iClone Version History

v3.0 released 09 August-08

• Added: Two production modes: Editor Mode and Director Mode
• Added: Scene manager for total project asset list and access
• Added: Right-click menu system
• Added: Undo/Redo
• Added: New G3 Character
• Added: Facial Normal Map
• Added: Direct 3D object manipulation
• Added: Attach and Link (scene objects to characters)
• Added: Dramascript XML mod scripting for creating custom actor and object interactivity
• Added: Direct actor motion editing, FK, IK (No external Motion Editor required)
• Added: Tab track editing
• Added: Multi-actor timeline editing for Pro users
• Added: CrazyTalk5 auto lip-synch compatible
• Added: MP3 Import
• Added: Multi-camera system
• Added: Enhanced lighting system
• Added: Material Editing
• Added: Terrain + Sky + Grass, Water & Foliage Scene builder
• Added: Multiple Shader selection and preview options (Wireframe to Pixel Shader)
• Added: Flash Output

v2.5 released 22 October-07

• Added: Direct Picking and Manipulating Selected Objects.
• Added: Add Linkage between Objects and Characters.
• Added: Large Scene Camera.
• Added: New demo Project.
• Added: Press the "E" key to quickly auto level the camera back to the upright position if the camera gets tilted.
• Added: Press the "F" key to zoom the camera view to the front of the selected object.
• Added: Press the "Home" key to view the selected object from top right position.
• Added: Rotate and orbit camera to the “F” or “Home” keys focused objects.
• Added: Camera templates for medium, large and extremely large scale scenes. Film large cityscapes, terrains, architecture and more.
• Data Fixed: Jack CloneCasual fails to adjust color.
• Data Fixed: Jack Casual 's shoes under floor board.
• Data Fixed: The finger become too long after the body size is adjusted.
• Data Fixed: Some illegible node name is modified to be more readable.
• Enhancement: The ears can be modified to be more distinctive.
• Enhancement: Default pose become more than upstanding.
• Program Fixed : Crashing problem when wav file is imported and then export the project to an avi file.
• Program Fixed : Crashing problem when all props are removed and reverted.
• Program Fixed : Fail to apply teeth or eyes when non-standard character is applied and replaced with G1/G2 character.
• Program Fixed : The face fails to receive light in the final export result after specific dynamic light is applied.
• Program Fixed : The hands collapse after some certain motions are applied to the character.
• Program Fixed : The hair has mistake in quick shader render mode.
• Program Fixed : Crashing problem when user apply gesture on timeline (18000 Frames) and click fit to windows.
• Program Fixed : To improve character posture include :
  • G1 Character
    F_Explorer
    M_Dabu
    M_Football
    M_Hero
    M_Surfing
    F_HipHop
    F_NewsAnchor
    M_ManInSuit
    F_SexyDancer
  • G2 Character
    Jack Clone Casual
    Jane Clone Casual

v2.1 released 03 July-07

• Added: Vista support - iClone 2.1 works with Windows Vista.
• Program Fixed: Fail to apply hand gestures to G2 characters. Click to view
• Program Fixed: Visual defect in the facial texture adjustment for certain hair style. Click to view
• Program Fixed: Fail to export AVI video. Error Message "Cannot initialize video encoder; export failed."
• Data Fixed: Updated default Jane Casual character with a better face shape and hair style.
• Data Fixed: Fail to adjust color on Jack Casual's shoes. Click to view
• Data Fixed: Fail to apply accessories - Microphone. Click to view
• Data Fixed: Remodel Jack CloneCloth Casual character to remove the extruded chest. Click to view
• Data Fixed: Remove shoulder joint twist for certain motion data (list below). Click to view
  Fun\Comedy
  Dance\Hiphop02
  Dance\Hiphop04
  Dance\Hiphop07
  Dance\Rock and Roll

v2.0 released 21 March-07

• Added: G2 Character - enhanced bone structure and texture details
• Added: G2 CloneCloth Character - dual-layer, custom garment design
• Added: Be able to save accessories with custom Characters
• Added: Particle Effects - full control over particle parameters
• Added: Fog
• Added: LivePlants for 3D Scene
• Added: Foot sliding removal
• Added: Multi-channel textures export
• Added: HD video size output - 1280 x 720 (720P), and 1920 x 1080 (1080P)
• Fixed: Black and white slanting video in Avi format is exported when user key in specific dimension
• Fixed: Crashing as the Insert key on the keyboard is pressed while any Template Folder in File Manager is focused
• Fixed: Crashing when beta Effect Pack is loaded and applied
• Fixed: Incorrect display of Motion Total Frame
• Fixed: Wrong tag name in Modify page of Accessories

v1.52 released 04 October-06

• New: Speed up rendering speed from 2x to 20x
  
  

