Starting the Director Mode

iClone splits the program into two exciting and revolutionary ways to unleash your creativity , Director Mode and Editor Mode. With this new design, Machinima Filmmaking and Animation Creation are integrated into one single program.

  1. Pick an actor and click on the button to enter the Director Mode. You will see the selected mode displayed in the bottom left corner of the 3D viewer.

  1. Now you can work as a movie director to command and control the interactive scene elements (e.g. actor and cars). Please click WASD to have the object to Move or 1, 2, 3... keys to have the object to Perform. Please refer to the Two Methods to Direct the Actor and  the Two Methods to Direct the iProp sections for more information.

  2. iClone locks all the user interfaces for Editor Mode to separate Editor Mode from the interactive Director Mode. You may then focus on Directing the movie.

  3. Double click to select the actor. A pyramid indicator shows which is the currently selected object.

  1. Click the Record button or alternatively press the space bar, to start the action recording. (You may press the space bar again to Pause recording at any time)

Note:

  • After you click the button, you will see the Director Mode panel.

    • Click the Action button to start recording.

    • Press the Enter or X button at the right-top of this panel to adjust camera or switch target before recording. You may press Space bar later to start recording.

  • Press F7 to switch between the follow cam-actor and follow cam-bird.

  • If you don't do anything, you will see the play-head advancing along the timeline and the time meter will begin counting up, while your actor stands there with life-like idle motions.

  • You can start to interact anytime with your actor.

  • Please refer to the Director Mode Shortcuts section for more information.