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Reallusion AI Studio 1.1 Major Update: Standalone Application, Seedance 2.5, and Upgraded AI Actor Creator

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Reallusion AI Studio 1.1 Major Update: Standalone Application, Seedance 2.5, and Upgraded AI Actor Creator
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Reallusion AI Studio 1.1 Major Update: Standalone Application, Seedance 2.5, and Upgraded AI Actor Creator

2026-09-02 20:05 Last Updated At:20:25

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ – Reallusion announced the official release of AI Studio 1.1, a major architectural and feature update designed to transform how digital creators integrate generative AI into 3D-guided workflows. Moving beyond its original embedded execution within iClone and Character Creator, version 1.1 debuts as a fully standalone application featuring an independent workflow, an expanded AI model suite, and an upgraded dataset engine built for enhanced character consistency.

Find out more about the AI Studio 1.1 updates in this video.

Unbound from iClone & CC: Experience a Faster Standalone Workflow

Version 1.1 delivers complete operational flexibility across the production pipeline. Artists can now execute AI generation tasks independently without launching iClone or Character Creator, while preserving on-demand access to 3D guidance whenever advanced control is required. In addition, the update streamlines system administration with a centralized Account Settings interface, automated web preset deployment, and customizable asset download modes tailored to specific production archiving workflows.

  • Dedicated Standalone Application: Accelerates production by executing independently of iClone and Character Creator, drastically reducing operational complexity.
  • User Data Cloud Synchronization: Provides seamless cross-device access to personal presets, custom user data, and generation histories.
  • Automated Version & Preset Deployment: Ensures continuous access to the latest application builds, AI models and presets without requiring manual patch installations.

New Models: 30-Sec Video with Seedance 2.5 & Budget-Friendly 2.0 Mini

AI Studio 1.1 expands creative control through extended video durations, higher rendering resolutions, and cost-efficient generation options. Beyond core video generation upgrades, this release introduces full 4K output support across Image Create, Image Edit, Video Create, and 3D to Video. Furthermore, moderated policy guidelines grant creators greater narrative freedom when productions involve certain NSFW contents, such as gunfights and intense verbal exchanges, without encountering generation blocks.

  • Seedance 2.5 (30-Second Cinematic Video): Generates up to 30-second video sequences across multiple resolutions while preserving strict character and scene consistency across up to 50 reference inputs.
  • Seedance 2.0 Mini: Introduces a cost-effective model tier priced at 50% of the standard Seedance 2.0 rate, optimized for rapid iteration and generation without unnecessary credit expenditure.
  • Capture Any Frame: Allows creators to extract any video frame as a starting point or visual reference—ideal for modifying mid-video segments, editing specific scenes, or extending shot continuity.

Upgraded AI Actor Creator: Simplified Workflows & Higher-Quality Datasets

Achieving multi-scene character consistency is now faster and yields significantly higher visual fidelity. AI Studio 1.1 reorganizes character creation into streamlined operational tiers while upgrading core rendering capabilities under the hood. The character module also benefits from an optimized UI, a redesigned AI Actor Library browser, and improved multi-view rendering accuracy.

  • AI Actor Creator - Basic Mode: Offers the most direct path to creating AI Actors. Users simply upload reference images to auto-generate structured character sheets that maintain consistent visual identity across scenes, with full support for style adjustments or external sheet imports.
  • Powered by GPT Image 2 Engine: Integrates the updated GPT Image 2 model to significantly enhance rendering accuracy and structural fidelity, producing cleaner reference datasets for downstream AI image and video generation pipelines.

Availability and Access

AI Studio 1.1 provides the speed, flexibility, and control required to optimize professional production pipelines or explore 3D-to-AI workflows for the first time.

  • Existing Users: Can update directly via the Reallusion Hub to launch the standalone application immediately.
  • New Creators: Can download AI Studio 1.1 directly from the Reallusion website. Users can also pair the application with iClone Personal (available as a free download) to leverage full 3D-guided control alongside AI generation workflows.

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Reallusion AI Studio 1.1 Major Update: Standalone Application, Seedance 2.5, and Upgraded AI Actor Creator

Reallusion AI Studio 1.1 Major Update: Standalone Application, Seedance 2.5, and Upgraded AI Actor Creator

DUBAI, UAE, Sept. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Bybit, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is pleased to announce the appointment of Sean Ballard as Head of Derivatives and Institutional Business. Ballard will play a central role in strengthening the exchange's trading infrastructure, risk frameworks and institutional capabilities, with a broader remit spanning trading risk and exchange technology.

Ballard brings more than 25 years of experience in global financial markets, with deep expertise across derivatives, high-frequency trading, trading risk, market structure and exchange technology. He joins Bybit from Jump Trading, where he led the firm's high-frequency futures trading business across the US,  EMEA, and LATAM, managing significant investment portfolios and working closely with exchanges and regulators globally on market structure, trading performance and infrastructure developments.

While at Jump Trading, Ballard was a senior trader on the Jump Crypto team managing trading initiatives on centralized exchanges and also leading the strategic partnership initiatives to support ecosystem growth.

At Bybit, Ballard will focus on advancing the institutional trading experience through robust market infrastructure, disciplined risk management and scalable product development. His cross-market background across traditional finance and digital assets brings a distinctive perspective to the evolution of institutional trading and the infrastructure required to support the next generation of global digital asset markets.

The appointment builds on Bybit's continued investment in its derivatives and institutional trading business as digital assets increasingly converge with global financial markets.  Bybit Institutional has also expanded significantly over the past year, with additions of professional services including Bank Triparty arrangements, allowing institutions to manage counterparty risk through regulated custody while retaining full trading access, alongside a Market Maker Gateway that has cut round-trip latency for high-frequency and quant clients from 4ms to 1.5ms.

In the RWA (real-world asset) race, Bybit has also moved ahead of the curve with a diversity of tokenized real-world financial products through Bybit RWA Earn. Since July 2026, FUIDL by Finloop, an AAA-rated USD money market fund, has been available on Bybit as collateral for trading, unlocking access to Asia's first end-to-end RWA ecosystem.

The appointment reinforces Bybit's broader transformation into the New Financial Platform, a unified financial platform connecting crypto, traditional markets and real-world financial services. 

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Trusted by more than 80 million users worldwide, Bybit brings together investing, trading, payments, and wealth-building in a single secure and intelligent ecosystem. Through the combination of AI-powered technology, deep global liquidity, robust security, and transparent operations, Bybit makes global finance more accessible, efficient, and empowering for everyone.

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Bybit Names Sean Ballard as Head of Derivatives and Institutional Business Amid Continued Institutional Expansion

Bybit Names Sean Ballard as Head of Derivatives and Institutional Business Amid Continued Institutional Expansion

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