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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