" But how will ordinary people make clothes and figures? Will they have to buy a program from daz to do it, or will there not even be a program to make them. One of the best things about propack and poser 5 is that anyone can make a figure or clothes. " - xantor The same will apply to D|S, hon. Think about it. DAZ really wants D|S to succeed. They will do whatever they can to get it into the hands of everyone on the face of the planet who might have a decent enough wallet to be able to spend some cash with them. Which is NOT a bad thing. They are a business. If they didn't want that, then yes, I would be scared. Very scared. Since they want it to succeed, they have to plan for that success properly. First step -- the plug-ins architecture. Not only does it make good financial sense down the road, it makes great sense interms of flexibility to meet the needs of the customer base. in short, a great idea. Second step -- make sure it works with what they have already. DAZ is lightwave centric as a company. That's god. Of all the user groups out there, Lightwave users are the ones most akin to Poser users, but they don't have quite as developed a marketplace as we do. So odds are pretty damned good that the Lightwave stuff will be first. But the SDK i the key ingredient. With it, everyone who makes programs will be able to quickly convert their favorite app over. Which means that Rhino will happen, that Truespace will happen, that Carrara will happen (hell, Eovia will do it themselves, most likely, lol), and Vue, and so forth. And if D|S has enough of a user base, or if DAZ can establish a strong enough working relationship with other companies, you might just see that functionality built into other programs when their new versions come out. Additionally, DAZ may not be the only place to offer those plugins. So I think that "regular folks" will be able to create content for D|S quite easily. It's important they do -- DAZ is NOT trying to corner the market on content creation. Although it does at times seem like they are trying to buy up all the old timers that are known to be sick of Poser...

thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)