Welcome to Reallusion iClone

About iClone

Version Information for New Features

System Requirements

Key Features

Path for Design Assets and Projects

Performance Issue and Tuning

What's New

What's New in iClone 2

Online Content Store

Getting Started

Creating 3D Films in Real-time

Creating a Virtual 3D Head

Importing Photo Image

Defining the Facial Angle

Adjusting the Facial Boundary

Adjusting the Angle and Orientation of the Face

Adjusting Feature Points and Contours

Matching Face Color with Skin Color

Creating a Complete 3D Character

G1 and G2 Characters

Changing the Character's Hair

Changing Your Character's Upper Body

Changing Your Character's Lower Body

Changing Your Character's Shoes

Adjusting the Skin Tone of Your Character

Outfits for G2 Characters

Animating Your Character

Adding a Music Track

Setting the Scene

Adding a Camera Movement

Setting the Light

Adding SFX Effects

Exporting an iClone Video

Introducing the User Interface

Navigation Pane

The Tools Menu

Camera Control Bar

3D Real-time Viewer (Preview Window)

Play Bar and Play Control Pane

Time Setting Panel

File Manager

Timeline Editor

Preference

Temp Folder

Select Texture Editor

Show Grid and Select Color

Render Quality and Shader Options

Anti Alias

Texture Size

Show FPS

Defining a Project

Set Default Startup Conditions

Revert

Creating a Character

Single, Multiple and Non-character Projects

G2 Characters

Higher Skin Texture Detail

More Realistic Posing

9 Types of Natural Human Base

Custom Wardrobe Design - CloneCloth

Comparison Chart of G1 and G2 Characters

Avatar

Character

Character Body Style

Character Position and Orientation

Importing a Character

CloneCloth - Creating Your Own Fashion Designs and Collections

Modifying CloneCloth or Single Mesh G2 Characters

Modify Shoes

CloneCloth Tutorial

Hair

Changing Hair Color and Texture

Adjusting Size and Position of Hair

Importing a Hair Model

Upper Body

Adjusting Color of the Upper Body

External Texture Editor of the Upper body

Lower Body

Adjusting Color of the Lower Body

External Texture Editor of the Lower Body

Shoes

Adjusting Color of Shoes

External Texture Editor of the Shoes

Accessories

Adding Accessories

Adjusting Size and Position of Accessories

Importing Accessories

Importing Effect3D Studio Objects as Accessories

Modifying the Textures of the Accessories

Removing Accessories

Adjusting Skin Tone

Creating a Head

Loading Facial Image

Photo Enhancement

Auto Fitting

Adjusting Facial Boundaries

Adjusting Facial Angle and Orientation

Adjusting Feature Points and Contours

Adjusting the Profile

G2 Head Connection Issues

Adjusting the Facial Texture

Face Adjustment

Eyes

Teeth and Mouth

Adding Motion to a Character

Motion

Importing Motion

Launching the Motion Editor

Using BVH Motion Converter

Anti Foot Sliding

Changing Motion Speed

Removing Motion

Music

Synchronizing Music and Motion

Motion Speed and Music Offset

Importing Music

Removing Music

Facial Animation

Importing a Vocal WAV File

Recording

Selecting an Emotion

Expression Strength

Launching CrazyTalk

Importing a CrazyTalk Script

CrazyTalk - Introducing the CrazyTalk Timeline

CrazyTalk - Applying Facial Expressions from Templates

CrazyTalk - Creating Custom Expressions

CrazyTalk - Applying Head Movements

CrazyTalk - Applying Eye Movements

CrazyTalk - Lip-synchronizing

More about CrazyTalk and iClone Facial Expression

Removing Facial Animation

Hands

Applying Hand Gesture Template

Using Timeline Editor to Animate Hands

Adjusting Scene Settings and Other Effects

2D Backgrounds

Setting Colors

Importing Images

Display Mode

3D Scenes

Moving, Rotating and Scaling

Importing a 3D Scene

Using LivePlants

Removing a 3D Scene

3D Props

Adding 3D Props

Moving, Rotating and Scaling

Merging Props

Live Prop Animation

Props and Custom 3D Scene Generation

Importing 3D Props

Importing Effect3D Objects

Removing Props

Camera

Camera Routines

Camera Lens Function

Camera Position

Focus Camera to the Selected Object

Large Scene Camera

Adjusting Camera Target

Lock Camera to Character

Animating Camera

Lighting

Adding a Lighting Scheme

Lighting Control

Ambient Brightness

Animating Lights

Saving Customized Lights

Lighting and Shadow

Direct Picking

Direct Picking and Manipulating Selected Objects

Removed Character and Bounding Box

Animation Timeline Editing

Add Linkage between Objects and Characters

Basic Operation

Examples

Example - Riding a Horse (Character to Prop)

Example - Puppeteer (Character to Character)

Example - Ferris Wheel (Prop to Prop)

Rules of Linkage

Multiple Channel Texture Mapping

Types of Maps

Modifying Maps

UV Reference

Replacing and Regenerating UV Reference

Mapping Method

SFX

SFX - Particle

Structure of Particle System

Generating Particles

Adjusting Particles

Adjusting Emitters

Particle Helper

Moving, Rotating Emitters

Using Helpers

Example Projects

SFX - Fog

Adding Fog

Adjusting Fog

Exporting

Export Function and Supported File Formats

Exporting an Image

Exporting a Video

Exporting an Image Sequence

Exporting in MMS Format

Exporting to Mobile Devices

Setting Render Area

Tips and Suggestions

Hints and Tips

Keyboard Shortcuts

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

Frequently Asked Questions

Technical Support and Feedback

Contacting Reallusion

The following hotkeys are used on the 3D view window.

Full screen mode

F11

Press to enter, Esc to go back

Preview

F9

Press to preview the render result

Play/pause

Spacebar

For both window mode or full screen mode

Roll X-Z

Right mouse button

Press down and drag in the 3D viewer can roll the view on X-Z plan.

Rectify the camera angle

E

Snap the camera back to the upright position.

Zoom in/out

Roller of the mouse

Scroll the roller on the mouse to zoom the 3D viewer free camera in and out.

Speed Zoom in/out

Right + Left mouse buttons

Pressing the right and left mouse buttons speed zoom the 3D view in and out .

Quick camera switch

A - Left
S - Right
D - Back
F - Front
G - Top
H - Bottom
J - Face
Z - Pan
X - Roll X-Z
C - Zoom
V - Rotate X-Y
Home - 45 Degrees

Press F to switch the selected object (character, accessory, prop) face front .

Press Home to snap the camera to the 45 degrees perspective to the selected object (character, accessory, prop).

Lock to Character

+

Lock Dynamic Camera to character.

Unlock to Character

-

Unlock Dynamic Camera.