I think that the present free DS4 and figure is a very general wide distribution beta release, even if that is not what it is called. Responses may help in the last details of developement. By many of the responses, I can conclude that the products are not finished.

I think this was released to preempt any anouncement of releases by SM/Poser.  As such it is a place-keeper to keep people interested until DS and Genesis are more developed.

I have no problem with DAZ3D releasing DS4 and Genesis before they are fully developed and functional. I hope this leads to stable and useful products that will satisfy their customers. I am not interested in DS and DS dependent products any more than I am interested in Carrara and its dependent products. It does not bother me that DAZ continues to develop these lines of products especially if the products satisfy the needs of some users.

If the developement of Poser should one day end, there is a very useful product positioned to take its place, in which interest is already growing. It is called Blender, and it is free. Sadly for DAZ , the future demise of Poser, should it ever happen, would not bring many Pose customers to them as we have already decided against their non-Poser compatable products.

lmk

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