Robo2010 opened this issue on Aug 07, 2004 ยท 33 posts
Kiera posted Sun, 08 August 2004 at 5:51 PM
I just wanted to add that I realize that this sort of thing worries people who purchase a lot of content. Will it work next year? The year after? In DAZ Studio? Bryce? Vue? Shade? Poser? On V5? Mike 9? I wouldn't worry. The community has been amazingly adaptive over the years. Within a week of Victoria 3's release there were ways to squeeze V2 into V3's clothes and vice versa. Heck, you can make Stephie Max (a figure based on Stephanie, who was based on Mike 2..) wear V3's clothes now. We have people like Ockam and the fine folks at Netherworks writing python utilities to make life easier for the P4 - P5 transition, and even if these guys close up shop there will be others who will jump into their place, helping the community. It will all get sorted. In the meantime, I don't see any reason to feel a need to "choose sides" or whatever. DAZ makes some amazingly cool things and supports the artists in this community with content, contests, and stuff like the calendar that helps struggling artists get noticed. Curious Labs makes the crack we all love (or hate to love.. depends on your POV.) Shade is coming. (mmm, radiosity.. global illumination.. Poser Fusion..) DAZ|Studio will be freeish and is slowly becoming more stable. Bryce isn't dead. A new version of Vue is coming out. We've got RDNA, PoserPros, 3DCommune, DAZ3D, and the Rosity MP to flash our credit cards at. There's never been so much choice. The "low-end" 3D community is thriving. These are exciting times--features that were unavailable to us even 2 years ago are now within reach, for the same low price points we've enjoyed for years. I admit, a year and a half ago I was beginning to wonder if I would be able to use Poser as a crutch for my artwork much longer, but I feel far more secure about all of my favorite software now, despite glitches like the GIRL's catsuit and such.