Exporting a 3D Actor Head (New for Version 8)

An RLHead format is the universal head format that can be applied to CrazyTalk, iClone and iClone Character Creator.

You are free to export the 3D actor's head in RLHead format and then apply it to the characters in iClone or iClone Character Creator. Thus, you do not need to model a 3D head from scratch in any other 3D tools.

1. Create a new actor in CrazyTalk.
   
2. Click the Export RLHead button on the Toolbar.
   
3. Because the two eyeballs for the RLHead can use only one same texture image, then you need to choose which of the eye textures is to be used as the eyeball texture for the RLHead.
   
   Note

   Take the character as an example below, the girl's iris colors are different:

   Different iris colors	The textures for the eyeballs are different as well

   The eyes for the RLHead will be different after one of the textures of the eyeballs is chosen.

   RLHead with the right eye texture chosen	RLHead with the left eye texture chosen

4. Save it to your destination folder as a head file (*.RLHead).
   
5. In iClone or iClone Character Creator, make sure a CC character is applied (pose or motion is optional).
   
6. Drag and drop the saved head file onto the character.
   
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8. You will be asked whether to load the morphing and texture data in the head file. Click the OK button to load them.

   Import Option panel for iClone	Import Option panel for iClone Character Creator

   Note

   Activate these two boxes in accordance to your needs. Activate the Import Head Morph to load the shape of the head and the Import Head Texture to load the head textures in the head file exported from CrazyTalk. As for the detailed settings for the Import Option panel for the iClone Character Creator, please refer to the next section.

   Import Head Morph: On Import Head Texture: Off	Import Head Morph: Off Import Head Texture: On

9. The original head is replaced with the one you created from CrazyTalk.
   

1. Launch iClone Character Creator; make sure that the character is selected.
   
2. In CrazyTalk, create a 3D actor whose head is prepared for exporting.
   
3. Click the Send Head to Character Creator button on the Toolbar.
   
   Note

   Take the character as an example below, the girl's iris colors are different:

   Different iris colors	The textures for the eyeballs are different as well

   The eyes for the RLHead will be different after one of the textures of the eyeballs are chosen.

   RLHead with the right eye texture chosen	RLHead with the left eye texture chosen

4. You will encounter the dialog box in iClone Character Creator. Adjust the settings in the box and click the OK button.
   
   Note

   • Import Head Morph - If you want to keep the shape of the head, then activate this box; only the texture of the 3D head will be passed to iClone Character Creator.

     The 3D actor in CrazyTalk
     Export to iClone Character Creator Import Head Morph: Off	Export to iClone Character Creator Import Head Morph: On

   • Import Texture - Choose the Head and Body radio button to pass the texture of the head and both to the character in iClone Character Creator. Choose the Head Only radio button to pass only the texture of the head.
   • Dynamic Appearance Texture Settings - Choose the Reset radio button to clear the current Dynamic Appearance Texture Settings of the target character in iClone Character Creator. Choose the Keep Current radio button if you want to keep the settings made to this character and have it blend with the textures from the CrazyTalk actor. * Please note that the example below does not load the morphing data from CrazyTalk.

     Actor in CrazyTalk	Character in iClone Character Creator
     Reset radio button is chosen to clean the current Dynamic Appearance Texture Settings of the iClone character.	Keep Current radio button is chosen to blend the textures from the CrazyTalk actor and the original character.

5. The 3D actor's head will be applied to the character in iClone Character Creator.
   
6. You can edit the morphing or textures of the head in iClone Character Creator based on the 3D head from CrazyTalk.
   

When you pass a head from CrazyTalk to iClone Character Creator, the morphing effect already applied on the character in iClone Character Creator will be kept and blended with the head shape from CrazyTalk, which can result in a totally different result in iClone character Creator.

Please follow the steps below to ensure the integrity of the shape of the CrazyTalk Head can be preserved in iClone character Creator.

1. Make sure the character with the CrazyTalk Head (the rightmost one in the illustration shown above) in iClone Character Creator is selected.
   
2. Open the Modify panel, select the Head node in the Morphs tab and make sure the Show Sub Item box is activated.
   
3. Click the Reset button to initialize the values for all the morph settings.
   
4. The morphing effect will be removed afterwards. The CrazyTalk Head thus shows an identical one as the one created in CrazyTalk.
   
5. If you pass the textures from CrazyTalk, the character's head will be identical.