Major new features in iClone 8 include Motion Director, a new system for animating characters semi-automatically, using a similar control system to those within videogames. New Motion Director system lets you animate characters with game-like controls In addition, Reallusion is scrapping 3DXChange, the paid add-on used to export data to other DCC software, incorporating its functionality into iClone, and raising the price of iClone to $599. Rendering changes include support for volumetric lighting, motion blur, lens flares and a mirror shader. The release also adds a new HumanIK-based control rig, a Pose Mixer, an animation layer editor, an integrated curve editor, and new options for blending and looping motion clips.

New features in the update include Motion Director, a new system for animating characters semi-automatically using game-style controls. Reallusion has unveiled iClone 8, the next major version of its real-time character animation software. Scroll down for news of the commercial release.

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