Michaelab opened this issue on May 27, 2011 · 162 posts
Nyghtfall posted Mon, 30 May 2011 at 2:10 AM
Quote - It's funny that Someone in the Poser forum brings out the toppic and the only ones that answer are hardcore Poser users. Of course they gonna say Poser is the best.
2006 - Cut my teeth on 3D with DS.
2010 - Switched to Poser 8 last June, after tiring of waiting for third-party developers to update their plugins for DS 3. I also wanted learn how to work with dynamic clothing, and the OptiTex plugin for DS is still proprietary two years after DAZ promised an update for user-created content. I sidegraded to Poser Pro 2010 a week later to get access to a couple more features I wanted.
2011 - Switched back to DS in March, after seeing what the Reality plugin could do.
I insalled DS 4 Friday night, and toyed around with it for a few hours. Even after customizing the style and layout to maximize my work space, the large parameter dials and menu tabs still take up more space than necessary when opened, and make me feel like I'm in Pre-School. DAZ has already confirmed that they're abandoning the DS 3 UI in favor of this "new and improved" version. As a result, in response to feedback, the same guy who designed it is now designing a tweaked version of the DS3 UI for DS 4, on his own time, via DAZ's in-house Broker program. I don't appreciate the idea that I'm going to have to pay for his effort just to regain access to a UI that I've been accustomed to for the last 5 years.
That, combined with the overall experience I've had watching DS 4's development cycle, have given me cause to switch back to Poser. Now I'm learning how to use Pose2Lux so I can break my dependence on DS for a Lux bridge.
Going forward, I won't be supporting DAZ Studio anymore, but will continue buying content from DAZ 3D as long as it remains compatible with Poser.
On that note, GOD it feels GREAT to be using Poser's Content Library again! I spent all day Saturday running lighting tests with the Firefly engine and LOVE having only one set of content files to work with without having to configure multiple directory paths for two different programs.