alexcoppo wrote;> Quote - A word about Studio being free: Studio base is free but even the most trivial task requires plugins which are in most cases commercial.

The most trivial task requires plugins? That statment is simply ridiculous.

alexcoppo wrote;

Quote - 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$)

It cost me $1.99

alexcoppo wrote;

Quote - Rigging:Figure Setup Tools (30$)

It cost me $14.68** **

alexcoppo wrote;

Quote - Dynamic Clothes: Dynamic Clothing Control (50$)

It cost me $17.49

alexcoppo wrote;

Quote - I bought Poser 8 for 104$ during the last Smith Micro sale and the above list amounts, just by itself, to 90$.

As long as you are talking about sales, I got the above for $34.16 That's a whopping $69.84 less than you paid for Poser 8.

Even if I add in what I paid for DAZ Studio 3 Advanced, $52.49, the total comes to $86.65. That's still $17.35 less than you paid for Poser 8.

alexcoppo wrote;

Quote - Remember also that Poser can drape any "cloth" while Studio can only handle specific (and not cheap) content.

Actually Poser dynamic clothing here in the Market place is priced about the same as dynamic clothing for DAZ Studio.

** **alexcoppo wrote;

Quote - Still thinking that Studio is so great?

Absolutely!

My entire point is that you can bandy about numbers and features until it's pointless.

The fact is Poser has features that DAZ Studio doesn't, and DAZ Studio has features that Poser doesn't. They are on about equal ground, which one you choose depends which feels more comfortable, if you want features the other doesn't have or any other number of reasons. Not because one is better than the other.

I thought we were all past the "my program is better than your program" thing. Guess not. :rolleyes: Can't we all just get along? :biggrin:

I've been using Poser since Poser 3 and I still love it, though I will admit the only reason I have Poser 7 is for using the cloth room to make morph targets for import into DAZ Studio, and because Bloodsong's Heavy Horse for some reason doesn't work in DAZ Studio. The main reason I use DAZ Studio instead of Poser is workflow. The gui just works better for me. Simple.

RorrKonn, if I remember correctly, the polycount is either 17,000 or 19,000.

 

 

Coldrake