Quote - DAZ are still developing cr2s and pz2s in Poser as these are Poser format files and hence the concern of if it works in DS comes after that, so I don't see how they could be unconcerned about Poser users.

:) Come'on April. Fess up. You have been around toooo long now to still buy into that old line. You know as well as everyone else where this is all heading. Daz uses Poser format because Studio uses Poser format. Studio uses Poser format because that is really all they know.

Granted the development of Studio is now years behind schedule, but you can't say really believe a eventual divide isn't intended.

If after all this time people still don't want to realize that the goal is to convert Poser software buyers into Studio users using Daz made poser-ish content, well fine. I held onto Santa Clause till I was 12 so who am I to judge. :) But at some point you just have to let go of the old pretense and just embrace the reality of the situation.

Daz used Poser formats, not because they like Poser but because it is what they knew at the time and it seemed a quick and easy solution. You don;t actualy think they though Studio would take this many years. All of this was supposed to have happened in 2003-2004. The goal was ready made content for free software that would cement the store and figures against any competition including Poser itself.

If all peole know is Studio, then all they will use are Daz figures and Daz content. Fine. I have no problem with that. But the pretense of intended unity at this point is rediculous.

Simple example were the V4 scale dials. Daz knows damn well that if you go into the cr2 and set the dials to hidden, Poser users can't access them. And that is what they did with V4. They went into the cr2 and manually set the scale dials to invisible. Poof, no access to V4 scaling in Poser. lol

Then they sell scaling and Studio can unhide the dials. Now that is not "concern" in my book. It;s 100% gimmick. You don;t work with Poser for 10 years and accidently hand edit a cr2 to hide all the scale dials. lol

Do you really really think a compnay with so many employees, Rob Wisnant, Michael Lane, Chris Palomino, etc would overlook something as fundamental as "Hey the scale dials are missing in Poser and there is no way in Poser to make them visible!".

I like Studio on a Basic level. I am promoting it like the dickens atm. But truth me told,  it is Gimmick-ware. It is Daz Software for Daz figures. If that is what you use then fine. I think Poser constomers and their credit cards are important to them. But that is not the same as bening a concern, a priority, etc.

In the end none of it matters. People will make their choices based on personal experience. But I don't think anyone would disagree that frustration is not a form of entertainment and most people prefer entertainment and recreation over frustration and dissapointment.

Just my opinion of course.

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