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Here you can find many interview stories of whom apply iClone in different areas like moviemaking, education, or content development.
Guy “Bigboss” Langlois
Category: Featured Developer

- On iClone: "iClone has been instrumental in allowing me to develop relationships with other CoolCreators and fellow content developers. It has enriched my life. iClone is not just a 3D Movie Machine, iClone is a way of being!"

Date of Interview: Nov 2009
Description:
I am a computer engineer with a master’s degree in Business and Administration (MBA). I work as an executive in an engineering firm specialized in the development of high end audio/video and 3D equipment and authoring tools for......
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The Wolf & Dulci Hour
Category: Featured Community

- On iClone: "With the launch of iClone 4 we've seen some great enhancements to our arsenal of movie making capabilities. We've already begun to see an increased quality in the overall production value of the films being released by the community."

Date of Interview: Oct 2009
Description:
The Wolf and Dulci Hour is an internet based radio show that airs on TMOARADIO.com on Monday evenings at 10:00 EST. On the show, we discuss the ins and outs of iClone in a fun and informative way......
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Binu Sasidharan
Category: Featured Director

- On iClone:"Our previous project was created using Toon Boom Studio, which was a 2D animated. Our team is also good in blender. When we started thinking of going for a 3D animated feature to be created within a short period, we did some research for the best software available in a decent budget, which led us to iClone."

Date of Interview: Oct 2009
Description:
- About Binu Sasidharan- Myself, Binu Sasidharan, born in Aluva (Kerala State , India) in the year 1976, completed my post graduation from Mahatma Gandhi university, in Commerce. As a Kid I was always a fascinated by comics and Disney cartoons......
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Miron Lockett
Category: Featured Director

- On iClone: "I began using iClone about a year and a half ago. At the time, I had just started experimenting with a very primitive form of 2D animation that proved to be too tedious. After a couple of weeks, I started searching around on the internet for a more modern and computer driven way to animate and that's how I discovered iClone."

Date of Interview: Sep 2009
Description:
My name is Miron Lockette (aka Teviniii in the forum). I'm an actor, singer and songwriter, so the elements of theatre come naturally to me. Transferring those skills to animation is something that I never dreamed of doing but I am having the time of my life......
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Oliver Manuel
Category: Featured Artist

- On iClone: "We currently use iClone to create machinima captured scenarios as well as talking avatars to help users along the way in our training simulation programs. We use these programs for military, government, and law enforcement projects. With the release of WidgetCastPRO we could create avatars to have a more immersive impact for the trainee and maybe even be more entertaining along the way."

Date of Interview: July 2009

Description:
My name is Oliver Manuel and I'm a 3D Graphics Artist for the Novonics Corporation in Orlando, Florida. Our company's primary focus is in the areas of simulation-based training, network test and evaluation, information management, and training architectures......

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Neil Armstrong
Category: Featured Artist

- On iClone: "I hate being the last to do things. I love being the first. I love new. And THIS, wierd Reallusion eyecloak, or i-clothes or whatever it was called, I couldnt stop talking about this Reallusion to the client. "THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED!" After that contract it was, "GO AWAY! I'm busy!" And Thi-Mai and Chellah started to come to life right from the start. A story I wrote in 1981. I never ever thought it would ever be a Disney production of my own making.

Date of Interview: June 2009
Description:
I started out at a very early age in 1978 as a commercial Photographer. Old Nikkormats that weighed half a ton and dish processed BW prints made the cornerstone of my career thereafter which progressed into Industrial and Specialised Glamour/Portraiture Sepia large format photography like to Ansel Adams.....
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Brian "Popeye" Richardson
Category: Featured Developer

- On iClone: "My main use is within my job. Lots of people say how lucky I am to work with iClone as part of my job and I tend to agree. I also work a great deal with Crazy Talk too. Lots of schools and colleges are using these within Diploma courses. I have also spoken to the local University (Architecture) as they are interested in using iClone for first year students on their courses.

Date of Interview: March 2009
Description:
Brian Richardson is an Advanced Skills Teacher and is asked upon on many occasions to do workshops including iClone and Crazy Talk. He is an assessor and external moderator for Multi Media courses as well as an accredited trainer for CAD/CAM in the UK......
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Virtual Team "CoolCreators"
Category: Featured Community

- On iClone: "The team work 'Strife' is about the struggle to survive and maintain man’s ‘humanity’ in a world where the struggle to survive dictate that humans must give in to their basest instinct. It is set in a world trying to recover from a breakdown in the society. .

