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Reallusion Character Creator
What Reallusion Character Creator is
Reallusion Character Creator is Windows software for creating and preparing 3D characters for animation and other 3D tools. It can generate characters from photos, import humanoid assets, and customize body shape, skin, hairstyles, and clothing. AccuRIG automates humanoid rigging and includes hard-surface rigging, skin-weight adjustments, and customizable skeleton layouts. Users can import and characterize rigged bipeds, add facial rigs, and prepare characters for motion assets, lip-sync, motion capture, and animation controls in iClone. Listed integrations include Blender, Maya, 3ds Max, Unreal Engine, Unity, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Marvelous Designer, Marmoset Toolbag, and NVIDIA Omniverse; exports include FBX, USD, and OBJ. The Content Store, Marketplace, and ActorCore offer access to more than 130,000 premium 3D assets, with AI Smart Search. Character Creator 5 is listed for 64-bit Windows 10 and 11, with minimum requirements of 16 GB RAM and 8 GB VRAM. A 30-day trial is available, but it limits video and image output and the number of file exports. Commercial use is listed for the full edition, not the trial.
Who it suits
It suits 3D artists and animation workflows that need character creation, rigging, and exports to other listed tools. It runs on Windows 10 and 11, subject to the listed minimum requirements.
What it does well
- Creates characters from photos and customizes appearance.
- AccuRIG automates humanoid rigging.
- Exports FBX, USD, and OBJ.
- Integrates with Blender, Maya, Unreal Engine, and others.
- Access to more than 130,000 premium 3D assets.
What to know first
- No free plan is listed.
- Trial exports are limited in duration and count.
- Trial image output is limited to 800×600.
- Trial edition does not list commercial use.
Limits
The 30-day trial limits video exports to 30 seconds at 720p with a watermark, images to 800×600, and FBX, OBJ, and USD exports to 30. Commercial use is listed for the full edition, not the trial edition. Monthly CC5 Standard and Deluxe plans are listed at 299.00 USD and $479 a month; perpetual licenses are listed at 299.00 USD and $479, paid once.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CC5 Standard | Character Creator 5 · Free CC5 resources | $299 a month |
| CC5 Deluxe | Character Creator 5 · Free CC5 resources · ActorMIXER PRO · ActorMIXER CORE Library · HD Ultimate Morphs · HD Human Anatomy Set | $479 a month |
| Character Creator 5 Standard | one-time perpetual license · Character Creator 5 · free CC5 resources | $299, paid once |
| Character Creator 5 | Perpetual License · Character Creator 5 · Free CC5 resources | $299, paid once |
| Character Creator 365 Pro | annual subscription; first-year promotional price $279.30 and renewal price $319.20 · Pro annual plan · subscription access | $399 a year |
| Character Creator 5 Deluxe | one-time perpetual license · Character Creator 5 · free CC5 resources · ActorMIXER PRO · ActorMIXER CORE Library · HD Ultimate Morphs · HD Human Anatomy Set | $479, paid once |
| Character Creator 365 Standard | monthly subscription; page does not show a price in the opened subscription table · Standard subscription plan | On request |
As reallusion.com lists them, read 20 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Open the Reallusion Character Creator website
- Choose the 30-day trial or a listed CC5 plan
- Install Character Creator 5 on 64-bit Windows 10 or 11
- Ensure the computer meets the 16 GB RAM and 8 GB VRAM minimums
- Connect the workflow with a listed host application or export FBX, USD, or OBJ files
Verdict
Character Creator combines character design, rigging, and links to a range of 3D tools. Its trial has output limits, and commercial use is listed for the full edition.
Questions
Is Character Creator free?
No. It has no free plan. A 30-day trial is available.
What platforms does it support?
Character Creator 5 is listed for 64-bit Windows 10 and 11.
What does the trial restrict?
The trial limits video length, video resolution, image output size, and the number of FBX, OBJ, and USD exports. Trial output also carries a watermark.
What are the listed prices?
CC5 Standard and CC5 Deluxe cost 299.00 USD and $479 a month. Character Creator 5 and Character Creator 5 Deluxe cost 299.00 USD and $479, paid once.
