Creating a photorealistic female sci-fi character
Now that you have the MetaHuman Creator app open, and Pia has been loaded as your preset character, we can start the editing (customization) part of this tutorial:
- You will notice that, by default, your character is moving around. In the Viewport Sculpting and Animation toolbar (Region 6 of Figure 8.2), click on the Stop icon (square) to stop the animation.
- The first thing we want to do is establish the proportions of the female sci-fi character that we will create for your 3D movie. In Region 2 of Figure 8.2, you will see a list of all the adjustable attributes and properties that you can edit for your MetaHuman. In the Body section of this list, click on Proportions to open the Proportions menu.
- The default Pia preset character has her proportions set to Short (height) and her body weight set to Normal. Let's change her proportions so that she's Average height, while still keeping her body weight set to Normal...