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This step by step guide will talk about how to adjust ActorCore characters' colors, including hair, skin, clothes, and shoes, using the substance material in
iClone. By doing so you can have alternative looks for your ActorCore characters.
First of all, please update your iClone version to 7.93 and refresh your Smart Gallery. Then download characters in ActorCore.
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If you’ve downloaded characters in ActorCore before, you’ll find packs that you downloaded in the Update node. And then click the Update button on the top right of the pack thumbnail.
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Drag your character into the scene and select it.
Go to Modify >> Substance section and load the iSubstance file.
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The file location: iClone Template\Materials Lib\Substance\MaterialModifier
File name: MaterialModifier.iSubstance
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Once you’ve loaded, the Substance section will activate and catch the character’s textures to the Mesh Data field automatically.
If you want to adjust some parts of the character, eg: the jacket or pants, you will need to enable the RGB Mask and Color ID Mask.
After enabling, the Mesh Data section will auto-import Color ID and RGB Mask. You will find the new adjustment sections: Tweak - RGB and Tweak - Color ID.
Every character has its own color map which you can customize the color for different kinds of accessories, eg: the armor.
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There are Contrast and Luminosity tweaking options in every map. Base Color has four tweaking options: Contrast, Luminosity, Hue and Saturation which allow you to do more detailed adjustment.
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You can tweak Roughness and Metallic to make a jacket like this.
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For hair, you will need the RGB Mask and adjust the color gradient. The RGB Mask allows you to tweak the gradient of the map, so you can use the Blur and the Position of Mask to make the hairline more natural.
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Before: Blur = 0.00, Mask.Position = 0.5
After: Blur = 1.00, Mask.Position = 0.3
Finally, if you are satisfied with your work, you can simply export your character to any target application as a FBX file.
You can learn how to use ActorCore in major 3D tools including iClone:
ActorCore - Reallusion Courses