Daz Studio "seems" to be a mix of Lightwave and Poser, in that it is allowing content loading from a visual library folder like Poser uses for Lights, Models, etc. You click on the PNG thumbnail and the MAT or object loads into the scene. But DS stores files in a hugely more compact binary system like Lightwave objects, scenes etc. Other major (and modern) 3D programs use a similiar binary storage system. The real advantage is that Daz Studio spends only a FRACTION of the time Poser does to find and load Geom and Texture elements. So bottom line is- Daz Studio is a 2004 era 3D program that can cut your current Poser Libraries down to about 10% of what size they are now. I am realizing now that POSER will become a UTILITY program for DAZ STUDIO, allowing all kinds of old Poser tinkering around with Cr2's, etc., but if you are into some SERIOUS PRODUCTION and want ACTION, SPEED, QUICK RESULTS, the Daz Studio binary file system is great.