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ok after modifying the textures, it works perfectly, and it wasn't even a drastic modification. https://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/d5bbabcc-aa79-4385-8113-dafc.jpg
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Yea im going to try to do what was suggested above by lightening the textures in another app and see how it goes. I try to avoid Daz but it gets harder and harder the more I need. I'm about to start my first feature length film.
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Of course I am not sure if the OP wants to endure the vicissitudes of learning the Daz eco system and crappy animation system.,
and the morph packs he would need would cost a bit of money.
Being pretty adept at modeling/sculpting ,in Blender, myself,
I might have a go at doing some custom body morphs for a CC3 base and using the morph animator (like the guy in the video I posted earlier) now that I finished my last feature film in only 76 days and find myself with some free time for new experiments.  



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Oh yes, Sagan works great in iClone.
The only limitation it cannot be applied to the Non-Standard (Humanoid) character imported from Daz.
iClone does not support Alembic animations import for Humanoids (only for Standard Base) for some reason.
But if you import DAZ character as a prop into CC, send it to iClone. Then no need to worry about materials in alembic.

Maya/UE/C4D preset export with SubD Cage for Sagan worked just fine in iClone applying it to a prop.
I only did a single pose for Azeem

https://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/4996a9da-2a74-4262-950b-e5c5.jpg




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There maybe a way to export alembic from DAZ, but the exporter is not free.



The Official $$paid$$ Alembic exporter in the Daz store is useless garbage anyway:crying:
However there is a FREE,excellent Alembic exporter for Daz studio made by a talented third party.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rd5wjf58A9E5pQfV2Kp2E7jA6FjcDZGD?q=parent:1rd5wjf58A9E5pQfV2Kp2E7jA6FjcDZGD

FYI it is targeted for Blender & Houdini so not sure how well the textures would transfer to Iclone via alembic 




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There maybe a way to export alembic from DAZ, but the exporter is not free.

I tried copying the maps to other characters. It doesn't work. I even copied the physics settings. Am I doing something wrong?

Probably...

Soft Body works for any character in iClone or CC as long as maps  and settings are properly applied.
Settings should be applied individually for each material though while you select them in weight maps assign window.
Those maps which come with the Marketplace project, need to be optimized. I saved them and converted to 8 bit Grayscale PNG with 256 indexed colors and then reapplied.
If you need to lighten them up for more dynamics, do not do it in Weights panel. Instead, increase a contrast in an external app and reapply.

There...  a different character









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Daz Genesis 1,2,3,8,9 and their clothing.hair can be transformed into Iclone but
AFAIK the Daz Body morphs needed for the “jiggly bits” can’t be transferred in any way that the IC morph animator
 could used to fake soft body physics animations.



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I dont use daz. Can the items or morphs be transfered directly into iclone? 
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I tried copying the maps to other characters. It doesn't work. I even copied the physics settings. Am I doing something wrong?
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Ghost Origins
My latest Feature length film created with Iclone.
https://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/adf9b210-df59-4cb6-aa1b-9de5.jpg
My Sci- Fi Graphic Novel on Amazon: https://a.co/d/9k3cwoY



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