Hi all, relative newbie here.  I'm looking at doing a series of animations set in the same world as the novels I write.  As such, I have a particular look in mind.

To this end, I was wondering, is it possible to 'trim' or adjust items of clothing in iClone?  Most of my characters wear either sleeveless or very short-sleeved tops, as it's in a hot climate and there are also some cultural reasons.

Character Creator has the ability to move (not add or delete) polygons around. With some patience you can do some basic editing within the tool. This function is not in IClone. generally clothes and prop editing is better done using modeling software and exporting/importing to CC.

Take a look at the CC manual or tutorials to see the mesh editor - https://manual.reallusion.com/Character_Creator_3/ENU/3/Content/Character_Creator_3/3/08_Creating_Custom_Assets/Editing_Meshes.htm

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Another way to adjust clothing is to use an Opacity map, where white leaves a part visible and black makes a part invisible. This was used extensively in the older iClone CloneCloth system.

If the Diffuse map of your garment is in the same shape of your garment and clearly demarcates the sleeves, for example, you can then make the part that you want to remove black on the Opacity map.

If the sleeve texture shows a border of some kind, you may then have to adjust the Diffuse texture. I have used this technique occasionally as it is relatively simple to do.

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Thank-you.  I'll give those approaches a go.

Here is a short video if you want an example:




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Thank-you.  I've managed to work it out.