Sergey Khorovodov
over 1 year ago
Thank you man! It was a pleasure meeting you
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My bad for the feature request earlier, this is a really good addon, thanks!
This addon is really great, its so nice to have all the iClone controls available in Blender, I do hope CC4 still gets supported for a while, I can't afford to upgrade that right now.
Fantastic addon and a gentleman Author.
Makes my life as a content creator so much better.
Thank you!
Sergey Khorovodov
over 1 year ago
Thank you man! It was a pleasure meeting you
I truly appreciate the effort you've put into it, and I hope to see even more features in the future. It would be incredible if we could create custom expressions directly in Blender, eliminating the need to switch to iClone for FaceKey adjustments. That would make the workflow much more seamless and efficient.
Sergey Khorovodov
over 1 year ago
Thank you! sorry for the late reply, just saw it. The addon already lets you make custom expressions from within Blender, however without the fancy interface CC4 offers. I'll see if I can make it more like in CC4 with the fancy UI panel. I'll keep you updated
this addon is a must have if you animate in Blender and Iclone, it can compliment your facial pipeline audio2face, acculips, whatever works for you, bottom line is the ability to have control in blender is amazing my only comment is it would be nice to parent the circles that get generated with the character rig/rigify as they becomes harder to manage in larger scenes, as I'm doing that manually anyway, or at least the option to do that.
Keep in mind that the instructions need to be followed TO THE LETTER
I got confused a bit with that a bit but the jist of it is that you need to export the character and the animated calibration file at 60 FPS (very important) the frame rate for later animations can be changed this is just for the setup
the CC plugin needs to match the version that the dev is providing, otherwise it won't work with rigify
and the dev was very friendly and responsive so any question will be addressed as soon as he can
Sergey Khorovodov
over 1 year ago
Thank you very much for your feedback, messages and patience! Helpful input like yours allowed me to release a new update that should address the issues you were facing. I'll be here if you have more feedback.
This is a great addon! I have not tried the wrinkles profiling but the expression poser and lip sync tools are really nice. Currently you need to use the 2.1.7 version of the CC Tools addon as the newer versions break the shape key drivers. The developer is working on an update. 5 stars!
Sergey Khorovodov
over 1 year ago
Thank you very much for the kind words and patience! The update in question just got live. I hope it will make porting even easier
Awesome add on, I had a minor issue which the creator helped me step by step to get it working. I have no complaints, the add on is amazing and is recommend it to anyone with clone or cc4 working with blender. It's a no brainer. Thank you!
Sergey Khorovodov
almost 2 years ago
Hello Khai, thank you for the review. Could you please message me the specifics here on Blendermarket so I could help you further? If possible, a screen recording would be the most helpful. This way I can pinpoint and help you solve the issue as fast as possible
While there are a few steps you have to pay attention to to make the process work, they are explained well enough even someone as inattentive as me can't mess them up indefinitely. The add-on itself works beautifully - I personally find it even more relaxing than working in IC directly. The author is super quick answering in detailed explanations - there is basically no reason NOT to use this add-on if your workflow includes Blender and Reallusion. Absolute recommendation!
Sergey Khorovodov
about 2 years ago
Thank you very much for the kind words! Glad you found the addon helpful for your projects
Very easy to use (just need to be sure to closely follow directions), and it makes adding and tweaking your imported CC/IC characters very easy. The widgets the addon creates to control the various expressions are brilliant and make it really easy to customize your expression workspace so that the ones you're using for a given scene are convenient to find no matter your scene composition. Must have for CC/IC users!
Sergey Khorovodov
over 2 years ago
Thank you very much for the review, glad you found the addon helpful!
THIS IS A MUST HAVE IF YOU USE ICLONE!! Let me explain:
I love iClone and Character Creator, and while we have the CC Tools for Blender to import our characters, it is such a HASSLE to tweak and animate expressions with your shape keys in Blender. It's also a hassle having to go back and forth between Blender and iClone to get the expressions you want. Even so, it's just not the same as in Blender, where you can see your character already placed in your scene with the lighting you want.
Well, this addon solves exactly that, and it is truly AMAZING!
You basically get the face puppet tool that you love in iClone, and can now use it INSIDE of Blender. Simply follow the instructions in the documentation, drag a file in iClone and export your model, import it into Blender and use the N-Panel to set it up. It works EXTREMELY well! Very easy to animate your expressions with this AND you'll get to see instantly what it will look like in your scene.
You can mix and match different expressions, with icons that clearly represent which area of the face they affect. You just hit record and play and you see the results in real time. Another cool thing you can do is select several icons and animate their expressions at the same time if you wanted.
With that said, on my first use, I had missed something in the instructions that caused it not to work. I reached out to the developer for help that provided excellent support! He showed me how to fix the issue in my blend file, but it could have easily been avoided if I had more closely followed the directions and the screen shots. I'd suggest reading the FAQ as well.
Overall, this is a must have addon for anyone working with Blender and iClone and I highly recommend it!
Sergey Khorovodov
over 2 years ago
Thank you very much for the detailed review! And thank you for reaching out, I'm always happy to help! I hope this addon serves you well in many animation projects
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| Blender Extension Compatible | Yes |
| Sales | 100+ |
| Rating |
11 ratings
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| Dev Fund Contributor | |
| Published | over 2 years ago |
| Blender Version | 3.6 - 5.1 |
| Extension Type | Add-on |
| License | GPL |
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