Which applications can it connect to?
Listed hosts and integrations include iClone, Blender, Maya, 3ds Max, Unreal Engine, Unity, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Marvelous Designer, Marmoset Toolbag, NVIDIA Omniverse, and Cinema 4D.
Facts from Reallusion Character Creator's own pages
- Activation connectivity
- Internet access is required for installation and activation, and subscription editions require continuous connectivity while in use. · reallusion.com, 15 Oct 2026
- ActorMIXER
- ActorMIXER non-destructively blends whole characters, heads, bodies and individual facial features, and can randomize faces for variation. · reallusion.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Asset library
- The application integrates Reallusion AI Smart Search across Content Store, Marketplace and ActorCore libraries containing more than 130,000 premium assets. · reallusion.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Auto-rigging
- Enhanced AccuRIG automatically rigs humanoid and multi-mesh models, with customizable skeleton layouts and detailed skin-weight controls. · reallusion.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Character compatibility
- The product can import and characterize rigged bipeds, add facial rigs, and prepare characters for motion assets, lip-sync, motion capture, and animation controls in iClone. · reallusion.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Character design
- It supports character shape and skin customization, hairstyle and clothing changes, humanoid asset customization, and character creation from photos. · reallusion.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Characterization
- The software can characterize imported humans, creatures and props so they can use facial rigs, lip-sync, motion capture and iClone animation controls. · reallusion.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Commercial use
- The download page lists commercial use for the full edition and not for the trial edition. · reallusion.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Company headquarters
- Reallusion lists San Jose, California as headquarters; Crunchbase describes Silicon Valley headquarters with R&D centers in Taiwan and offices or training centers in Germany and Japan. · crunchbase.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- Crunchbase identifies the legal name as Reallusion Inc., founded by Charles Chen and operating as a private for-profit company. · crunchbase.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company size and founding
- LinkedIn lists 201–500 employees and a 2000 founding year for the San Jose company profile, while its description says the wider company was founded in 1993 and expanded to Silicon Valley in 2000. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Content restrictions
- The EULA says CC base-model topology and rigs remain Reallusion property and restricts selling generated models through third-party marketplaces or using them in another character-generation system without permission. · reallusion.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- Reallusion says it collects user-provided information and site data such as anonymous statistics, domain names, and IP addresses, and does not sell personal information to third parties. · reallusion.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Developer extensibility
- The developer wiki documents custom CC assets and publishing workflows; the same wiki separately lists an iClone 7 Python API, but no public Character Creator programming API is presented on the opened pages. · wiki.reallusion.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- Reallusion provides an online CC4/CC5 manual, tutorials, knowledge-base articles and a developer wiki with content-creation guides. · manual.reallusion.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- No · reallusion.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Full-version output
- The full version removes those trial export limits, supports 4K video and permits unrestricted FBX, OBJ and USD export according to the download page. · reallusion.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Funding or owner
- Crunchbase labels Reallusion private and shows Charles Chen as founder, CEO and president; the opened profile exposes no verified funding total. · crunchbase.com, 15 Oct 2026
- HD character system
- CC5 supports a 70,000-polygon subdivision character base with 2K, 4K and 8K material textures. · reallusion.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Silicon Valley, United States · reallusion.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- Listed integrations include GoZ for ZBrush, CC Tools for Blender, AutoSetup for Unreal Engine and Unity, Substance Painter, Marvelous Designer, Marmoset Toolbag, Autodesk Maya and 3ds Max, and NVIDIA Omniverse USD workflow. · reallusion.com, 30 Sept 2026
- License model
- The software is proprietary: Reallusion retains copyright and source-code rights, and the EULA prohibits copying, sublicensing, reverse engineering and decompilation. · reallusion.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: plugin-heavy interface
- Creative Bloq found the interface clear but said it feels like a collection of plugins and that novice users may struggle with workflow organization. · creativebloq.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: pricing complaints
- Trustpilot reviewers repeatedly complain about high costs, annual charges, expensive add-ons and perceived unfair pricing. · trustpilot.com, 15 Oct 2026
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