New "Save Material Plus" introduced in v7.3 saves ALL object materials amazingly fast, while legacy "Save Material" is still idling while saving a single material and is quite inefficient. Unfortunately, "Material Plus" only works with unmodified mesh. If I wish to decimate an object with...More
Please consider adding texture slot channel for dedicated SSS to material options for all possible scene elements in iClone / CC. Allow option for controlling light responsiveness for texture activation as 1 default will not work in all lighting scenarios, especially since iClone can use billboards...More
According to the iClone manual, LOD does change tessellation level of the object: "LOD Effect: It can gradually decrease the number of the faces presenting objects for LOD (Level of Detail) feature, which avoids the sudden changes of objects in 3D scene when the camera zooms in or out...More
There is an attribute in Iray .mi files: attribute integer "iray_degrain_filtering" 1 It set to 1 by default. I suppose it enables degrain filtering. But in a way it does interfere with Denoiser operation in very ugly way....More
iClone 7 is a great tool for animation, but something important is missing : The ability to change the scale of a character in the timeline! Actually, we can change the size of a character, but it's not possible to do it while an animation. It's something important for many reasons! Recently...More
I created this the other day in the forums, but Peter suggested this is the place for this. Every time I open a particular project, the first thing I do is sort the props by name, so I can find the parent props, and this sorts the sub props also. Then I save the project with the order still...More
Hi, Since the last full update, including Iray, my interface has changed. The characters are diaphanous, and no texture appears : neither clothing, nor eyes, etc. The rendering works but I can 't see anything when I change colors of props, nor those of the character. I reinstalled Iclone, but...More
You can get really good color correction for your films using the LUT Filter Effects. I have noticed that some filter effects (or a combination of them) change the way certain PopcornFX effects look. Take fire for instance, sometimes the filters can eliminate the smoke from the fire altogether...More
Having used iclone for many years now we have become increasingly frustrated at the quality of the ´water´ product. The water needs to be re-done to bring the realism up to the standard of even the simplest of other apps. Sure the calm water is ok and with correct lighting can seem pretty...More
As of the new update, Popcorn FX do not create light on its own. Create a new project, create a prop or character, and turn on the flame thrower effect from Popcorn FX. There is no light from the flame....More
