Quote - All kidding aside folks,  there are compatiblity issues between Daz Studio 1.8 and Poser 5 and above.  I don't like it.  I feel there should be crossplatform integration between the two.  Just like the high end apps have collada and fbx.  That being said I'm going to have to develope a Daz studio version and Poser 5 and above version of all my figures.  I can really see where this would discourage a lot of vendors.

That's one of my biggest issues right now. I've run into that incompatability just with making basic MOR poses for V4.1 already. They work fine in Poser. They do NOT work at ALL in Studio. I have to make an INJ/REM file rather than a simple MOR pose to distribute my morphs simply because Studio for one reason or another, will not apply the morphs in a MOR pose, and trying to get those INJ files made means saving THREE cr2's, and even then, if you have any morph dials turned already on the figure, it'll apply the INJ on TOP OF those dials.

Personally, I prefer Poser to DS. I've been using it since version 4, at any rate, and I just like it a LOT better than Studio.

At the same time, though, I don't think there is anything wrong with Studio, either. They are two different applications. They are not the same programme. Studio does exactly what it aims to do - it is a free 3D rendering programme, and allows people to get into the CG/3D art arenas and get a taste of doing the artwork without charging them a penny for the basic application.

They are two different animals, and everyone has their own preferences. You can't really say one is better than the other. Some people do better with and prefer Studio, other people do better with and prefer Poser.

I DO think the compatability issues are a problem. I DO think they ought to be more compatible than they are. I really DONT support Studio in the content I make for just that reason, and my recent attempts to do so has been bringing me one headache after another and I'm about THIS close to going back to saying 'these are for poser, if you have d/s don't ask me how to make them work!'

I think the community overall would be much better served by an alliance rather than the two companies (Daz and SmithMicro) working against each other and trying to outdo one another. I think the community would be far better served if there was more compatability between the two programmes.

But I'm also not holding my breath, either. shrugs Time will tell, it is pointless to get all worked up about the maybes, in my opinion. I wait, I watch, but if I am forced to choose between one or the other? Poser will keep my money. D/S will not. That's just me, though, and others will go the exact oppossite route..

Everyone has their own personal preferences, and they make their decisions on what to use and when and for how long based upon those preferences. For me, I don't like even ONE thing about Studio operates/functions/yada yada. I grew up in Poser so to speak, and it's what I know. IF I can make my content in such a way that it will work in both Poser and D/S? I will gladly do so. But I'm about fed up with jumping through a million hoops only to hit the brick wall on the other side in trying to do that, and I'm pretty close to simply going back to not supporting D/S at ALL any longer.

And I really think that in the long run? THAT is what will hurt the community. More than even SM and Daz battling it out... the incompatability of the programmes and files that causes such headaches for the vendors and content creators will harm things because a lot will eventually just say the heck with it, and produce for one or the other and in that kind of arrangement, one of the two camps is gonna be left without a fire burning, so to speak.

~ Seliah