A word about Studio being free: Studio base is free but even the most trivial task requires plugins which are in most cases commercial. Just adding a new morph thru an OBJ file requires a plugin.

When I was thinking of gettting Poser I did a check of how much it would cost to replicate the functionality and I discovered how much Studio does actually cost.

Morph target thru OBJ file: Morph Loader (10$)
Rigging:Figure Setup Tools (30$)
Dynamic Clothes: Dynamic Clothing Control (50$)

I bought Poser 8 for 104$ during the last Smith Micro sale and the above list amounts, just by itself, to 90$. Remember also that Poser can drape any "cloth" while Studio can only handle specific (and not cheap) content.

If I add to the equation a program like Blender or Wings3D we also have:

Decimator for DAZ Studio (100$)
Reality (80$)
mgHeightfield Primitives for DS3 (15$) and
FBX Plug-in for DAZ Studio (100$)

for a total of 295$.

Our "free" as beer program now costs 385$. Poser 8 without sales is 250$ so, we are left with 135$. If we add 64 additional dollars, we can also add Vue 9 Esprit (again not sale) to the bundle.

Still thinking that Studio is so great?

GIMP 2.7.4, Inkscape 0.48, Genetica 3.6 Basic, FilterForge 3 Professional, Blender 2.61, SketchUp 8, PoserPro 2012, Vue 10 Infinite, World Machine 2.3, GeoControl 2