iClone Character Creator 4 / Unreal Engine 5 Metahuman Comparison

This was a test to compare a Character Creator 4 character to the same character converted into a Metahuman. As you can see, they are not exact matches. The Metahuman conversion only allows you to copy the CC4 mesh, but not the hair and eyes. So I had to find a similar groom in the Metahuman creator.

The CC4 character was brought over to UE5 using Auto Setup 1.24 (the latest version as of this writing) via livelink and both were animated with livelink. There were no adjustments made to the CC4 character after import, so these are all basically the default looks.

I personally like the hair and eye detail of the Metahuman character over CC4. The skin also appears more natural on the Metahuman. This lighting may have not been the best for this comparison, but I can still see a difference. Let me know what you think in the comments below and if you would like to see more videos like this. Thanks for watching and reading!

[iaderesel]

Thanks for the upload! Would be interesting to see the characters in daylight, and perhaps see different characters.

[PHATTrocadopelus]

Both look good. But the Metahuman!! WOW!!

[IndianCitizen]

Hair transparency problem is a nightmare for importing cc4/iC8 character even with latest Auto Setup (1.24). It could not be as perfect as Metahuman which is native product of Unreal Engine. iClone animation creation is miles ahead of Unreal though Unreal recently changing the Retargeting algorithm altogether.

[TronikXR]

The Metahuman looks far better but the CC4 character is much easier to animate.

[MastermindAtWork]

I'm surprised how realistic metahuman looks in comparison to CC4. CC4 end up looking like an interpretation rather than looking real.

[beofonemind]

Thanks for this, I think the "betterness" will actually be the one that has the most realistic facial movements ....not the most realistic face textures and lighting. Uncanny valley is uncanny valley no matter the fidelity of the graphics.

[chelo]

Metahuman for sure but still way to robotic movements....

[AleRender]

Hola. Para que serviría ? No es lo mismo exportar un personaje CC4 a Unreal ?

[brunagimenesoliveira]

Qual é melhor cc4 ou metahuman, e iclone ou ureal ?
E cm mais facilidade de aprender
Tô querendo começar

[IamSHVA]

Metahuman shows more better expressions, noticeable during laughing.

[PriestessOfDada]

Visemes alone are pretty rough looking

[iddeegee]

Metahuman version looks worse just because the mouth almost never closes while speaking, he speaks like a ventriloquist