Agree with the above... I tried daz studio and gave up after a couple of tries proved that lights and shadows did not behave as expected from real life. Reality came along and opened the door to the promise of utilising the realistic real world lighting by allowing the use of LuxRender. I must admit that I still use ds3.1 and reality 1.25 and lux 0.8, but as soon as I started using it I found it crazy addictive. To actually get renders that I could set up as it would be in a photograph meant no learning all the bad habits that go with trying to 'simulate' lighting.

Even though I have not jumped to daz studio 4.5, I can assure you that Paolo and the very happy band of followers and users will always be available to offer constructive advice. The best solution available right now, (In my opinion), is to render via Luxrender using the Reality plug-in... I'm sure you will not regret it! `¬)

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