We wish for CT8 to become the de facto tool for 3D head creation and precise facial animation. I have had a lot of enjoyment using both iClone and 3DXchange, but being slapped around the face to pay between $200.00 and $250.00 by RL just to obtain the ability to do something that has always been a core element of their software is just too much to take. I spent money on assets that I found suitable to achieve my goals, and satisfy my limited 'creative talents'. I am afraid to even contemplate just how much money I have invested in RL products since IC 2, but I don't for one second regret it. If I had any need for CrazyTalk I would already own and use it - I did purchase a discounted version once somewhere, but couldn't fit it into my workflow. Now the cold hard truth has been published - either users spend $249.00 on content, or pay $199.00 for the CT8 Pipeline version just to the ability to do something that has always been included as an integral part of iClone!!!!!!!! If there was content available for purchase that I could justify spending $249.00 on then I would have already done that.

I had assumed that the absence of this feature in IC 6 was only something temporary to be reintroduced in a future patch update. I've been using iClone since version 2, and one of the great features even then was the ability to create custom faces/heads directly inside the App. Well, well - RL really do know how to get rid of long-time customers.

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