jjsemp opened this issue on Dec 18, 2003 ยท 46 posts
wolf359 posted Sun, 21 December 2003 at 3:57 PM
"I also haven't seen anywhere where Daz states they are going to give away Daz Studio for FREE!" Uhhhhh....the base will free :-/ from the DAZ website: "The Base (free indefinitely) It is crucial that DAZ|Studio be built upon a completely solid foundation before focusing on additional functionality and features. DAZ|Studio is modular in nature, therefore advanced functionality will be offered as modules that allow the end-user to customize the software according to his or her own need and budget." and in that FREE base application poser users get: Support for Windows 98SE/2000/Me/XP and MAC OSX 10.2 and above * Multiple select and edit of bones or objects in scene via controls in the Parameters tab (i.e. visibility, light color/intensity, position, morphs, 'following') * Cameras, props, scenes, and figures can be posed and manipulated using controls in the Parameter tab as well as 3D manipulators * Material editing will allow user to alter properties of existing materials * Editable material properties include: diffuse color/strength (mappable), specular color/strength (mappable), ambient color/strength (mappable), opacity strength (mappable), bump strength (mappable), and displacement strength (mappable), reflection color/strength (mappable), refraction color/strength (mappable), lighting model (BRDF) * Open-GL support in 3D views including: real-time texture and transparency maps * Import of .OBJ and .PZ3 (including all PZ3 subsets) file formats. * 3Delight renderer by DNASoft included (Renderman compliant) * 3D view display will be optimized for speed and quality * Save function enabled * DAZ|Studio specific file format * Selection of multiple objects through 3D view * Multiple 3D Views with intuitive camera controls * Additional Open-GL support in 3D views for anti-aliasing and depth of field * Interface panes that are dockable, resizable, and movable * Multiple levels of undo/redo * Advanced asset manager for handling large asset quantity and content directories to add such modern day functionality ,like hardware acceleration, to poser will require a TOTAL rewrite of the Core program. Dont hold your breath :-)