MetaTailor 2.5 is out with new bridge plugins to Unity and UE5
Hologress has released MetaTailor 2.5, the new version of its tool for fitting 3D clothing to 3D avatars for games, motion graphics and animation work.
With it, the new MetaTailor Bridge plugins for round-tripping 3D characters and clothing between MetaTailor and Unity or Unreal Engine officially move out of beta.
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.
MetaTailor 2.5: Bridge plugins roundtrip assets to Character Creator, Unity and Unreal Engine
MetaTailor 2.5 marks the official launch of the new MetaTailor Bridge plugins, after six months in beta.
The plugins make it possible to round-trip 3D characters and clothing between MetaTailor and the Unity and Unreal Engine game engines.
The plugins – currently only available to users with paid Pro subscriptions – avoid the need to export and import FBX files manually, which Hologress describes as a “flow killer”.
The two new Bridge plugins join the existing plugins for Character Creator, Reallusion’s character-generation software.
MetaTailor 2.5 also features quality-of-life improvements including “smoother mesh handling and faster workflow optimizations”, plus general improvements in stability.
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 5 FBX exports per month.
Pro subscriptions cost $35/month or $336/year. They add advanced features, including the MetaTailor Bridge, and support an unlimited number of exports.
Read a full list of changes in MetaTailor 2.5 on the product Discord server
Read more about MetaTailor on the product website
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