Quote - > Quote - When DS was first developed Carrara was still an Eovia product. I'm not sure when DAZ bought Carara and Hex, but I'm pretty sure DS was at version 1 (after the original betas) if not at version 2. Not that I would entirely endorse your sentiments - it depends what tools you are looking for, and your preferences in interface set up.

That wasn't really my thought, let me explain better...

If I remember well, the first versions of DS (1 and 2) were a pure content loader and renderer, nothing more.

When DS3A has come out with all the features of a Pro version, Carrara was already owned by DAZ.

Why do they create a new program for Pro with another already existing and more powerful?

Well, Daz is enterprising. You can't fault them for that. DS was developed for certain goals: Carrara for somewhat different goals. That is to Daz's credit. They acknowledged that users might have different objectives in creating 3D images. Good ON them!

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