"I still have never seen anywhere where Daz states they are going to release Studio for FREE. What I have read is the following: "Prior to the release of DAZ|Studio 1.0, the base version will be made available as a free beta for an undetermined period of time until it is solid."" You are 100% correct, InfoCentral. Daz has made no promise to give away the final product for free. And ultimately, to do anything really elaborate (like animation), we'll have to pay. They've already told us that. I like Daz as a company, but Daz is in this to keep themselves alive as a business. They're not going to give us anything that won't lead to us giving them more of our money down the line. -jjsemp