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What constitutes "sufficient modification?"

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I’m a CG hobbyist who has dabbled in various 3D programs for some time, and am now planning on turning my hobby into a side hustle to generate a supplemental income. I’m very interested in making characters, so I’m wondering how Character Creator might fit into this picture. I have one question, if I may:


The Reallusion content developer agreement mentions that “Derivative Content must have significant modifications to the Base Content in order to be published for sale in Reallusion’s Stores.” What constitutes sufficient modification? Can characters made entirely within the Character Creator ecosystem be sold in the Reallusion marketplace? Or do they require that the maker import their own original, hand-made elements (like, for instance, a ZBrush base mesh or Marvellous Designer outfit) in order to make the character unique?

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Hi...

You can certainly create a custom character to sell using Character Creator alone.

The term "sufficient modification" means that if you are using an existing base product, you need to customise it so it no longer resembles the original. So for example, if you used a base outfit such as a dress, you would need to completely retexture it so that it looks like a completely new outfit.

On the flip side, if you were to take say the included Kevin character and just change a couple of facial features like the nose and eyes, then this would not be considered "sufficient modification" and be rejected. Instead you should ideally start with the neutral base in CC4 and create your character from scratch using the available morph sliders to create something completely unique.

                                                                

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Very good -- thanks for that clarification.



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