I would probably pay $14 alone for the tips and tricks Micheal gave for facial/character design, but the course boasts 5 full hours of beginner tutorials on both Character Creator and iClone 7 animation techniques (including lipsync, movement, and filming). Nevertheless, Section 5 of this course called "Let's Get Off To A FAST Start and Create Our First Character!" proved to be incredibly helpful and easy to follow at just 54 minutes long. UDemy told me this course is typically listed for $184.99 CAD so what a steal! (I'm being very sarcastic- this is typically UDemy form tricking you into buying something by "marking down" the price).
Instead of scouring YouTube, I paid $13.99 CAD for a UDemy course called "Learn iClone 7 | Character Creator" by Micheal Ricks. The first thing I did before even attempting to design my avatar in Character Creator was watch a tutorial. But curious minds prevailed and I decided to try it out before REALLY venturing into 3D character design and, in my humble opinion, created a monster instead of a realistic 3D avatar.
It just happened to come with the bundle I purchased. I didn't intend on using this software, because I had read on an iClone Facebook forum it caused lots of issues with lipsync and facial animation (something I plan to use in the near future). The latter of these plug-ins, Headshot, works with Character Creator to create 3D head/face meshes from real photos. Alone, Character Creator retails for $199 USD but I purchased a "boxing day bundle" that included iClone 7, Character Character, and Headshot for $349 USD. The pipeline Character Creator, on the other hand, is solely for designing your avatars and is compatible with iClone 7, Blender, Maya, UnReal Engine, Unity, and other 3D animation platforms. Character Creator is a pipeline extension for Real Illusion's iClone 7- a 3D Animation software where you can build environments, animate and film animated sequences. For this step, which includes facial design, hair, and clothing, I chose to use Real Illusion's "iClone 7 Character Creator". After taking the sample photorealistic footage above to "recreate" in the 3D Animation software, it was time to get started on character design.
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