You can learn more about MD on his website. is currently working part-time on writing and select character development projects. McCallum, aka WarLord, is an international award-winning commercial graphics artist, 3D animator, published author, project director, and webmaster with a freelance career that spans over 20 years. This opens the vast DAZ library to iClone users and allows DAZ users to leverage their existing inventory in the more versatile iClone ecosphere. Substituted some materials for Iray friendly materials to improve the render and that basically was all the cleanup needed before posing and rendering.Ĭlothing and Items Created in Marvelous Designer and ZBrush are Imported into Character Creator 3Īs you can see this is one powerful set of new tools that brings character creation one step closer to that magical easy button we’re all waiting on.

This eliminated all the previous exporting/importing that was required in the past. The same CC3 mesh was sent directly into ZBrush with the new GoZ function where the items were masked off and extracted the sent directly back to CC3 via GoZ. These were initially textured, and UV mapped in ZBrush and then more suitable Iray materials were substituted in CC3 for the render. The earrings, armbands, wristbands, necklace, and sandals were created in ZBrush and brought into CC3 by the same method as above. Each of these items was individually imported into CC3 via the Create menu and processed as described in the DAZ section above.Įach item of clothing was textured with simple images or colors within CC3 and the model was tested in various poses to check the skinning which passed with no further refinement needed. Simple clothing was designed including bell bottom pants, shirt, headband, and leg sash. When unchecked, the texture coordinates are transformed so they fit between 0 and 1.A CC3 base female was exported in OBJ format then added as an avatar in Marvelous Designer. When checked, the object's texture coordinates are imported without modification. When unchecked, the coordinates are imported without modification.Īssume UV Coordinates Are Between 0 and 1: In most cases, you shouldn't need to change this option. Map OBJ Y to Carrara Z axis: when checked, transforms the coordinates of the imported object so that its bottom is horizontal in Carrara. When unchecked, the imported object is scaled to fit in the default working box. When unchecked, the values from the file are used.ĭisable Auto-scaling: when checked, you can set the unit conversion factor between the imported file and Carrara.

Here is a description of each OBJ import option and how to use them:ĪutoPosition: when checked, the imported object is centered on zero in X and Y, and its bottom is set to Z= 0. To import obj data, refer to To Import objects :, and choose an obj file.

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