorial)! Thanks so much!

Could Peter or someone else from Reallusion reply and confirm this will be the case?  If so, that's definitely a game-changing feature for me.






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I would say Iray rendered hair from Daz3D looks just as good in Character Creator 3 as it does in Daz Studio. :)


                                                                

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I am officially confused. In “Work in Progress 1” I’m sure I read that CC3 will be a free upgrade for those that own CC2.

I’m receiving emails from Reallusion to pre-order “CC3 Pipeline” or “CC3 Photorealistic Bundle” to get a discount. So this isn’t a free upgrade.

Do I need to purchase the pre-order of “CC3 Photorealistic Bundle”, which would be my choice?

Just read another post, which has confused me further.
As an iClone 7 licence holder you get CC3 standard as free upgrade, but you have to pay for the CC3 pipeline version.
If someone could please confirm this is correct I can take advantage of the pre-order discount.

Thanks

That is my understanding. 
Iclone 7 owners get a version of CC3 free.
That version has some differences from the stand alone version (which I believe is referred to as Pipe line), one difference I believe is it doesn't support GOZ.
I believe there is a comparison link somewhere in this post.


*iClone 7 users will get a free copy of the "Character Creator 3 for iClone" edition. See the Edition Comparison Table for more details. 

Thanks larryjbiz that sort of answers my question.