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Now you can master 3D real-time filmmaking with iClone 2.0!

Advanced actor creation, real-time visual effects, and complete filmmaker 'power tools' allow you to create a complete cast of talking animated custom characters, clothing, 3D scenes and special effects for animated movies. iClone 2.0 demystifies the technology of creating full motion 3D avatars and video story-boarding.

iClone 2.0 advances the technology of storytelling, introducing entirely new features designed to enhance both film creation and viewing. G2 (Second Generation) characters with 'Clone Cloth' provide natural character movement and creative custom actor clothing and fashions. Command control of Particle SFX with over 40 presets and Special EFX editor provides custom special effects. LivePlants add natural movement for forests and trees, grass, and flowers, providing natural movement, providing professional level productivity tools for iClone users, and a fresh filmmaking experience.


Filmmakers can now direct dynamic films in real-time, allowing anyone to 'cast a movie' with customized avatars, build custom sets, arrange prop placement, control lighting, camera animation, and more. iClone 2.0 lets you film your scenes inside a fully functioning video studio that evolves with the needs of your production.

Simplified timeline control gives users easy access to scene composition and directing with a 'what-you-see-is-what-you-get' real-time camera view and key-frame assignment.

So, how could you use such a super piece of software?





What's New in iClone 2?


G2 Avatar (2nd Generation) – The evolution of the advanced avatar

  • Get (2) G2 Characters (Jack Essential Male and Jane Essential Female each with 1x Casual Dress) from the total 9 newly announced Base Character Body types adding multiple combinations for enhanced actor appearance.
  • High detailed texture design (1024 x1024), close-up shots reveal high quality texture resolution for rich character design.
  • Natural character motion and posing with improved skeletal bone structure and avatar rigging design.
  • Additional G2 Character body types will be released for more character combinations in our Content store.
  • Upgrading from 1.x to 2.0 at ($99.95) includes the Working Fashion pack featuring 6 G2 characters in different human bases, new motions, hand gestures, hair styles, and accessories.


iClone Cloth – Custom character clothing to cut and design

  • Simple clothing creation using any image editor.
  • Dual- layer Clone Cloth characters feature outer garments able to reveal the inner skin when cut to fit.
  • Sheer cloth using simple grayscale color for transparent apparel.
  • Additional clothing customization with bump, reflection, and glowing effects using the multi-texture editing feature.
  • CloneCloth Casual Bases for Jack and Jane are included in iClone 2 program.
  • Get additional 8 design bases in the CloneCloth Character Pack - coming this April.


Real-time Special Effects - Particle Effects

  • Add completely customizable visual SFX with particle templates for instant generation of magic, jet thrusters, sparks and blood.
  • Add natural elements including fire, smoke, water, leaves, rain, and snow.
  • Digital Text Effects, Revolving Tunnels, plus custom user-defined visual effects created and controlled by a full featured graphic user interface.
  • Particle emitters can be attached to any scene object, such as a character or animated props to generate dynamic particle trailing effects, eg. rockets burst with flaming engine fire and smoke puffs from the exhaust pipe of a racing car.
  • Easy to operate particle behavior modify panel allows users to customize diffuse and opacity maps, particle emitter strength, size, velocity, color, quota, life cycle, gravity position and more for unlimited creative control.

Real-time Special Effects - Fog

  • Create a sense of atmospheric depth in any 3D scene by generating instant Fog featuring simulated light attenuation.
  • Alter Fog parameters to adjust the fog color, thickness, and depth using preset templates or the simplified fog editor inside the Modify Panel.



LivePlants for 3D Scenes

  • Real-time optimized foliage displays multiple trees, flowers and grass, simultaneously adding natural moving life to 3d scenes.
  • Plants sway along with wind for dynamic display while filming.
  • High-resolution rendering enhances close-up shots, revealing LivePlants high level of detail.
  • Viewing distance level of detail for efficient rendering.



High speed rendering & HD resolution video Output

  • Support both HD 720p (1280x720) and HD 1080p (1920x1280) standard.
  • More than 68 frames per second DVD size rendering output (based on NVIDIA 7600).



Automatic Motion Retargeting

  • Anti-foot sliding, removes the foot sliding effect when applying motion data to different body scales, the repaired footstep will fit on the ground when moving with Anti-foot sliding applied.

In addition . . . .

  • Load and Save(Export) texture files for Characters, props and accessories.
  • Texture exporting allows for easy packaging of texture packs for sale as custom content.
  • Save time and harddrive space with efficient clothing texture packs and textures for scene objects.
  • Saved Characters will keep attached accessories and props with the Character VNS file.
  • Normal maps affect the surface region like bump with higher degree of detail. Simple low-poly models can appear as detailed 3D objects using Normal Maps.
  • Objects with multiple textures are supported with individual texture editing capability.