Hello,

I am not sure whether a pdf version of CC3 manual exist, like is e.g. for iClone.
Is it available ?

Thanks

  Roberto

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Hi... Only the Online Manual is available at present.

Just to add when offline manuals are available they will be found in your Member Account > Registration page by clicking the Download link.


                                                                

Peter
Forum Administrator

www.reallusion.com

Thanks Peter

I hope a pdf version is planned: it is very convenient when being offline

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OS: Windows 10 Pro English 64-bit / CPU: Intel i7-9700 3.6GHz / MB: ASUS ROG Strix Z390  RAM: 32GB DDR4 2.6GHz / HD: 2TB+3TB  /  SSD: 2x512GB Samsung 860 EVO + 1x2TB Samsung
VB: Palit GTX2080 TI GamingPro 11GB / AB: embedded in the MB and VB (audio from the MOTU M4 I/F) / DirectX: 12

Hi Peter,

I am a Chinese user.  Nice to meet you.

I am wondering if you can share an offline (PDF format)  CC3 manul with me? If you have the Chinese version, that would be greatly helpful. I see there is an online version, but the title is English, which is not good for searching and viewing. So I am writing to checking if you can help with this.

Look forward to hearing from you early. Thank you.

Hi...

Unfortunately we don't have a PDF manual for Character Creator 3 but we do have a downloadable version of the Online Manual. You can find this in your Reallusion Account by clicking the "Download" link for CC3.

The problem with producing downloadable manuals is that they are out of date almost immediately. This is because Character Creator is under constant development and new features are added with each update.  For this reason the Online Manual is the recommended way to learn CC3 as it is always up to date.


                                                                

Peter
Forum Administrator

www.reallusion.com

Hi Peter, I located a Reallusion developer's guide, and can't be certain if the information is updated.  https://www.reallusion.com/character-creator/CC_Asset_Developer_Guide.pdf 
Specifically, I'd like to determine the max mesh count for creating clothing for CC4 body mesh.  Is this document the recommended reference source?  Thank you

Link didn't work correctly https://www.reallusion.com/character-creator/CC_Asset_Developer_Guide.pdf.

Peter will know for sure, but apart from additional facial morphs, the body mesh itself didn't change in CC4. So the information may still be relevant.

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As Animagic already explained, CC4 characters still have the CC3+ mesh so the methods shown in the PDF will still apply to creating content for CC4.


                                                                

Peter
Forum Administrator

www.reallusion.com

Thanks Peter and Animagic.  I am still a little unclear about some of the specs.  The guide specifies for example max. polycount for Jacket at 5000 quads.  But I have seen many YT videos that demonstrate Marvelous Designer workflow that clearly show clothing articles that exceed that limitation.  Here is one example.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKgIcHOB5UY&ab_channel=UnrealDevOP

In my case, I take MD mesh as a very basic mesh for more sculpting.  I would retopo to generate a base mesh using MD mesh as reference.  As such, I want to make sure the retopo mesh is within the max limit.  Otherwise, I'll be doing all that work only to find out the mesh is too dense.  Anyways, I'm kind of new to content creation so maybe I'm asking a noob question.  Any help or advice is appreciated.

Hi Peter..just came across one of the RL training videos in which a selected shirt has 28,028 triangles or 14,000 polys.  You can see my confusion.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGh-Yski9n4&t=124s&ab_channel=Reallusion

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