RAMWorks opened this issue on May 16, 2007 · 38 posts
RAMWorks posted Thu, 17 May 2007 at 1:36 PM
Quote - This makes me smile.
The base of DAZ|Studio is free (but you have to be a PC member to download AFAIK, so it's less free than it looks)
Some plugins are free, others are not.
So what plugins are needed to bring D|S functionality up to Poser 7 functionality? How much does it cost? I wouldn't be surprised if the total costs of bringing D|S up to Poser 7 functionality would be about the same, or even more, than the cost of Poser 7 itself.
And - still no dynamic hair in DAZ|Studio. It's not unlikely that DAZ will release another $50 plugin for dynamic hair somewhere in the future...
I understand your concern there. I know that by the time you buy the plugins your going to be spending a pretty penney for Studio as you would for Poser. The difference IN THIS AREA is that you don't have to buy squat if you don't wish to and if all you need is a just a basic posing app. Then it's free.
I don't have all the plugins, don't need them all. I have Hand Grip, which is a very valuable tool for my work as well as pwSuface for bringing out hidden elements of 3Delight rendering engine putting it on par, mostly, wtih Firefly. I wish there were more options like math as well as a way to use seamless material tiles to save on memory for some clothing. Other than that and this up coming addition most of the other tools I really use quite a bit are free scripts that other members offer up in the DAZ Studio Freepozitory! 
---Wolff On The Prowl---