Date of Interview: Jan 2009
Description:
CoolCreators is a team of iClone power users founded from the CoolClones iClone community forming a collaboration of creativity, and talents, which are collectively utilized in affiliation with the Reallusion certified content developer program.....
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Mike Aparicio
Category: Featured Developer

- On iClone: "Right now I use iClone 3.1 to demonstrate the power of the animation philosophy created by Reallusion, and have produced some interesting musical videos with virtual singing, synthetic music and of course iClone scenery and performers. I am soliciting my school authorities to purchase a series of packages to include iClone as part of our regular teaching programs."

Date of Interview: Dec 2008
Description:
Mike directs the MediaLab facilities of Galileo University in Guatemala, and teaches Computer Animation, Video Special Effects and Complex Video Montage techniques. Lately Mike Aparicio, under the Apparition brand name is working as a CCD for Reallusion, hand has just release......
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Chris Murray
Category: Featured Community

- On iClone: "After working with iClone product for several months now, I have discovered that the Reallusion team has created a well-polished, easy to use product that is really going to satisfy the need for rapid development of 3D character driven content. - Author of iClone training for Autodesk's 3D Studio Max"

Date of Interview: Dec 2007
Description:
Chris Murray is seasoned production veteran. He has created content for well-known clients such as CNN.com, Walt Disney Attractions, CanonUSA, and Sega. He is the founder of CME Gamelabs, a startup video game development studio in Orlando. He has also provided customized training for Boeing, United Space Alliance (NASA), Lockheed Martin, Disney Imagineering, and Westinghouse......
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Bernard Gasté
Category: Featured Developer

- On iClone: "I have been using iClone since the end of 2007. It is not a long time but it's so easy to use that I got accustomed with it quickly. That was how I avoided a long and boring learning of the 3D programs. Sure that the conceptors did a remarkable and complex work but for the users its only pleasure."

Date of Interview: Sep 2008
Description:
Bernad Gasté (aka Bernita) use lots of professional softwares, very different of the 3D world but Photoshop remains the necessary tool of iClone to edit his textures. He uses as well Pinnacle Studio, a video software affordable, enough powerful indeed, usefuly complementary for the video editing with iClone.
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Althea Dubowec
Category: Featured Developer

- On iClone: "What has always impressed me about Reallusion products is how easy they are to start using immediately. Anyone can load iClone and have their family members dancing within a very short time. This is very fulfilling to load new software and be able to create stuff almost immediately. The beauty of both iClone and Crazy Talk, is while they are easy to start using, they are not without complexity in that there so much more they are able to do than just the basic starter stuff. Max"

Date of Interview: June 2008
Description:
Althea Dubowec is from Oakville, Ontario, Canada. She has been interested in video editing for several years and became interested in animation approximately 3 years ago. She has spent over 25 years in the print production, marketing and graphic arts industries and have recently expanded her business to include video production......
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Shygirl
Category: Featured Developer

- On iClone: "With all the Reallusion products I have tried, I think what most impressed me was the ease of use. I’m not very technically minded, so the simpler the better and with iClone in particular, you can be animating in no time at all. The pre-made Motions available from Reallusion were a great help till I got more familiar with the Motion Editor and Timeline features."

Date of Interview: April 2008
Description:
Shygirl is originally from Glasgow, Scotland. She took early retirement from her profession as a Government Officer within Education and now living in the countryside with her partner who is also an iClone user. She is a published poet and have also written numerous short stories......
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John Holland
Category: Featured Director

- On iClone: "What I love about CloneCloth is that if you want, you can create ultra realistic outfits spending a lot of time getting a perfect texture or if you like you can create some quick outfits in virtually no time at all. No longer am I constantly thinking, 'If only I had this, or if only I had that'.."

Date of Interview:2008.04.10
Description:
John Holland is an iClone inspired power user. He is now an Savannah College of Art and Design student, iClone gives him the motive of wanting to go on farthur education study. With the passion of creating Hikaru Utada, an Japanese Singer, John has created many animation videos of her. Animation shorts include "Heart Station" and "Celerbrate"......
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CoolCreators
Category: Featured Developer

- On iClone: "From the moment I beta tested iClone 1.0, I immediately noticed the potential this product was going to offer. Being a long time user of Reallusion products and seeing the course of stunning improvements, and advancements made with CrazyTalk, I knew the same would undoubtedly occur with iClone."

