Quote - > Quote - Except of course learning to use a total alien program in which everything works just slightly different from what you are used to and which brings nothing new compared to what you already have - except for genesis which needs an investment of multi-thousand dollars te be anywhere as useful as V4 is

 

So not true at all. I am a long time poser using, having tried DS several times. I finally got reality when released awhile back and used DS3 as a bridge to import poser scenes and render them in Luxrender and quickly figured out the basics in DS.  I am now using the free DS4 pro 64 bit and doing all my setup from within, with genesis and my investment is minimal. I have the GenX program from D3D and it's a piece of cake to have all new V4 morphed genesis characters and with the transfer capabilities in DS4 pro, most V4 clothing fits.

Then you and I have a total different experience. I cannot find my way around in DS4. Every tool has a different name, is located at a completely unknown place, behaves differently and has its own quirks or is designed completely different. Creating a scene in DS takes me about 10 times as long as in Poser - mainly because of not knowing where things are and how they are called or not having access to the tools I am used to.

Of course you can learn these things - but I have no intention of learning a piece of software which does less than the software I am currently using. They do not mix if you start using advanced features of either of them (dyn cloth, material room, lights for Poser and genesis and other advanced features for DS).

The investment I already made in Poser can be thrown away in DS - this means scripts, materials, dynamic cloth and other poser specific tools. Then I need to invest in new scripts for DS4, Morph packs, GenX, and new clothing. The Autofit tool is completely inadequate for fitting V4 clothing to genesis. This means using V4 for most things which is no benefit at all compared to Poser

I am a long time Poser user who uses all aspects of the program and not a drag, drop and render type which you seem to be referring to.