iClone City Packs

iClone combines 4 video production with 3D real-time animation, the software integrates with various 3D packages, including SketchUp and provides a quick and easy way to add animation to scenes.

The clip below provides an overview:



Of particular note are the city expansion packs, allowing complex cityscapes to be built quickly and easily.

City Blocks Vol. 1-Skyscrapers in Metro City:



For more information head over to http://www.reallusion.com/iclone/

Also take a look at Reallusions uploads to the Google 3D Warehouse, there are a range of useful street, park and city elements.

iClone and SketchUp: Interior Design Tutorials

As we have posted before, we like iClone, the 3D creation program that allows avatars to be lip synced and placed in 3d scenes, its perfect for story telling, presentations and pre-visualisation. Indeed we have recently used it in a grant bid, sometimes 3D avatars are better at communicating to an audience than 6 sides of A4 paper.

One of its major benefits of iClone is its integration with the free version of SketchUp - 3d models can be imported and used within iClone with the addition of various realtime lighting and shadow effects. The two tutorials below provide a look at using SketchUp and iClone together for interior design:

Part 2 focuses on lighting and textures:



If you are new to iClone it is well worth downloading the demo and looking through the examples at http://www.reallusion.com/iclone/

iClone: Build Your Own 3D City

We like iClone, the 3D creation program that allows avatars to be lip synced and placed in 3d scenes, its perfect for story telling, presentations and pre-visualisation. Indeed we have recently used it in a grant bid, sometimes 3D avatars are better at communicating to an audience than 6 sides of A4 paper.

As such their new City Elements series of 'props' are of note providing modern New York style streets with Building System that can be connected and combined. The pack includes 12 buildings and 11 shops allowing the creation of a mid-rise neighborhood.

The movie below provides an insight:


The pack also includes props such as traffic signs and street lights with glow textures for users to make more realistic lighting effects. Their 'How to Make Your Own City' page is well worth taking a look at.