{"id":614,"date":"2014-02-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/2014\/02\/20\/creating-characters-in-the-cloud-1\/"},"modified":"2014-02-20T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T12:00:00","slug":"creating-characters-in-the-cloud-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/creating-characters-in-the-cloud-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Characters in the Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Autodesk Rolls Out Cloud-Based 3D Character Generator<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/inthefold.autodesk.com\/.a\/6a017c3334c51a970b01a3fcc129cb970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a017c3334c51a970b01a3fcc129cb970b image-full img-responsive\" src=\"http:\/\/inthefold.autodesk.com\/.a\/6a017c3334c51a970b01a3fcc129cb970b-800wi\" title=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today Autodesk debuted its first cloud offering tailored specifically for media and entertainment firms. Autodesk Character Generator is a new cloud application that allows artists and hobbyists to create customized, rigged and ready-to-animate 3D characters. Users can design and export characters for numerous purposes \u2013&#160;from populating game scenes with characters, to learning the ropes of animation and modeling, generating models for pre-visualization, design visualization, or even 3D printing.<\/p>\n<p>&#160; <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/inthefold.autodesk.com\/.a\/6a017c3334c51a970b01a51170f28f970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"12\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a017c3334c51a970b01a51170f28f970c image-full img-responsive\" src=\"http:\/\/inthefold.autodesk.com\/.a\/6a017c3334c51a970b01a51170f28f970c-800wi\" title=\"12\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Character Generator had its roots as a popular <a href=\"http:\/\/projectpinocchio.autodesk.com\/\">Autodesk Labs<\/a> technology preview called \u201cProject Pinocchio\u201d that resulted in the creation of thousands of characters. As a result, Character Generator houses a robust library of pre-built male and female human and creature characters.<\/p>\n<p>Using intuitive slider and selection functions, users can combine the physical attributes of the pre-built models \u2013&#160;from body traits to facial features, skin color, hair styles, clothing and more \u2013 to create unique characters. Upon completion, users can export the 3D models to 3D animation software such as Autodesk Maya, Maya LT and 3ds Max for further customization and animation, or for use in game engines like Unity.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/inthefold.autodesk.com\/.a\/6a017c3334c51a970b01a3fcc12a3b970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"13\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a017c3334c51a970b01a3fcc12a3b970b image-full img-responsive\" src=\"http:\/\/inthefold.autodesk.com\/.a\/6a017c3334c51a970b01a3fcc12a3b970b-800wi\" title=\"13\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Available today free for students and with a limited version for Available via the <a href=\"https:\/\/360.autodesk.com\/Login\">Autodesk 360<\/a> cloud platform, each character download will require five <a href=\"http:\/\/usa.autodesk.com\/adsk\/servlet\/ps\/dl\/item?siteID=123112&amp;id=17980122&amp;linkID=17690248\">cloud credits<\/a>; students and educators will receive free access to the application and downloads.<\/p>\n<p>To start creating, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/charactergenerator.autodesk.com\/\">https:\/\/charactergenerator.autodesk.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>Autodesk Rolls Out Cloud-Based 3D Character Generator<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/inthefold.autodesk.com\/.a\/6a017c3334c51a970b01a3fcc129cb970b-pi\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today Autodesk debuted its first cloud offering tailored specifically for media and entertainment firms. Autodesk Character Generator is a new cloud application that allows artists and hobbyists to create customized, rigged and ready-to-animate 3D characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":287,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-entertainment","category-product-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Creating Characters in the Cloud - In the Fold<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/creating-characters-in-the-cloud-1\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Autodesk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/creating-characters-in-the-cloud-1\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/creating-characters-in-the-cloud-1\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Autodesk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2fe6071949598957391b579ca67e73a9\"},\"headline\":\"Creating Characters in the Cloud\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-02-20T12:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/creating-characters-in-the-cloud-1\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":234,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/creating-characters-in-the-cloud-1\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/inthefold.autodesk.com\\\/.a\\\/6a017c3334c51a970b01a3fcc129cb970b-800wi\",\"articleSection\":[\"Media &amp; 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