"Rawnrr's opinions seem to reflect what most users think." They do. "DS has no support for magnets,python and wardobe wizard." Lack of WW support is guaranteed. CC, on the otherhand, still works for it. Python is extremely unlikely. Magnets will most definitely be coming along. "DS hates me.....therefore I hate it." Note sure D|S has emotional capabilities. I'm none too fond of it myself, though, for a similar reason: it don't work on my puters. "it currently lacks IK, a material system comparable to P5/P6, and advanced animation tools." Too true. All things that I make use of myself. Sadly, though, most users don't. It does, however, have a fairly advanced material system. Unless they were to license certain aspects of firefly though, they'll not be able to easily convert between Poser 5+ and D|S, meaning that anyone who makes for both will have to learn two rather different material systems. "it opens faster, it renders faster, takes up a lot less system resources, and, IMHO, handles light better and renders better. That's just my opinion of what I've used it for thus far. And, I have a tendency, at least since I got serious about using D|S, with trying my darndest to break the program. So far, I'm not as dissappointed in D|S as I was with P5, but, well, it's all a matter of personal preference. Figure out what YOU need it for and what YOU want to do with it ;)." All valid points in comparison with P5, and pretty fair. Against P6, however, they don't stack up as well. "D/S is such an outdated application and it's not worth a dime. It's actually so badly programmed that they've been anouncing V1.0 for over a year now..... go figure." Given its not even finished yet, this could use a bit more thought. Win 95, 98, NT, and XP were all announced well over a year in advance of their release, as an example. The objective itself isn't outdated either, and the dev team is using current methods and procedures for creating it, so outdated would be more aptly applied to the codebase for the program I find generally far more appealing over all, which is Poser. Just as many people dislike the Poser interface, I find the DS interface to be something akin to horrific. But that's a matter of personal taste, not functionality or overall usability. In general, D|S is equivalent to Poser 4 with the rendering features of P5. That gives it a good, solid base, and for the overwhelming majority of people posting images, that's fine. Constructive criticism requires balance. Anything else is just bitchin about it.

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)