Transferring Content to Another Computer

The template or custom contents can easily transfer to another computer with the Multiple Drive feature in Content Manager. It is easy to retrieve the contents from a portable storage and pick up your project from where you left off, at any time.

ClosedTransferring Template Contents with USB Drive

If your purpose is to share the installed packs and items with another computer via thumb drive, then follow the subsequent steps.

  1. On the source computer, insert a USB drive. Click the Content Manger Menu and choose the Settings command.
  2. In the Settings panel, click the + button to specify an asset folder into the Template Folders list.
  3. A message will appear saying the asset folder is shared between programs. Click the OK button.
  4. Pick a folder on the USB drive as the destination for saving the custom files. Click the Select Folder button.
  5. Open the drop-down list and choose the newly added drive or folder as the assets installation folder. Click the OK button.
    ClosedNote:

    You can click the X icon to remove the specified drive.

  6. Install a new pack.
  7. After the installation, double-click on the pack to open it. Right-click on either one of the template in the pack and choose the Find File command from the context menu.

    * Make sure the Show Subfolder Items checkbox is enabled to show all items at once.
  8. As you can see the pack is installed to the specified folder in the USB drive.
    ClosedNote:

    The new path will be: [specified folder] \ [Author Name] \ [Pack Name] \ [structure in pack]

  9. You can now move the USB drive in which the content pack is stored to the destination computer.
  10. Plug the USB drive to the destination computer. The assets will appear uninstalled initially after you launch the Content Manager.
  11. Click the Menu button and choose the Sync Installed Assets... command.
  12. Choose the Specific Path radio button. Click the ... button and pick the asset folder on the USB drive.
  13. Click the Start button.
  14. After the procedure is done, the installed contents will be retrieved and displayed as installed.
  15. You can now apply contents on the destination computer.

ClosedTransferring Custom Contents with Thumb Drive

If your purpose is to share your custom contents to another computer by USB drives, then follow the subsequent steps.

  1. On the main computer, insert a USB drive. Click the Content Manger Menu and choose the Settings command.
  2. The Settings panel will show with the default custom folder for saving your contents.
  3. Click the adjacent + button to add a custom folder. A message will appear saying that a Reallusion Custom folder will be created in your target directory. Click the OK button.
  4. Pick a folder on the USB drive as the destination (in this case, Assets). Click the Select Folder button.
  5. The folder name and folder path will show in the list. Rename the folder to Portable Assets in this case. Click the OK button.
  6. Choose the new custom folder on the USB drive from the drop-down list.
  7. Save contents or import contents into this custom folder.
  8. You can now move the USB drive in which the custom contents are stored to the destination computer.
  9. Plug the USB drive to the destination computer. The custom contents remain the ones under the local custom folder initially. Pick the custom folder in the USB drive from the drop-down list.
  10. As you can see the custom contents stored on the USB drive appear.
  11. You can now use the custom contents on the destination computer.