Hey everyone! Nice to meet yall! I’m getting ready to purchase iClone or Character creator to make some hilarious art. I am going to be making stylized cartoon characters with facial expressions. I will be using iClone along with Unreal Engine 5. What reallusion software and plugins do I need for starters? Thanks for the help everyone!
Hi… Welcome to the community.
Basically Character Creator is required to create your characters and iClone is used to animate them and scene build. Note: You can use iClone alone if you only wish to use pre-made characters
Character Creator will also allow you to pose your characters and you can use pre-made animations in CC as well. However, as CC doesn’t have a timeline, you can’t keyframe your animations. You will need iClone for this.
Regarding plug-in’s, this really depends on your requirements. For example, do you want to use mocap? If so, there are a number of options available for use with iPhones or webcams.
If advanced character creation is needed then you can opt for the Headshot 2 Plugin for CC. This allows you to use photos to create a character or you can import almost any 3rd party head mesh.
Finally if Unreal is part of your Pipeline then you will want the Auto Setup Plug-in which is FREE and you can optionally choose Unreal Live Link. This allows animations you create in iClone to be used “Live” in Unreal. Note: This is free for Indie users who meet the qualifying criteria HERE.
I hope this helps. 