🚀 Headshot 3 for Character Creator 5 — Now Available with Early Bird Offer!

[HansRL]

Hi everyone,

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Headshot 3 for Character Creator 5 — the most streamlined solution for creating professional-grade digital doubles from 2D photos. This next-generation plugin brings proprietary AI reconstruction, spline-based head shaping, advanced texture generation, and much more.

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To celebrate the launch, we’re offering an Early Bird special from now until May 31st, 2026 — the best time to get Headshot 3 at a significantly discounted rate.

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Related Links:

• Headshot 3 Product Page
• Reallusion Software Store
• Getting Started Tutorial
• User Manual

Here’s a closer look at what’s inside.

Headshot 3 Key Features

Proprietary AI: High Precision & Worldwide Diversity

Headshot 3 features a proprietary AI model trained on a vast dataset of high-resolution facial scans. It interprets facial landmarks, depth cues, and subtle anatomical features from 2D images with unprecedented accuracy.

Combined with Facial Feature Presets that add essential depth structure, you can create highly accurate digital doubles across diverse ethnicities and all age groups.

Prompt-to-Image: Make Every Photo a Perfect Shot

Beyond importing custom photos, Headshot 3 introduces an AI Image Generator powered by Google Nano Banana Pro. Generate high-quality, front-facing images from simple text prompts, or transform your own photos into polished, production-ready results. You can see the AI image generation price table below (Each point costs $0.01) → Learn More

The AI also auto-corrects expressions, camera angles, lighting, stray hairs, and enhances resolution up to 4K.

Shape Refinements & Texture Enhancements

• Spline-Based Mesh Shaping — Bezier curves trace facial contours with surgical precision. Front and side adjustments are fully independent, purpose-built for complex anatomy like double eyelids, deep-set eye sockets, and nasolabial folds.
  

  

• 3D Sculpt Morph System — Hover over a control region and adjust mesh shape using directional mouse movements. No more hunting for individual sliders.
  

  

• Post-Lens Correction — A Face Plane Perspective Slider quickly corrects fisheye distortion from smartphone photos, restoring accurate proportions.

• Blend Mask Editing — Remove unwanted elements projected from source photos (shadows, hair, eyelashes, scars) for a clean, cohesive result.

• De-lighting & Skin Redness — Remove uneven shadows for clean albedo textures and restore natural skin tones.

• Primary & Secondary Normal Generation — Granular control over skin detail, from broad muscle definition and deep wrinkles down to pores and fine lines.

Full-Body Digital Double

Headshot 3 goes beyond the head. Using full-body reference photos, the AI automatically generates a matching body shape — whether the subject is an athlete, or an elderly individual. The result is a fully rigged character ready for animation within the CC5 ecosystem.

Bonus: Headshot Morph 1400+ Pack

Every Headshot 3 purchase includes the Headshot Morph 1400+ Pack (a $99 value) for free. Building on the acclaimed Morph 1000+, this expanded pack adds CC5 HD workflow support, new preset sliders for more precise facial construction, and enhanced sculpt morphs for flexible post-adjustment.

For Prelaunch Offer Customers

If you purchased the Prelaunch Offer, Headshot 3 and 200 AI Image Generation credits are already available in your account — no action needed. Simply log in to the Reallusion Hub to get started.

• Note: the AI Image Generation credits will expire on September 30, 2026.

For the Headshot Morph 1400+ Pack bonus, please check your registered email for a redemption code and follow the instructions to claim it.

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Early Bird Offer — Until May 31, 2026

Headshot 3 is available now. Don’t miss the Early Bird Offer — running until May 31st, 2026 — for the best value on this powerful addition to your Character Creator 5 workflow.

All Early Bird purchases include 100 AI Image Generation credits (expires September 30, 2026).

If you have any questions, feedback, or want to share your creations, feel free to leave a comment in this thread!

Happy creating! The Reallusion Team

[ender570]

It won’t finish downloading. My internet is fine, but it only gets to around 15% before i get this

[ender570]

nevermind, it’ll eventually download. I needed to restart it a few dozen times

[Sp3c1alk]

Already having issues. No issues with internet, writing this post online… Suggestions?

[Sp3c1alk]

Now getting after reboot

[dohnaee]

I’m really loving Headshot 3. The image-based model generation has improved so much. If the reference image is right, it’s good enough to use straight away without much editing.

However, it seems like the body image isn’t being reflected on the actual model. (I used a photo of a model I own, not an AI-generated one.) Are there any specific requirements or specifications for the body image?

[Sp3c1alk]

It says standing facing straight ahead, in a comfortable position no pose.
https://manual.reallusion.com/Headshot_Plugin/ENU/3.0/04-Image-Mode/Body-Source-Photo.htm

[dohnaee]

It seems like it’s capturing the proportions rather than the actual shape. It doesn’t really reflect the thickness or the curves of the body.

[amtenorio2000]

The online help for headshot 3 has an error in the link for the “Post generation - Lens correction” topic. The link opens " Matching High-Quality Hair with Source Photo" .

[Edward_RL]

Hello. Please contact Reallusion Support; they will need to collect some data from you.

[Sp3c1alk]

Yea, same experience for the body from image feature. But that is manageable, at least for me.

[Sp3c1alk]

So yesterday, I finally got it to work, don’t ask me how, because I don’t know. Things I did was make sure Character Creator was whitelisted in my antivirus software, done a couple resets, and reinstalled all the morph sliders. Then it worked, and the results were better than expected. As was mentioned earlier, the body from image is a little off, but I don’t know if it’s going to be updated at a later time or if it’s user error yet.

[Sp3c1alk]

Here is how she looks in blender.

Couldn’t figure out the hair, or the eyes so I had to play around with settings and deleting things like the occlusion and the tear lines. But overall, I think it looks pretty good.

[hamercado]

Headshot 3 trial crashing CC5 trial! when building character with simple image reference!
Anyone else having this issue?

[Thunder70]

This is what happens to me after purchasing and trying to install headshot 3

[Pete_RL]

@hamercado

Headshot 3 trial crashing CC5 trial! when building character with simple image reference!
Anyone else having this issue?

Please make sure your graphics drivers are up to date. Outdated graphics can often cause crashing. Also try the process after shutting down your computer and restarting without any other applications running. If the issue continues, please contact Support for further assistance.

[Pete_RL]

@Thunder70

Please try restarting your computer and then try to install Headshot 3 again. If the problem persists after a restart, please contact Reallusion Support for further assistance.

[hamercado]

@Pete_RL
Updated to the latest drivers released today and is still crashing at Creating Head Mesh 74%

[playlogic]

Remove Headshot 2.0 Plugin first, before installing 3