Hi, Welcome to the Character Creator 3 Complete Course for beginners! I am very excited to be your instructor today!

My name is Stephanie Michaels and I will show you everything you need to know to get started on making your own characters for games, films or various 3D art.

Q. What is the first thing we do when we open CC3 or CC4?

A: Examine the User Interface (only most used tools)

THE NEXT THING WE DO IS START DESIGNING A CHARACTER

There are two main ways to make characters in CC3 or CC4?

HEADSHOT PLUG IN OR USE BASE MODEL AND MORPH TO SHAPE

1. THOROUGHLY EXPLAIN BASE MODELS AND HOW TO USE THEM

2. THOROUGHLY EXPLAIN HEADSHOT AND ITS BENEFITS

Explain saving custom skins

Explain creating tattoos

Explain saving custom bodies and morphs and poses

Explain importance of SSS and how it adds realism

Explain the SKIN EDITOR and all its settings

THE NEXT THING WE DO IS CLOTH THE CHARACTERS

1. Explain how to import clothing from Daz 3D

2. Explain how to add your own weight maps

3. Explain Polygon reduction

4. Explain saving custom clothing

5. Explain the OUTFITS EDITOR and all its settings

LETS ADD SOME PROPS

1. Explain attaching props to characters

2. Bringing in custom props

THE FINAL THING WE DO IS EXPORT THE CHARACTER

1. Explain Pipeline vs Regular version of CC3

2. Explain FBX and pose vs adding animation to FBX export

3. Explain FBX clothed vs non clothed and hair

4. Send to Iclone

5. Taking pictures of characters