I felt the dame way for about 2 days when I got iClone, but then I realized just how easy ad expansive that one CC base is! Messing around with making custom clothing has really taught me about how this whole 3D thing works. Does it take time? Yes. Do I frequently come up with crap? Yes! But I learn a LOT every time I try something.

And as for free, yes, make the investment to get 3D exchange, and you can import any prop that's in Sketchup, .obj, or .fbx into iClone - that includes the huge stockpiles from users of Google Sketchup, Daz, Blender, etc. 3dx ends up paying for itself with all that out there.

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Lol...

It's not quite like that.

Like I said in a previous post, I come from a background of game modding, where we all kind of contributed to a thriving community of content. For instance, in one community I found I was able to do some basic scripting better than most of the others, so I provided a lot of scripting resources to the community... like spell scripts, prop scripts, etc. On the other hand, I don't have the artistic ability to make nice armor sets, but there were others who could do that exceptionally well.

I provided my scripts to the community, the people who made the armors provided theirs, other folks did landscapes... and in total we had a ton of content to draw upon when we wanted to make a mod.

The alternative is that we all have to try to become experts at everything, which isn't likely to happen. Or we have to drop large sums to complete our vision.

For instance, I need just a handful of items to finish up a very, very modest story. Right now, it looks like it'll run me about $60-$80 to get this done. That's for some basic (non-casual) clothing, some haircuts, a military uniform, and some interior props I can't find elsewhere.

That's a lot for a very minor work which I'll end up uploading for free. I can't imagine the costs for something more complex.

I can't help but think this is a big kick in the pants to newcomers to iClone who just want to provide the community with some groovy movies to watch. :D






Read "A Simple Scribe" on Kindle, a dark fantasy graphic novel made with iClone!    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M0DGK4L

Yes, I have, thank you.

And I gobbled up everything I could there! :laugh:




Read "A Simple Scribe" on Kindle, a dark fantasy graphic novel made with iClone!    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M0DGK4L

Just wanted to add that on the Marketplace, there are hundreds of freebies.  You just have to look for them.

I think almost all the developers around here do what they do because they are passionate about it - not because they want to get rich.  The disheartening thing about doing freebies, is that very few people ever acknowledge it.  Additionally, if you ever need something specific - and you post about it - my bet is that someone in the community will step up and create it for you.  This group of people on this forum are extremely generous people as you will discover. :) (thanks Kurzal again - :P)

You can always check out cool clones for freebies as well, you can get there following the link for C3 in my signature.

Alley

I'm not a content developer myself, so no bias here
problem with developers giving away their work for free, is unfortunately it usually ends up the same people doing all the work and the same people utilising other people's work, yet never giving back to the community.....

I've got no problem purchasing from our fellow members here, I've purchased several items from the marketplace. I've tried to make clothing myself with little success. There is, as swoooop correctly pointed out, a lot of skill and time involved in creating good quality outfits & props. If you understood the amount of time and effort these people put into creating outfits, it may not seem so unreasonable that they aren't willing just to give their creations away for free.

Iclone is a relatively cheap product compared to similar packages out there. You can get started with the basic package, however if you want to go further, you need to purchase additional items like Clonecloth, 3D Exchange etc. If Iclone were to include ALL of these features in the one package,the price would be MUCH higher, which would probably be beyond the reach of the average hobbyist. So if you don't want to spend the additional money, then you need to spend the time. I suspect that high quality developers like Alley didn't get to the level that they are now without spending many hundreds of hours developing their skills. There is nothing stopping you from doing the same. And if you aren't willing to do that, then just like the rest of us, you have to pay for somebody else to do the hard work for you.

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I agree with Darren's succinct Post:)

I've recently purchased several of Alley's beautifully created Characters for a particular completed Project. Those same Characters clothes & Accessories can be used over & over again in future projects on a "mix & match" basis.

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Likewise for me and very useful when you're in a time crunch! Market Place and Backstage allows you to purchuse individual items or parts of packs, which helps control the budget.

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