You are right I hadn't thought about that! 

the caveat with that approach tho,  is having to label every single file.  I think im like over 10k files in motions alone .it would literally take me months of work to label my library - not to mention all the stuff i have offline that i haven't converted yet. 

with a playlist, a simple drag and drop or right click to add is much faster way to handle large libraries that constantly get updated without turning it into a massive labeling / indexing project.

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That can just work by adding tags Metadata to all content and then having the ability to have a custom tags organization the way you want -

Horror all
Horror clothes 
Horror characters 
Toon all
Toon characters 
Toon hair 
Etc

That still doesn't take care of the CC3 export to iAvatar everytime we modify a character and having separate folder structures for cc3 and iclone for the same assets. 

another idea for a workflow that could work from the music side of art -  the ability to create playlists -   that's how it works with the DJ software,   we go through different files and create topic themed playlists and add related content to them.    That could be a great thing for RL products especially if the playlists work in both CC3 and Iclone

you go down your assets ....create a "Mystery movie theme" or "Sports Hair Styles" playlist -  and add all the assets to that playlist. your main library can be a trainwreck,  but the playlists keep everything tidy haha!  

( same with music actually,  so much new music comes out so fast, it's hard to organize files in a meaningful way as a dj - ...date vs mood -  so I organize by date ....and create playlists by mood. -  for music production / composition -  I use an entirely different "main library" approach to create music fast.  so there it's more like a snares folder,  a high hat folder,  kick drum folder,  vocals etc...no date or mood. which is how I organize my custom Iclone library )

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the quickest fix to this without turning it into a coding nightmare.
Reallusion can consolidate all libraries related to all their products to a master directory,  and redirect the custom folders through shortcuts.

While users can do this themselves as a fix,  it's not recommended on the Main RL Libraries -  because RL smart stuff will just rebuild their old structure and recreate the problem.

what you could do though is re-design how your custom tabs work to include the main template and the custom template with shortcuts -  but that can turn into a truck load of work thats subject to change every time the smart gallery moves stuff around.   -  I personally just want to spend more time makng art than fixing bugs - so i just adapt to how it is now and keep my custom libraries organized like a master library.  

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I think it's a marketing thing (not unique to RL): if you want a particular character/clothing/hair/makeup/ in iClone you have to buy also the CC.

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It would be much easier if CC3 and iClone shared the characters format and folders. So if I added characters to CC3, they automatically get added to iclone characters, and if I modify characters in CC3, they automatically change in iClone characters tab.

I don't quite understand the need for separate character folders for CC3 and iClone, and having to export every character in CC3 as iAvatar before I can use them in iClone.

Can anyone explain the reason?

Hi, here are my 2 cents ;)

I think there is no project management in CC3 and iClone at all.
What we have is an independent asset management.
Additionally, all items are saved in the project file (which is nice and bad at the same time ;))

My work-around:
I keep all characters, clothing and accessoires in CC3.
In iClone i only manage animations and environment stuff.
If i have to change a character, i always open it in CC3, edit it there and send it back to iClone.
Finally that seems to work pretty smooth.

Since there is the Smart Gallery, it happens that i have duplicate clothing and other stuff.
At some point i will have to take care for these unnecessary duplicates, but currently i still have enough disk-space.

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hrmm,  @Gordryd -  this might be a great opportunity for you to create some asset / workflow organizing plug in ? :alien:

where there is a problem,  there is a plugin waiting to be born!! :w00t:

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thats a nightmare all it's own too -   I have some assets, namely motions x 6

but the structured format will address that too,   ...well not wipe the duplicates,  but give you one solid "go to" library of stuff. 

I experience the same thing from my music side too,  duplicate sound samples ....and actually developed my cg workflow from that 
Organizing a library can be extremely time consuming ....so it's best to make one master library that you use to create ....and all else is in the backroom / storage area to be cleaned at a later date,  or dug through to discover new stuff you forgot you had lol.

structure in workflow is important so you don't get lost in a mess....structure your main workspace,  put everything else in the backroom to sort out at a later date so at least you can be productive now.

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