Daz Expressions Animated in iClone

Showing how to use Daz expressions as animations inside of iClone

[@Truly_Madly]

Everytime I come across an idea but don't know how to do it, I find a solution from your video, amazing. Thank you.

[@PrithibiStudio]

Awesome tutorial my dear Mike

[@tiifdiilon8810]

super video! from super Mike!

[@nizd3128]

Thanks Mike that was a very concise an informative video.

[@browsetube4366]

Great 👌

[@henryqprodllc]

Hi Mike. This is an awesome tutorial. Works really good but I'm noticing that expressions with the mouth open do not work properly. Expressions with tongue movement are not functioning properly neither. Have you come across that?

[@MikeDKelley]

Not sure about the mouth but if you have a specific expression I'd be glad to try it. Tongue movements cannot be controlled in this manner -- the tongue in iClone per se doesn't really respond in the same manner as facial expressions (it's bone not morph driven). There are some things being done with ExPlus movements that can help, but that is a whole different topic (albeit one you can look up to see what I'm talking about). In general I'd say forget about doing much with the tongue inside of iClone.

[@henryqprodllc]

@@MikeDKelley Ok I’ll let you know which ones I used that gave me a problem.

[@henryqprodllc]

@@MikeDKelley SO the expressions I used was Fierce Cutthroat and Terror Terror for Genesis 8 Female from 100 Must Have Expressions V2. These are the two where the tongue doesn't work like in Daz 3D.

[@MikeDKelley]

@@henryqprodllc Okay, I looked at Fierce Cuttthroat and... that's just about what will be. As I mentioned before, tongue animations aren't really supported well (if at all) in iClone. It's just not designed to do that. I would recommend you watch some of the ExPlus videos RL has made and you'll see they do talk about this, with *some* ideas for helping, but in general if your idea is the tongue will animate anything like a real tongue... forgetaboutit. However, you can always suggest this as an idea for improvement in the Feedback Tracker (it never hurts).

[@henryqprodllc]

@@MikeDKelley Well thanks for looking into that. The weird thing is when I export the expression from cc3 to iClone, the expression works correctly. But when I try the morph creator technique, the expression doesn't import properly with iClone.

[@RaresGrigorita]

Thanks for your video Mike! I have one question: Can we save these expression morphs in library to use them on a another character?

[@MikeDKelley]

Yes, they are morphs just like any other morph.

[@browsetube4366]

Auto face enhancer plugin daz3d, how to import expression and details in cc3 or iclone?

[@BabyDiego10599]

Hi Mike! I have animation question not necessarily on this topic but I didn't know if you have ever covered something like my question. I purchased the export license of some motions at the Reallusion marketplace. I want to be able to export them to use in DAZ Studio. I've done some research on this and I can't seem to get the exact information I'm looking for and I thought maybe you might know or direct me to a tutorial that shows me how. Thanks!

[@MikeDKelley]

My knowledge of Daz is VERY limited. You can, of course, export your motions from 3DX (assuming you have the right version -- you need the top of the line one that does exports) as an FBX file, but I don't know how to get this into Daz or even if it's possible. You might want to try asking on the Daz forums. Sorry.

[@BabyDiego10599]

@@MikeDKelley thanks Mike! I do have the pro version of 3D xchange. I bought that version because if it’s ability to export. If I could find the information I can handle the DAZ studio part. I’ll keep looking thanks!

[@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary]

Thanks.. would have never known otherwise!!

[@garrettcorona]

Thanks Mike 😉

[@lonewolfenock3527]

Do we still have to "T-pose or A-pose" before exporting from Daz?

[@MikeDKelley]

It is recommended to use an A-Pose if you have clothing on the avatar as some things WILL fit better, but it's not an absolute requirement. (It mostly affects pants/skirts and lower body things).