Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: What if DAZ bought the Poser app?

jerr3d opened this issue on Jan 10, 2011 · 61 posts


ksanderson posted Tue, 11 January 2011 at 7:56 PM

Quote - In short, they really aren't doing anything w/ the software they have now anyways. Sell it off, and focus on Daz Studio and Content.

I have to disagree. They've updated Carrara to 64 bit, added bullet physics, IES lights, improved NLA, added Puppeteer and multitudes of bug fixes. Remember, when they bought it, Carrara had lots of bugs. Yes, they could do more, but at the price they charge (which is very low if you buy it on sale) they are doing great. Imagine what it would cost if they hired more developers. We'd have to pay for it. They've also breathed new life into Bryce, where it can now really turn out landscapes and skies you had to go to Vue to come close to get, though it still has room to improve, too. But it's still much more affordable. I still think Hex could be brought back, and maybe they have a plan to do that eventually. But with all the other modelers out there and especially with modo and Z-brush so popular, what could they really do?

It's funny to me that people now think Smith Micro would take care of the software DAZ now owns. I remember the comments when they took over Poser and it was like the end of the world was near. So much idiotic comment posting... but that's almost expected anymore these days. :(