*To start out the week with a bang and judging by comments within this post, this should be an exciting announcement of a major feature Carrara 6 users have been wanting!

It’s unprecedented — all DAZ content is now fully supported in Carrara 6! This includes better support for skinning and morphing targets. The speed of manipulation has been improved a lot (up to 10 times faster).

You can feel it in the bones, literally. Carrara 5 already could import OBJs and textures, but Carrara 6 has the ability to import fully rigged DAZ 3D content. This allows your creations to come alive****. No need to buy Poser any longer!**
The users can browse the DAZ content through a content browser and directly drag and drop clothing or props on the figures.

Both animators and illustrators will benefit from this as they use Carrara 6 to pose their figures using their favorite setups from DAZ Studio, then go beyond to animate, light and set them in pristine landscapes.*Just a quote from the Carrara forums at DAZ. I know DAZ always is quick to point out they do not want to replace Poser at all (a statement all of their actions contradict), but they've started the full head on now. As soon as Carrara 6 is released, as far as DAZ is concerned, there will be no need for buying Poser anymore. That's the true reason DAZ has aquired Carrara and I can understand the EF needs to move and somehow survive.

I've supported Poser from version 2 and I will keep on using it, D/S or Carrara is no attractive option for me. I've got Carrara 5, but I hardly do touch it and I sure don't like the way D/S works. I'm a diehard Poser user. Having said that.... I still don't fully understand EF moves and why they have failed to release a better P7 standard update, but instead chose to release the features in P7 Pro. We all know that the 'pro' users who do not use Poser are not going to be enticed to use Poser just because it's called Pro now. The so called pro's have different reasons not to use Poser. 

I also don't think that calling it Pro will win over any Carrara Pro (or even standard) users. Carrara 6's feature list is impressive. Even C6 standard is impressive and with DirectX support added also, it comes close to what Poser Pro is able to do, it may actually rise above Poser Pro in features. C6 standard is at the same price level as Poser 7 standard (when not taking in regard any reductions and sales prices) yet offers Poser 7 Pro features. Carrara 6 Pro is far ahead of Poser 7 standard and Pro and offers stuff that Poser can never catch up with. We don't know the price of Poser Pro yet, but I wouldn't be suprised it's at the same price range as Carrara Pro will be. (BTW Khai, I suspect you come in here bothering me about pricing again, I don't care, I realized I shouldn't have gone discussing with you anyway, since EF more or less owns you, meaning you're biased beforehand.)

I DAZ succeeds at what they're doing, I can even see them slowly dropping poser content support in the future, forcing users to make a real choice. It's not going to happen overnight, but they have a way of doing software sales which enticed many people to buy their software, while EF still refuses to treat their loyal customers right. In the end it's all going to matter and EF may well be pulling the shortest end.

I've got enough Poser content to keep me a happy Poser user for a lifetime, but I wonder if in a few years I will be one of the few who is still using an obsolete application called Poser which once ysed to be famous, but failed to go with what it's users asked for and was replaced by something called D/S or Carrara...... It sure seems to be that after some initial succes, EF is now heading the same direction as all of the previous Poser owners.

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Due to the childish TOS changes, I'm not allowed to link to my other products outside of Rendo anymore :(

Food for thought.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYZw0dfLmLk