“Stereo Mix” Recording Disabled

I was surprised in the summer, upon my purchase of a Lenovo ThinkPad T61 laptop computer, to learn that the ability to record “Stereo Mix” (any noise(s) you hear playing live on your computer) had been removed. This is a feature that has been standard for years and was supposed to be available to all [...]

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Friday 19th December’s iCloning

I’m just having a quick look at the iProps provided in the demonstration version of iClone 3.1. You’re given a Robot Woman and her canine companion and can right-click in the Timeline to assign to them pre-created animatons. I think you can trim these to lessen their duration. I can’t yet see how you can [...]

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Thursday 18th December’s iCloning

I have reached page 210 of the iClone 3.1 Ex Manual where the text details the method for creating re-usable “Animation Helpers“. These are pathways that can be saved and re-used on other objects. It seems pretty easy…..and the example WORKED ! Here’s a screenshot.

Apparently my Lenovo ThinkPad can run this simple block (with no [...]

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Lights, Cameras, (In)action

This is the first MOVING example I am posting from my trial period getting to know the new features of Reallusion’s iClone 3.1 Ex. I’m playing with camera angles, lighting and custom motions here. What I only came to realise after having rendered this clip was the importance of working with a Preview that can [...]

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Monday 15th December’s iCloning

11:17
I can’t get Trey to interact with the Jeep. I’ve tried both Director Mode and Editor Mode. I either find the Operate selections are not displayed or I am presented with an error message such as the one in this screenshot. It says “Error adding ‘Operate’ Command“.
My dog is being “Operate“d on, as I type……I [...]

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Sunday iCloning – Another Fine Mesh You’ve Got Me Into

Apparently only Generation 3 characters have a jaw bone. CloneCloth is solely for Generation 2 characters….. This suggests that no one in a <custom costume> will be able to YAWN overtly.
Today I failed to understand how to implement motions over rugged landscape (my character “flew”) and  then I couldn’t get the Jeep to move in [...]

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Saturday’s iCloning – Absolute Bone is an Absolute Boon

11:36
I’m continuing to get my head around the new version of  iClone (3.1) and it’s extremely rewarding to be able to make some progress. How uplifting it is to now SEE what effect a motion will have on a character <<immediately AS you pose it ! >> I’ve got the hang of making modifications to [...]

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Progress with iClone 3 Demo/Greatest Short Films Ever

19:38
Wow ! I have something POSITIVE to type at last. I’ve managed to string some poses AND motions together with all THREE generations of avatar with <<<no crashing>>> and without having to Import old data laboriously. I’ve also found that it looks like there is a “knack” to right-clicking my Wacom Stylus in order to [...]

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Alias Sketchbook

I’ve just heard about this program from Autodesk and will get the trial soon. You only have fifteen days to play so I had better put off the download until my iClone 3 demo has expired.

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Trying to Like iClone 3

I’ve got to page 126 of the Manual and am still trying to like iClone 3….. but the experience is very up and down and, as I am tired of the constant crashes, I may have to end today on a DOWN (which seems to always be the way).
I really liked some of the “Look [...]

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