HOW TO animate & clothe a MetaHuman using iClone 8 + Marvelous Designer 12 (step-by-step)
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 Published On Feb 22, 2023

Step-by-step workflow tutorial to clothe an animated MetaHuman in Unreal Engine 5.1, with mocap via the ActorCore library and iClone, cloth simulation in Marvelous Designer 12, and cloth texturing in Quixel Mixer and Blender.

00:00 - Intro
00:24 - New UE5 scene with MetaHuman
00:41 - Into iClone 8
00:57 - Download MetaHuman Dummies for iClone
01:32 - Confirm MetaHuman Body Type
01:42 - Import Dummy into iClone
02:04 - Reallusion ActorCore Mocap Library
02:11 - Apply Animation to iClone Dummy
02:41 - Export Animation from iClone
03:02 - Import MetaHuman Animation into UE5
03:36 - Apply Animation to MetaHuman
05:12 - Create T-pose before Animation Start
06:56 - Bake T-Pose into Animation Sequence
07:46 - Prep Head & Feet for Export
08:45 - Check if Body Parts play in sync
09:02 - Export MetaHuman to Marvelous Designer
10:27 - Export Static T-pose to Marvelous Designer
11:34 - Into Marvelous Designer
12:22 - Retarget Draping for T-pose
13:22 - Create Fittiing Suit for Static T-pose
15:41 - Import Animated MetaHuman into MD
17:15 - Simulate clothing in Marvelous Designer
19:20 - UV Mapping in Marvelous Designer
21:24 - Export clothing OBJ for Texturing
22:20 - Export Alembic (cloth animation)
23:02 - Thick & Thin Cloth Comparison
24:43 - Import Alembic Animation into UE5
25:45 - Add Clothing Animation to Sequencer
26:56 - Quixel Mixer for custom Cloth Textures
27:48 - Setup Color IDs for Mixer using Blender
27:52 - TexTools Blender Addon
31:45 - Bake Color-IDs in Blender
32:20 - Assign Color-IDs in Quixel Mixer
34:11 - Export Textures from Quixel Mixer
34:34 - Import Textures into UE5
34:54 - Setting up material for clothing iin UE5
35:41 - Apply material to clothing in UE5
36:16 - Join our Discord
36:24 - End Result Animation Sequence

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__ LINKS __
iClone MetaHuman LiveLink Kit (Dummies)
https://www.reallusion.com/iclone/liv...

ActorCore Mocap Library
https://actorcore.reallusion.com

TexTools
https://github.com/SavMartin/TexTools...

Marvelous Designer
https://www.marvelousdesigner.com

Reallusion iClone
https://www.reallusion.com/iclone

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