I have just exported my first CC4 character for blender (just mesh). So far everything looks O.K but one detail is missing. I don’t see any rig for eyebrows, cheeks or forehead. It is a rather basic facial rig. I want to create more complicted facial expressions in blender. How can I achieve this? I have tried asking Chat GPT and browsed some tutorials but I can’t find any usefull information.
If you are using the Blender pipeline tool to import then you should convert the rig to Rigify and you will have more facial controls.
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I used a simple fbx export. Later I imported my character from fbx file in blender.
I don’t understand. What exacly do you mean by converting the rig to rigify? Do you means → shift + a → armature → rigify meta rigs → replacing bones from cc4 and adjusting to my mesh?
If this is true, doesn’t it defeat the purpose of using CC4 ? Why would I use it if i have to adjust the rig manually?
I don’t see any rig for eyebrows, cheeks or forehead. It is a rather basic facial rig. I want to create more complicted facial expressions in blender……I used a simple fbx export. Later I imported my character from fbx file in blender.
Do not use “simple FBX export” or native blender import
You need to install the FREE CC4 pipeline addon in blender
you will still have the ability to import Iclone animations (body & face) after you convert to Rigify with the CC4 pipeline addon in Blender but you will also have a more complete facial control rig as depicted in my previous Post.
Alternatively you can choose to keep the basic bone rig and alter the facial expressions using the facial shape key panel in blender
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Well, thank you very much. You saved my day!! By the way, don’t you think it is overcomplicated? If you didn’t help me I would probably spend another week to figure it out.
It’s the best of both programs in that it gives you blender’s professional human IK control rig while retaining ability
to still import new animation from Iclone via the pipeline
animation retarget feature.
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If you want the full facial expression rig, get the latest pre-release: Release CC/iC Blender Tools Add-on 2.3.0 · soupday/cc_blender_tools · GitHub
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Great plugin, thanks for the tutorial. 
Greetings Robert
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