*"...buy DS4 for even more $..." *

 AFAIK, the cr2 exporter works with the free version of DS4.

"...Otherwise, things like this would be done long ago by game studios to save time instead of making all their models all from the ground up to achieve the best results. Once you have learned how to do your own custom sculpts and models, their is no substitute."

I'm sure thst's true, and the same could be said for Hollywood. From the hobby user, as opposed to the Hollywood/game dev perspective though, many of us aren't necessarily interested in learning to sculpt or model. I don't think anyone would deny that quality hand crafted figures are superior. What Genesis does is bring some potential to easily create 'custom' figures to the average user. If you want a child sized Aiko cat faerie or whatever, you can create one yourself. I  wouldn't argue that a dedicated one wouldn't be technically ideal, but  for some purposes, less than ideal may be good enough.

I've only played with the very limited DAZ Studio Online web app but to me the idea is really great. Instead of thinking in terms of using Aiko here or one of the kids or Vicky,  create your own custom figure interactively, mixing a whole variety of characteristics. Then, the real magic, have clothing and textures work without having to deal with conversions. It's really pretty neat compared to the traditional way of doing things from my perspective. Actually, IMO Genesis really makes the idea of discrete figures like V4 rather obsolete. You could use the default V5 as is I suppose, but the true potential lies in thinking of it/her as just another set of DNA for the gene pool to be combined in creating unique figures.

If things were just starting out, I think the Genesis approach would win hands down. The reality is that everyone has huge investments in content and experience in the status quo. DAZ still has a lot of work to do in making more things compatible etc. in DS, much less getting something into Poser. If you go by what you read here, there is so much visceral resistance to DAZ that I'm not sure how many would touch DS to export V5, even if Poser added CC support. I suspect they may have to somehow develop a standalone figure to get much uptake by Poser users.

For me, DS4 is too much of a hardware hog and I am not fond of the interface or the renderer. Also I'd really miss Vue import. There was some mention of Carrara compatibility. I'll probably look into that.  

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