Reallusion Character Creator
Reallusion Character Creator is Windows software for generating, importing, and customizing stylized or realistic 3D character assets for animation and other…
What Reallusion Character Creator is
Reallusion Character Creator is Windows software for generating, importing, and customizing stylized or realistic 3D character assets for animation and other 3D tools. Users can adjust character shape and skin, change hairstyles and clothing, customize humanoid assets, and create characters from photos. AccuRIG automates humanoid rigging, with tools for hard-surface rigging, skin-weight changes, and skeleton layouts. The software 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, and NVIDIA Omniverse, among others. Its 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 limits export duration, image dimensions, and the number of FBX, OBJ, and USD exports; commercial use is listed for the full edition, not the trial.
Good
- Creates characters from photos.
- AccuRIG automates humanoid rigging.
- Exports FBX, USD, and OBJ.
- Integrates with Blender, Maya, and other tools.
- Trial available for 30 days.
Watch out
- No free plan is listed.
- Trial exports include a watermark.
- Trial image output is limited to 800×600.
- Requires 16 GB RAM and 8 GB VRAM minimum.
Who it suits
Character Creator suits Windows-based artists and 3D teams building character assets for animation or other listed host applications. The trial's export limits and system requirements matter for evaluating it.
Verdict
Character Creator offers character design, rigging, and connections to a broad set of 3D tools. Its trial has export restrictions, while commercial use is listed for the full edition.
Plans and prices
From Reallusion Character Creator's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| CC5 Standard | $299 a month | Character Creator 5 · Free CC5 resources |
| CC5 Deluxe | $479 a month | Character Creator 5 · Free CC5 resources · ActorMIXER PRO · ActorMIXER CORE Library · HD Ultimate Morphs · HD Human Anatomy Set |
| Character Creator 5 Standard | $299, paid once | Character Creator 5 · free CC5 resources · one-time perpetual license |
| Character Creator 5 | $299, paid once | Character Creator 5 · Free CC5 resources · Perpetual License |
| Character Creator 365 Pro | $399 a year | Pro annual plan · subscription access · annual subscription; first-year promotional price $279.30 and renewal price $319.20 |
| Character Creator 5 Deluxe | $479, paid once | Character Creator 5 · free CC5 resources · ActorMIXER PRO · ActorMIXER CORE Library · HD Ultimate Morphs · HD Human Anatomy Set · one-time perpetual license |
| Character Creator 365 Standard | — | Standard subscription plan · monthly subscription; page does not show a price in the opened subscription table |
The facts
Each one read from Reallusion Character Creator's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Activation connectivity
- Internet access is required for installation and activation, and subscription editions require continuous connectivity while in use.checked 15 Oct 2026
- ActorMIXER
- ActorMIXER non-destructively blends whole characters, heads, bodies and individual facial features, and can randomize faces for variation.checked 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.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Auto-rigging
- Enhanced AccuRIG automatically rigs humanoid and multi-mesh models, with customizable skeleton layouts and detailed skin-weight controls.checked 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.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Character design
- It supports character shape and skin customization, hairstyle and clothing changes, humanoid asset customization, and character creation from photos.checked 30 Sep 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.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Commercial use
- The download page lists commercial use for the full edition and not for the trial edition.checked 30 Sep 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.checked 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.checked 30 Sep 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.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- Reallusion provides an online CC4/CC5 manual, tutorials, knowledge-base articles and a developer wiki with content-creation guides.checked 15 Oct 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.checked 15 Oct 2026
- HD character system
- CC5 supports a 70,000-polygon subdivision character base with 2K, 4K and 8K material textures.checked 15 Oct 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.checked 30 Sep 2026
- License model
- The software is proprietary: Reallusion retains copyright and source-code rights, and the EULA prohibits copying, sublicensing, reverse engineering and decompilation.checked 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.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: pricing complaints
- Trustpilot reviewers repeatedly complain about high costs, annual charges, expensive add-ons and perceived unfair pricing.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- 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.checked 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.checked 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.checked 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.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Silicon Valley, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
