Doesn't the creation of the DSF format suggest that 'cross-compatibility' was exactly what they were thinking about?

You can give SM the benefit of the doubt and perhaps they are just waiting to see if there is demand for DSF support. In which case you should let SM know. Even monoliths like Adobe support other formats!

I don't know anything about the specific formats.

Was there a way, beforehand, for DAZ to know how the CR2 format would be extended to include P9 features?

Does the new CR2/PZ3 have the all the features DAZ requires?

So Poser users have lost a bit of their special status over at DAZ, your just joining the rest of us trying to get stuff out of DS. They don't support Cinema either!

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prixat