  	Test in Medium Level Hardware (Pentium4 3GHz, 2GB RAM, ATI Radeon X1300 128MB) *Best Rendering Mode iClone v1.52 iClone v1.51 **Quickest Rendering Mod iClone v1.52 iClone v1.51
  	Test in High Level Hardware (Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz, 1GB RAM, GeForce 7600GT 256MB) *Best Rendering Mode iClone v1.52 iClone v1.51 **Quickest Rendering Mod iClone v1.52 iClone v1.51
  	*Best Rendering Mode means choosing Pixel Shader , Anti-Aliased, Reflection, Bump and Glow with Texture size 2048x2048 in Preference pane. Also turn on Fine Render with Anti-Aliased parameters in Render Quality section of Export function. **Quickest Rendering Mode means choosing Quick Shader and Anti-Aliased with Texture size 2048x2048 in Preference pane. Also turn on Quick Render without Anti-aliased in Render Quality section of Export function.

• New: Select video compressor before exporting video files
• New: Be able to export AVI up to 2GB in FAT32 format hard disk.
• New: Now be able to export AVI larger than 4GB with NTFS format hard disk.
• New: Convenient Hotkeys for Move, Rotate Character and Offset Character Shadow.
  
  

  Function	Hotkey
  Move character	Alt+up/down = move (Z) Alt+right/left = move (X)
  Rotate character	Alt+left/right = rotate (Y)
  *Offset Character shadow	Ctrl+up/down = move (Y)
  Tips - Speed character movement: combining "Shift" key to 10 times increase the character movement or rotate speed

  
  
• Fixed: iClone launch failure message.
• Fixed: Lighting color doesn't change after light template is applied.
• Fixed: Sound volume sync problem between System and iClone sound recorder.
• Fixed: iClone crashes when exporting WMV or AVI files with certain 3D graphics cards.
• Fixed: Under some circumstances, hands will become strange shape after users enlarge hands.
• Fixed: To eliminate the beeping noise at the end of exported video files.
• Fixed: Fix Hero's neck connection problem.

v1.51 released 16 August-06

• Fixed: Increase the load speed of thumbnail images
• Fixed: correct the initial offset problem in walking motion files
• Fixed: Hotkey changes - see Performance Issue and Tuning in iClone1.5 manual
• New: Be able to turn off the warning message when load projects without standard characters (press Ctrl-Shift-L)
• New: Add a high-resolution 3d sphere in \Props\3D Blocks\

v1.5 released 1st August-06

• New: Real-time Pixel Shader supporting the following visual effects
  - bump map
  - normal map
  - reflection (environmental map)
  - alpha channel (opacity map)
  - self-cast shadow (nVidia only)
  - vertex color
  - UV texture animation
  - particle effects
• New: Multi-texture Editing for characters and props
  - diffuse, bump, opacity, reflection, glow map
  - planer, box, spherical, cylindrical, texture UV mapping
• New: Animation Tracks and Timeline Control
  - camera, lighting, hands, animated props, animated accessories, 3D
• New: Preinstalled Content
  - 3D Blocks System ( 45 items in 7 categories)
  - 3D Surface System (4 items)
  - 3D Billboard (1 item)
  - 3D Architecture (6 items)
  - Texture Library ( 43 items in 5 categories)
• New: Motion Editor 1.5v (Studio only)
  - numerical joint data input
  - align whole motion - anti-foot sliding
  - reset pivot: lock pivot to the same XY location, prepare loop motion for timeline animation
  - fixed: copy and paste joint rotation to the whole motion segment
• New: BVH Converter (Studio only)
  - be able to define BVH profile, convert and fine tune BVH motion data

v1.01 released 8th February-06

• New: Complete content thumbnail in trial version
• New:"Content Developer Info" button
• New: Screensaver loading status
• Fixed: Screensaver loading defect
• Fixed: Trial version splash defect

v1.00 released 8th December-05