Attach Animation to Character in IClone and the open in Character Creator 3

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justaviking	justaviking Posted 5 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: Last Year Posts: 8.2K, Visits: 26.5K	I can see where the text written by Reallusion can be misinterpreted. You can "import" any animation into CC3. The purpose of CC3 is only to create (and edit) the character. You move the character from CC3 to iClone. You add animation in iClone. Then you can export your character with animation from iClone.... and import it into another animation program such as Unity. But the animation cannot go back into CC3 because it is not an animation program. iClone 7... Character Creator... Substance Designer/Painter... Blender... Audacity... Desktop (homebuilt) - Windows 10, Ryzen 9 3900x CPU, GTX 1080 GPU (8GB), 32GB RAM, Asus X570 Pro motherboard, 2TB SSD, terabytes of disk space, dual monitors. Laptop - Windows 10, MSI GS63VR STEALTH-252, 16GB RAM, GTX 1060 (6GB), 256GB SSD and 1TB HDD

Zeronimo	Zeronimo Posted 5 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: 6 Months Ago Posts: 482, Visits: 19.3K	Drenyn (6/24/2020) The animation I'm trying to save is from the IClone Motion pack, called Male Idle, but it doesn't give me the option to save it. I'm assuming because I haven't changed anything. I'm trying to get this animation over to Character Creator 3. Looking at the Marketplace product page for the animation it shows it's compatible with CC3, I'm just having an issue with getting it to show up there. When it shows that the motions are compatible with CC3, it means that these motions that you bought are compatible with the characters created in CC3 (inside Iclone, but not in Character Creator 3) . You can animate your CC3 character in Iclone with these motions, but when you send your character in Character Creator the motions are NEVER exported with the character. YOU CANNOT HAVE ANIMATIONS IN CHARACTER CREATOR 3. You can never animate a character in Character Creator, this tool is not made for that. On the other hand, if from Character Creator 3, you want to export your character with motions in FBX format, it is possible: when exporting you must assign one or more motions which will be integrated into your FBX character to be used in UNITY. Now if what I'm saying isn't clear to you, I can't do anything for you. Sorry.

Drenyn	Drenyn Posted 5 Years Ago
Senior Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: 9 Months Ago Posts: 20, Visits: 168	Looks like the issue is actually where I'm using the Smart Gallery Plug In as the IClone 7 stuff isn't showing when using Character Creator 3. Saved it locally and then moved it over to the Character Creator Template folder and no issue. Thanks!

Drenyn	Drenyn Posted 5 Years Ago
Senior Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: 9 Months Ago Posts: 20, Visits: 168	The animation I'm trying to save is from the IClone Motion pack, called Male Idle, but it doesn't give me the option to save it. I'm assuming because I haven't changed anything. I'm trying to get this animation over to Character Creator 3. Looking at the Marketplace product page for the animation it shows it's compatible with CC3, I'm just having an issue with getting it to show up there.

Rampa	Rampa Posted 5 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: 2 Weeks Ago Posts: 8.2K, Visits: 62.6K	Do you mean saving your clips from the iClone timeline? See here; https://manual.reallusion.com/iClone_7/ENU/Content/iClone_7/Pro_7.4/09_Animation_Timeline_Editing/Collect_Clip_Track.htm https://manual.reallusion.com/iClone_7/ENU/Content/iClone_7/Pro_7.4/09_Animation_Timeline_Editing/Saving_Clips.htm?Highlight=collect%20clip Once you have saved the motions to your library, follow the instructions for loading the iMotion files in the CC3P FBX export.

Drenyn	Drenyn Posted 5 Years Ago
Senior Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: 9 Months Ago Posts: 20, Visits: 168	How do I get the animations into Character Creator 3? They are showing in IClone 7 currently.

Rampa	Rampa Posted 5 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: 2 Weeks Ago Posts: 8.2K, Visits: 62.6K	If you have CC3 Pipeline, you attach the iMotions in the FBX export box. See here: https://manual.reallusion.com/Character_Creator_3/ENU/3/Content/Character_Creator_3/3/17_Export/Exporting_FBX_Characters_with_MotionPlus.htm?Highlight=export%20fbx

Drenyn	Drenyn Posted 5 Years Ago
Senior Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: 9 Months Ago Posts: 20, Visits: 168	I apologize if I'm not saying this correctly. I don't have an issue exporting out of Character Creator 3, what I'm trying to find out is how to get the animations out of IClone 7 and get them over to Character Creator 3. I can export out of Character Creator 3, no problem. I've done it many times. Thanks!

Zeronimo	Zeronimo Posted 5 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: 6 Months Ago Posts: 482, Visits: 19.3K	I find it hard to understand what you don't understand. Once you have exported your character in FBX format (with the animations) as I showed you on the video, you can close Iclone and Character creator and you open unity and import your character into Unity.

Drenyn	Drenyn Posted 5 Years Ago
Senior Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: 9 Months Ago Posts: 20, Visits: 168	Iclone can only export to Unity or export at all if you have the 3DExchange pipeline, but you can move the animations from IClone over to CC3 and use the CC3 pipeline to export to Unity. My question isn't really about how to export them to Unity, I know how to do that. I just need to know how to get the animations from IClone over to CC3. :) Thanks for your help!

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