# Marvelous Designer — Tutorials **Process note:** [[Marvelous Designer to MetaHuman — Considerations]] Collected 19 September 2026. ## Official | Title | Provider | Link | |---|---|---| | Marvelous Designer to MetaHuman: USD Garment Integration Workflow | Marvelous Designer support | https://support.marvelousdesigner.com/hc/en-us/articles/52699135975705-Marvelous-Designer-to-MetaHuman-USD-Garment-Integration-Workflow | | CLO to MetaHuman: USD Garment Integration Workflow | CLO support | https://support.clo3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/53322960594969-CLO-to-MetaHuman-USD-Garment-Integration-Workflow | | Tailoring for MetaHumans: CLO and Marvelous Designer to Unreal Engine (live demo) | Epic / Marvelous Designer | https://www.unrealengine.com/news/tailoring-for-metahumans-clo-and-marvelous-designer-to-unreal-engine-demo | | Tailoring for MetaHumans (Marvelous Designer newsroom) | Marvelous Designer | https://www.marvelousdesigner.com/support/news/view/18b5b426d8be42da832d12cffec2dfa4 | ## Community | Title | Provider | Type | Link | |---|---|---|---| | Create Custom Clothes for MetaHumans 5.6 via LiveSync (MD + UE 5.6) | Epic Dev Community | Community tutorial | https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/V1m5/fab-create-custom-clothes-for-metahumans-5-6-via-livesync-marvelous-designer-and-unreal-engine-5-6 | | Create Parametric Clothes for MetaHumans in 5.6 | YouTube | Video | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InknBH1e_i0 | | Creating Clothes for MetaHumans in 5.6 (beginner) | YouTube | Video | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAaIvyG2tE8 | | Workman's Guide to MetaHuman Outfits for Unreal Engine | Udemy | Paid course | https://www.udemy.com/course/workmans-guide-to-metahuman-outfits-for-unreal-engine/ | | Learn Realistic Character Creation with ZBrush, MetaHuman and Marvelous Designer | 80.lv | Course announcement | https://80.lv/articles/learn-realistic-character-creation-with-zbrush-metahuman-marvelous-designer | ## Getting started (official) | Title | Provider | Link | |---|---|---| | Quick Start 0–5: Beginner Stream, Windows and Modes, View Control, Files, Pattern Making, Arrangement | Marvelous Designer | https://support.marvelousdesigner.com/hc/en-us/articles/47358163107737 | | 2D Pattern Editing, parts 1–5 | Marvelous Designer | https://support.marvelousdesigner.com/hc/en-us/articles/47358167839769 | | Pleats | Marvelous Designer | https://support.marvelousdesigner.com/hc/en-us/articles/47358231399449 | | Suit: Pants, Shirt, Jacket and Layering | Marvelous Designer | https://support.marvelousdesigner.com/hc/en-us/articles/47358198497305 | | MetaHuman DNA Importer | Marvelous Designer | https://support.marvelousdesigner.com/hc/en-us/articles/51752244831897-MetaHuman-DNA-Importer | | Manual | Marvelous Designer | https://support.marvelousdesigner.com/hc/en-us/categories/51985515993625-Manual | | YouTube channel | Marvelous Designer | https://www.youtube.com/@Marvelousdesigner | | Building an Outfit Asset (5.8) | Epic | https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/building-an-outfit-asset-in-unreal-engine | | Tailoring Your Own Wardrobe Items | Epic | https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/metahuman/tailoring-your-own-wardrobe-items | | Chaos Cloth Updates 5.6 · Outfit Asset Resizing Addendum · Chaos Cloth Updates 5.7 | Epic (community tutorials) | https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/LZZo/unreal-engine-epic-games-store-chaos-cloth-updates-5-6 · https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/9Xjd/unreal-engine-chaos-cloth-outfit-asset-resizing-addendum · https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/tutorial-chaos-cloth-updates-5-7/2674293 | More community courses (Gnomon, Udemy, YouTube playlists) are listed in [[Tutorial — Getting Started with Marvelous Designer]]. ## Local tutorials (Augmented Traveler) | Tutorial | Covers | Owner | |---|---|---| | [[Tutorial — Getting Started with Marvelous Designer]] | What MD does for us; seat set-up and licence; the official videos in order; a first gauged skirt; the path through our tutorials | Everyone new to MD | | [[Tutorial — MetaHuman Avatar into Marvelous Designer]] | The figure's body as the MD avatar (DNA importer or Combined Skeletal Mesh); corset/understructure variant; measurements | Cloth artist | | [[Tutorial — Drafting a Period Garment from a Historical Pattern]] | Choosing evidence (Arnold, Waugh, reproduction patterns, NHA garments); tracing, grading, sewing, fitting; period fabrics | Costume designer, cloth artist | | [[Tutorial — Period Layers, Hoops and Skirts]] | Simulate the outside, fake the inside: corsets, hoops, bustles as frozen or skinned colliders; Chaos Cloth painting and per-surface choices | Cloth artist, technical animator | | [[Tutorial — Marvelous Designer Garment to MetaHuman Outfit]] | USD export → Cloth Asset (Dataflow) → Outfit Asset → Wardrobe Item → MetaHuman Creator; LiveSync; hand-off checks | Cloth artist | Related: small rigid pieces are skinned instead: [[Tutorial — Skinning Garments and Props to a MetaHuman]] · body correctives under tailoring: [[Tutorial — Pose Editor Correctives for Period Tailoring]]. ## Every Marvelous Designer tutorial the project needs Status: ✅ local tutorial written · 🔗 an external tutorial is enough · ✏️ local tutorial to write later. | Need | Status | Where | |---|---|---| | MD basics (interface, pattern, sew, arrange, simulate) | ✅ | [[Tutorial — Getting Started with Marvelous Designer]] + official Quick Start | | MetaHuman body as avatar | ✅ | [[Tutorial — MetaHuman Avatar into Marvelous Designer]] | | Period pattern to MD | ✅ | [[Tutorial — Drafting a Period Garment from a Historical Pattern]] | | Understructure, hoops, bustles, heavy skirts | ✅ | [[Tutorial — Period Layers, Hoops and Skirts]] | | Garment to MetaHuman outfit | ✅ | [[Tutorial — Marvelous Designer Garment to MetaHuman Outfit]] | | Men's tailoring (frock coat, waistcoat, trousers) for whaling captains and Douglass-era figures | 🔗 | Official "Suit" tutorial + Laughing Moon #109 pattern; write a local tutorial after the first men's costume ✏️ | | Fabric library from real swatches | ✏️ | After the costume designer's swatch session | | Garment textures and trims in Unreal (materials, buttons, lace) | ✏️ | With the first costume look-dev | ## Still to research - Chaos Cloth performance numbers on Quest 3 and Android XR for long skirts (only forum reports so far). - Whether MD 2026.1 imports DXF patterns (CLO does). - LiveSync compatibility with UE 5.8.