Quote - I've not been hearing too much from the Studio users, so come on, lend your voice to the thread.

All the best.

Great Uncle LROG

 

Oh, we're here.  We've been talking.  I'm a studio user.  :)

Quote - I would like to address content creator concerns by saying, HiveWire 3D is committed to supporting Poser and DAZ Studio When concerning Dawn. While we can not hope to force folks to support both platforms, we will be providing the tutorials necessary for folks to do so. The best news I can give, without a complete tutorial, is that you do not have to re-rig your content manually from one program to the other. The tools for clothing conversion are supplied within the programs. You build in Poser, great! We will show you how to convert to DAZ Studio. If you build in DAZ Studio, great! We will show you how to convert to Poser. You will be pleasantly surprised at how easy these programs make things when you compare it to creating two versions from scratch. The benefits of supporting both platforms will mean more overall sales for your content because you are targeting the whole community rather than one side or the other.

I know it sounds to good to be true, but before you pass judgement on the processes, please know that I have been and am using them right now.

As a content creator myself, I can say that it is well worth the investment of time to support both platforms as it means more sales for me while giving the entire community the best possible products I can...my opinion of course, but it is influenced by my experience with the conversion process.

Dawn of a new day is just that...for creators, users, and the community as a whole.

Whoohoo!! 

Quote - btw...there are d/s users here.....just alot of us also use poser, and others just dont feel the need to announce platform choice, because it is all good LOL

Yup!

Quote - Basics I'm sure will be easy peasy but my main concern is tranferring or converting long dresses, capes and long "Wizard/Sorceress" sleeves.  Any info on how well that's going to work? 

 

Thanks for popping in!  :-)

That would be a really great thing to know, not that I rig stuff myself, but I BUY stuff just like is described in this quote.  I try to only texture clothing made for both platforms (except for that brief spell when certain figures didn’t work in Poser).  The kind of clothing I like to texture very, very often have long skirts and draping sleeves.

Did I enjoy that brief spell of time when certain figures didn’t work in Poser and I only had to worry about making material files for one platform?  I’m not going to lie.  I really did.  However, our sales were lower for those products.  Our sales went up when both platforms were again supported, albeit one not supported in the most ideal way.  Profits aside, I like the most people possible to be able to enjoy my work, even if I don't enjoy the tedium of setting up materials twice.

Quote - > Quote - One thing I can see a prob with is certain Poser materials, obviously those won't transfer over to Studio, and possibly the other way as well.

So, for some things it may be better to go with a texture file if people want to go with both systems.

All the best.

Great Uncle LROG

Good point! If they are going to offer instructins on how to transfer the rigging it would be awesome to show content creators how to transfer materials and mat files so the content will look the same if both programs.

This is a cool idea.  Although, it’s important to know that it’s nearly impossible to get the exact same results in both programs.  What creators want to strive for, instead, is to get their materials to look their best in each program and draw on that program’s strengths.  Tutorials to achieve this would be super great.