Date of Interview: Nov 2007
Description:
CoolCreators is a team of iClone power users founded from the CoolClones iClone community forming a collaboration of creativity, and talents, which are collectively utilized in affiliation with the Reallusion certified content developer program......
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Michael Wu
Category: Featured Artist

- On iClone: "3D animation would be the best tour for me to run after my dream. All I know is there is no specific tool can fulfill my desire for creation. I love to try anything fresh and get the achievement finding their attributes. iClone will be one of my another adventure. "

Date of Interview: May 2007
Description:
His Works in Reallusion Store: The series of Sketch, Cool Dog, Hussan, EMC2, and etc. - About Michael Wu: Michael Wu (MW_studio) is a digital visual artist in 3D filed that touches his audiences with original creativity and daring styles. When it comes to 3D animation, the most exciting benefit for Michael is "Recycle". Compared to 2D animation, a complete 3D model can be processed for all purposes as he wished......
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Darren J. Thompson
Category: Featured Developer

- On iClone: "I'd been working on a few animation projects with another of their products named It's Me (the forerunner of iClone). This programme was cool, easy and really, really cheap. And I'd been working in a 'make shift' media studio located in Guisborough, helping to run the local film & drama club by night, grinding a living producing corporate training and wedding videos by day."

Date of Interview:2007.03.27

Description:
Darren is an imaginative artist in animation field that he was inspired by many cartoons like "Tom & Jerry", "Bugs Bunny", "Daffy Duck", and etc. He aims to utilize Reallusion's iClone to deliver a "Vocational Qualification" in Machinima production to students. As a certified content developer, Darren introduced himself with his texture works in Reallusion content store...... Visit his website

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Lisa Scragg
Category: Featured Developer

- On iClone: "I have always had an interest in 3D modeling and after 8 yrs of embroidery I was ready to make a "career change", I had been saving and was about to buy Light-wave, but I borrowed the extra money to purchase 3DMax so I could make Characters for iClone. I could see the potential for iClone becoming very popular. "

Date of Interview: Feb 2007

Description:
With her first full character – a robot, Lisa is quite a different female artist in 3D field, especially the ardor for Sci-fi and game. We can see the fineness and amorous feelings in her works. Pssing through many 3D softwares, like Light-Wave, Poser and etc., Lisa found iClone as the most easist tool for story telling. Even more, Lisa bought her 3ds Max for iClone application. She really did a great job...... Visit her website

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Paul Louis
Category: Featured Developer

- On iClone: "I was born and raised in New York City and trained in the performing arts. I've worked in countless stage productions and even had a brief 15 seconds of fame as an award winning children's show creator, as well as co-starring on the TV series, "S Club 7" (big in the UK). When it comes to getting ideas for new characters, bottom line is, inspiration is everywhere. And that, I believe, is the beauty of iClone, ...the endless possibilities."

Date of Interview: Jan 2007

Description:
Paul Louis, the author of popular series Cool Town Story, is a certified content developer in Reallusion Inc. In the meanwhile, he is also a marketable creator who is skilled at grabbing the hearts of customers. With his genius in creating live characters, Paul always amazes people by his exclusive imagination......

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Gabe Achanzar
Category: Featured Developer

- On iClone: "iClone hit the right nerve, delivering a great combination of ease of use, great quality and best of all a flexible and intuitive tool. Within the first hour of using iClone I was able to put together animations that would have taken much longer in other programs. iClone allowed me to get ideas converted to animation fairly quickly and inspired me to design custom textures. It is really exciting to see some of my designs in other people's works."

Date of Interview: Oct 2006

Description:
Aknzrdude, has been an active user on Reallusion forum since 2005. He has created several excellent texture packs and you can get them at Reallusion (http://www.reallusion.com/iclone/ic_content.asp). You can also watch more of his brilliant movies using iClone from YouTube......

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M.D. McCallum
Category: Featured Artist

- On iClone: "My primary work is in conceptualization or pre-visualization as it is called now. Creating storyboards are a big part of my routine and I have not been that impressed with the current crop of storyboard applications so I create my own with Photoshop and 3D tools that now include iClone Studio. The time it takes to actually go from my own mental 'image' to the storyboard has been drastically cut by employing iClone in my production pipeline."

Date of Interview: Oct 2006

Description:
M.D. McCallum - an international award winning commercial graphics artist, animator and webmaster with a career that spans over 20 years and includes over one hundred individual and team based awards......

 

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James C. Martin
Category: Featured Community

- On iClone: "iClone is fast, easy, and a great solution for those users who just don't all the hassle of other 3D software, but do want an excellent way to create, animate, and appreciate quality avatars. This helps a lot to quickly set up my blocking, shots, extreme camera angles, and any othert 3D situations I might feel to be beneficial to the production."

Date of Interview: Oct 2006

Description:
- About James C. Martin: As a character designer and sculpture iClone™ provides James with a great solution for both pre and post production. James can move from the physical 3D world into the virtual 3D universe in minutes using iClone......

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