I use 8.5 Pro on a Macbook Pro (and I am no pro...).

It works pretty well.

There are some issues, as noted with the geografting. As I don't do animation this is trivial for me as I can just pose such figures in Daz Studio and export them as obj files.

• Doing that also seems to make Carrara run faster for me. So I tend to post each figure individually in Daz Studio, and then bring them into Carrara one at a time for scene composition. Props, lighting, terrain, plants, etc... I of course do in Carrara.

I've also only had the application for a little over a month - so I have likely not yet encountered some issues others have had.

 

Like you - when I actually put it into my cart at Daz, the price was half of what it claimed to be beforehand. Seems in addition to a lot of regular sales on it, there are some hidden discounts. If they just changed the price on that thin to reflect what it actually ends up costing people - a lot more people might be using it.

My current profile image, attached as well in case I change it...

is a Genesis 2 Female rendered in Carrara 8.5 Pro on a 2014 Macbook Pro.

Like you - when I actually put it into my cart at Daz, the price was half of what it claimed to be beforehand. Seems in addition to a lot of regular sales on it, there are some hidden discounts. If they just changed the price on that thin to reflect what it actually ends up costing people - a lot more people might be using it.

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