Hi everyone, I'm a photographer and also draw a lot for pleasure and I'm looking to use 3D human models for scene planning etc and for drawing practice. I am not intending to get into modelling myself, just content to purchase pre-made models to use.

I've been googling for days now and my head is starting to spin, I've worked out that Poser and Daz seem to be the biggest programs in this area in terms of support and content etc but in searching sites like this I am coming across terms which I do not understand and wondered if you could help with the following questions or point me towards some n00b orientated modelling dictionary/tutorials

Themed - What does this mean in the MarketPlace?

A4, G4, V4 - Are these base models to which skins/maps etc are applied?

Genesis - Found a few articles on this and it sounds good but I'm confused as to whether this is a Poser or Daz thing or does it work with both or is it a standalone program?

Morphs++ - No idea what this is?

Kids 4 - Is this a base model for children?

What does "Prime" mean?

Any help with the above would be greatly appreciated.  Also, I realise that the choice of which program to use is a personal one and probably one that is hottly debated on these forums but any thoughts on which one of Poser or Daz is easier to pick up? (obviously as I'm not intending to make my own models I just want something I can run with as much as possible!)

Also can any Poser users out there explain in laymans terms what the difference between Poser 9 and Poser Pro is - I've read the comparison charts on thier website but to be honest I may as well have been reading sandscript as none of it made any sense to me!

Finally, having browsed through the MarketPlace, can I just say WOW!!!! There are some seriously tallented people on here, amazing modells!

My advice would be to download and install daz studio as it is free at the moment and register for the mailing list. Daz regulary outputs free content for studio and there is plenty of resources for you to learn about all of your above questions.

Essentially speaking all of you questions relate directly to daz studio (an in some cases poser) in the A4, G4, V4 are human styled models titled Aiko4, Genesis4 and Victoria4. Morphs are related to the ability to distort features of the models (especialy faial expressions etc) and as you have guessed Kids4 are child models.

Hope this helps

Many thanks Benney

Quote - Essentially speaking all of your questions relate directly to daz studio...

Sort-of. The A4/V4/etc figures were created by Daz to work in Poser and DS. The Genesis figure(s) were created to work natively only in Daz Studio.

The 'Prime' question has nothing at all to do with Daz Studio: it's a club you join on Rendo to enable you to buy content for less. Daz3D have a similar thing called Platinum Club.

The Morphs++ thing are again something that pertains to the generation 4 figures, not to Daz Studio. They give increased morphing capability to their target figure.

Daz Studio is free at the moment. The plugins are not. So yes, do download and have a look at DS, but when considering cost do a careful analysis on what you get with Poser (included) and what you have to buy for Daz Studio to achieve the same functionality.

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