1. For the record: despite the title of this thread, I was never asking the question whether I should CHOOSE BETWEEN Poser 8 and Daz Studio Advanced. I have P8 and will use it. I basically wanted to know if I would find the power of DSA compelling enough to use it as well. But I'm well aware that threads take on a life of their own.

2. DAZ has emphatically NOT reduced what they give away for free. DS3 Free has more functionality than any previous version. And just because you have problems on your system doesn't mean DAZ isn't giving anything away anymore, any more than some people having problems with P8 means Smith Micro is not interested in selling Poser anymore. The DS situation is more like a car company that has a basic auto that they imrpove year by year, but then also come out with a ramped up more expensive model. In comparison to the pricier model, duh, the value-priced car lacks features. But that doesn't alter the fact that it itself continues to get better.

As for speculation on the future, who cares? None of us know squat about tomorrow, much less whether Poser or DS will be around fives years from now.

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Software: Windows 10 Professional/Poser Pro 11/Photoshop/Postworkshop 3