Thanks Maxxxmodelz for the clarifications. They give me even more reasons to not use Genesis.

What I want is an incremental Victoria 4.5 with better posing abilities, that's all. I want Daz to spend its development time getting the fundamentals right, not revolutionize the 3D world.

For those of us who want a revolution, there is 3D Coat or ZBrush. Let them handle it.

Carrara has so many quirks in so many areas that getting them right should give Daz enough work for the next 5 years.

Look at this 3D app: http://www.cheetah3d.com

It is not a revolutionary 3D app, but it has all the fundamentals done right. Look at their News page. You will see that every release, minor or major, has some significant fixes or funcionalities added to it. The only reason I am not using this app is that it has no Daz/Poser content support.

If what you are saying is indeed true, i.e that Carrara's fast mipmap filtering mode is implemented for HD sculpting support, then I think Daz is on an even more wrong track than if fast mipmap were implemented to speed-up its renderer.

But then again if Daz board of directors is planning to sell the company in the near future, then all these 'revolutionary' developments could make sense, because nobody will buy Daz for Studio or Carrara, probably not even for its content library full of nudity, but most likely for a few technological breakthroughs that Daz has somehow managed to accomplish.