MetaTailor 2.0 is out
Hologress has released MetaTailor 2.0, the new version of its tool for fitting 3D clothing to 3D avatars for games, motion graphics and animation work.
The update introduces a new clothing physics toolset, and an in-app asset marketplace.
Streamlining the process of fitting clothing and props to 3D avatars
Billing itself as “3D clothing, made easy”, MetaTailor fits 3D garments to humanoid avatars, making it possible to convert outfits between characters and even between host apps.
It imports “any 3D wearable”, including stock content from online asset stores, and auto-fits it to any bipedal 3D character, intelligently layering and skin-weighting the outfit.
Users can refine the results using the software’s sculpt brushes, attach accessories like weapons, then export to DCC applications or game engines in FBX format.
Apps namechecked on the product website include Blender, Character Creator, Daz Studio, iClone, Maya Unity and Unreal Engine 5, including MetaHuman characters.
MetaTailor 2.0’s cloth physics generates secondary motion for trailing parts of clothing.
MetaTailor 2.0: new real-time cloth physics system
MetaTailor 2.0 introduces a new physics system, shown in the videos above.
It automatically applies dynamics to clothing and props, generating realistic secondary motion for trailing parts like straps and loose-fitting clothes.
Users can then paint surface weights to blend between the cloth physics and the skin weighting of the character itself, to control which parts of the clothing move independently.
Other key changes: new in-app marketplace
MetaTailor 2.0 also updates the software’s in-app library, adding “thousands of new assets”, with “roughly 100 new items” due to be added each month in future.
In addition, third-party artists will “soon” be able to sell their own content through the library, turning it into a true in-app marketplace.
It is also possible to combine clothing, including clothes not originally designed to work together, into ‘assemblies’, making it possible to kitbash outfits for characters.
Price and system requirements
MetaTailor is available for Windows only. The software is rental-only.
Free accounts get access to the base features, and up to 10 FBX exports per month.
Pro subscriptions now cost $35/month or $336/year. They add advanced features, and support an unlimited number of exports.
Read more about the new features in MetaTailor 2.0 on the product Discord server
Read more about MetaTailor on the product website
Updated 4 October: This story initially stated that the price of annual subscriptions had risen. Metatailor tells us that this was an error on its website, and that pricing is unchanged.
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