Reallusion Character Creator 3.02.1031.1 Pipeline

New Features:

Character Base
• New topology is 100% quad mesh, ready for subdivisioning and mesh editing. Enhanced mesh and enhanced high-res texture detail for hands and feet.
• Conversion of old characters to new generation characters is supported.

Daz Studio Transformer – Importing Daz 3D Assets to CC
• Importing DAZ character morph, outfit, shoes, skin presets, hair and morphable assets into Character Creator.
*Compatible figures: Daz Genesis, Michael 4, Victoria 4, Hivewire Dawn & Dusk

[Streamline Pipeline to Other Tools]
• GoZ: Roundtrip sculpting and painting process with ZBrush.
[Cloth Creation]
• Auto-Skin Weighting for Clothes: Import OBJ mesh as Cloth Assets, and apply Skin Weight Transfer from cloth templates or custom imported skin mesh. >> Know more
• Skin Weight Editor: Refine the auto-skinned cloth with a spectrum of weight editing tools.
• Partial Conforming: Ability to define sub-mesh elements (or selected vertices) as hard mesh items, such like buckles, ammo pouches, or armor plates.
• Advanced Mesh Editor: Ability to edit mesh in vertex, face, element mode, and use new brush sculpturing tools to push, pull and smooth mesh.
• Edit Normals: Adjust object normals for hard and soft edge surface.
• Polygon Reduction (Powered by InstaLOD): Reduce the polygon count on clothes & accessory while retaining its original shape and UV data. >> Know more
[Morph Creation]
• Enhanced Morph Slider Creation Procedure for Characters with Different Proportions
• Automatically adjust bone to fit morph when creating morph sliders Character auto-skinning that works regardless of differences in proportions.
• Utilize Edit Bone tool to fix it manually.

Game Character Pipeline
• Game Character Base can be derived from any Standard CC Character, features
• Retain visual quality after mesh simplification.
• Compatible with CC Morphs, Skin Presets, and Outfit System.
• Simplified bone structure for facial and body Animation.
• Merge materials for game performance.
• Built-in Mesh Optimization Technology Powered by InstaLOD
• Remesher: Reduce the whole character and all wearable content into one-mesh character, and generate character models in multiple LOD.
• Merge Materials: Group and merge selected materials to target UV maps to ensure minimal draw call with no noticeable loss in visual quality.

Environment & Character Settings
• New Content Manager with Stage setup related new formats: iProp, iAtmosphere, iEffect, ccLightRoom, ccCam.
• Global Illumination (GI)
• Pose editing and saving
• Face expression editing and saving

Image Render
• Real-time smooth – Open Subdiv can subdivide and smooth a quad-based mesh.
• Image output with render options.
• Compatible with Iray Render Plug-in for photorealistic rendering.

Enhancements
• File Format Update
• All the data such as character morph, skin, clothes, prop, atmosphere, lighting will be saved in project file (.ccProject)
• All the data of character will be saved in avatar file (.ccAvatar)