I saw a demo for the upcoming release of iClone 8. I'm not sure if this is one program, or if it's two programs or more demonstrated in the video, I'm just looking for help in determining what I need. And with this promotion, if I understand this correctly, I can purchase whatever I want and get these tools for free?
I don't think I want to spend more than $800, but does the iClone 8 or the Character Creator 4 come with the lip-syncing tools I saw in the video. I'd want that. I'd also want the ability to animate the characters including the interactions with other characters, and the auto step corrections like it showed in the demo video. I want to say it was called Director something, is this included as well.
Blender is the only 3D program I know and am comfortable using, so I am wondering if these tools will sync with Blender or if perhaps they could replace Blender. I know it pretty well, can model and create scenes, create materials, fluid smoke and fire simulations, etc, but animating characters has always been a challenge for me in blender, so this is why I'd be interested with iClone.
Finally, I've been also trying to find a way to use MetaHumans with Blender but haven't seen an easy way to do this. Does iClone have this capability.
Thank you.