Water features ripple movement with reflection and refraction. New Landscape designer adds trees, flowers, plants and grass to any terrain.

G3 actors are lower polygon for better performance and higher quality with the use of texture shaping normal maps.

Reallusion has reinvented moviemaking with an ideology: CREATE - PLAY - EDIT - SHARE, which allows you to play-to-create your movie.

Particle system special effects for fog, fire, smoke and more. Material effects for glow, reflection, bump, opacity, specular, normal and diffuse. Flying surface and sound FX can also help enrich your video.

Advanced real-time render technology for natural water. Point-light, Spotlight, and Directional light - all there for your use.

Live camera recording using fly, walk and follow cameras with videogame-like hot-keys.

Create your own unique movement behavior, automate the character personality, and invent your own interactive props (iProps) by editing and saving the DramaScripts.

iClone tutorial- Explains how opacity, blend mode, size and rotate can be used to get the perfect look and feel for your particles and special effects in iClone.

iClone tutorial- particles add special feel to your videos, but we want point and go the right direction! So in this tutorial, we explore how we can change the direction and emit volume and position to get our particles "just... right!"

iClone tutorial- This tutorial can show you the basics so that you can see how easy it is to make any particle any size; send your particles rocketing in any direction, and to set a time frame for your special effects!

iClone Tutorial- So you like snow? You like red hearts? Why not combine the two and make it snow red hearts... In this tutorial we will explore the basics of choosing particle templates, changing the texture (opacity) and the color of a particle. Feel free to try this lesson on any particle template in iClone... that's why those templates are there :)

iClone Tutorial- you, too, can control gravity and wind with a few simple clicks of your mouse! You want your particles to dive to the core of the planet or to be swept away in gentle breeze?! Here's how to do just that in iClone! Force and Gravity explained!!

Using Google SKETCHUPs large library of models to choose from, iClone 3DXchange now has the option to access and download any asset you can find in the Google collection. You can now manipulate extra features in 3DXchange such as Opacity and Illumination making each model even more realistic before its inception into iClone.

In this tutorial we will download an airplane model to convert to a prop in iClone Studio. New Path Helper objects will be added to animate the plane with motion clips and paths. Download helper

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a chromo key effect on a rendered avi output from iClone 2.5 and place it in MAGIX Movie Edit Pro over live footage.

In this tutorial you will learn how to create and render multiple iClone scenes for importation into MAGIX Movie Edit Pro. Once in Movie Edit Pro you will learn how to use the 3D Gallery transitions to develop rich 3D movement in-between your iClone clips.

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a chromo key effect on a rendered avi output from iClone 2.5. This is a scenario that is easy to set up in iClone using a single avatar and a solid green 2D Background.

In this tutorial you will learn how to use iClone and Movie Edit Pro to provide a quick and easy platform for Video Editing.

This tutorial introduces how to export certain nodes of a model to transform a non-animated 4 wheel vehicle into an animated vehicle with spinning wheels.

3DXchange is a powerful converter that makes it easy for users to convert any 3DS or OBJ file. Using content created in applications such as 3DStudio Max, ZBrush, SketchUp, Maya, etc…users can convert and edit their models for import into iClone as props, accessories or even 3D scenes.

In this tutorial you will learn how to animate a horse live prop using preset motion animation clips, how to link a rider to your horse and how to link a horse to a character so that the horse prop will retain the character animation in conjunction with the live prop motion clip.

In iClone 2.5 characters can be linked to props via the Link To feature. Most assets inside of iClone 2.5 carry this new ability, allowing users to attach or link characters to other assets.

In iClone 2.5 characters can be linked to other characters to create interesting animation via the “Link To” feature. Most assets inside of iClone 2.5 carry this new ability, allowing users to attach or link two characters together or characters to props.

In this tutorial you will learn how to link a prop to other props using the Link To feature and the Link To Sub-Node menu. This introduces the “Parent – Child” relationship between iClone assets.

This tutorial will make users aware of avatar joint constraints and how best to correct them when they are exceeded. These limits can be observed by a “twist” in the mesh, or a “break” in the CloneCloth mesh layer.

This tutorial focuses on editing this skin diffuse layer in order to create virtual tattoos and make-up for both the heads and upper bodies of iClone avatars. Using digital images of both traditional and tribal tattoo designs, you will create sleeves and chest pieces along with custom facial textures.

The iClone real-time production environment can be used along with other modeling tools like DAZ Studio to populate props, scenes and accessory libraries. DAZ is a free download and provides the tools to create people, animals, vehicles, buildings, props, and accessories plus much more.

This being the rule allows users to create many different styles, cuts, lengths and so on. You can design as many different opacity styles as you like, giving you as many custom character outfits to apply to your avatar, even only when using a single G2 CloneCloth character.

In this tutorial the focus is on the default lights, their attributes and how to access them. Custom Light animation and how to set key frames to create and save your own animated lights. And finally, how to simulate a cone light using a 3dBlock prop along with opacity and glow maps.

This tip is aimed to teach you how to assemble your G2 characters with skin texture after purchasing a G2 Texture pack. Generally, you might get upper, lower, shoes or skin textures within the content pack. But the skin texture is little different as conducting upper/lower textures for your character.

This overview tutorial will introduce users to the key features, user interface, tools, panels and options presented when using 3DXchange. Introduction to creating custom props and custom accessories is also covered in 20 easy to follow steps.

Hexagon 2 is a 3D Polygonal modeler for three-dimensional computer arts, delivering accessible yet advanced 3D modeling tools for illustrators, graphic artists and expert modelers and animators. This tutorial is aimed to introduce the procedure when you are going to apply this tool for iClone.

First of all I assume you have a basic understanding of how to export the diffuse and opacity graphics into your Graphic Editor. You will also need to be fairly conversant with your Graphics Software. In this tutorial, you will learn how to make a suit of Indian clothes.

The TIMELINE opens the door to the animation power of iClone’s 6 basic elements and more, including LIVE props for your scene that install with custom preset motion animation clips, and learning how particle effects can be attached to props and/or accessories to gain total control of environmental and atmospheric effects.

This is an example of a flat surface with single-sided normal. We can use 3dXchange, a simple 3D Box primitive from iClone and your favorite image editor to make a very quick room prop that behaves much like the stock 3D scene. This type of scene or prop makes camera angles easier to adjust and because the normal are flipped, lighting passes through the wall unobstructed.

First, be sure to make an apple generated from 3ds Max is to 3DXchange with texture. Second, apply "reflection" & "bump" to change the performance of your objects. Finally, with slight modification in iClone, you will see the amazing outcomes iClone could achieve.

This tutorial is aimed to show you how to edit your flag in Daz3D for iClone through 3DXchange. To connect the relationship between the character and the flag, we need to apply the flag as the category of "Accessory" in iClone. Finally, you need learn to adjust your images to fit the flag. Let's see what it was done.

CloneCloth is an exciting new gateway into virtual fashion design. Using an image editor, such as PhotoShop, Painter, Paint Shop Pro, etc, along with iClone 2.0, you can be a fashion designer and a 3D animator all at the same time.