ssgbryan posted at 5:10PM Fri, 15 January 2016 - #4249330

The best example/comparison I can give is with the render engines built into each program. With DS & genesis 7, you get to buy Iray shaders for almost everything (at $17.95 a pop). With Poser, anyone has the ability to extend the program to add that capability for free (or pay) - rather than dumping a couple hundred dollars into Iray shaders, we can simply download EZSkin 3 and quickly convert all of our current shaders to work with Poser's new render engine, Superfly (which is based on the Cycles render engine in Blender). What works better for you? For me, it is all about value for the dollar.

I use both programs, so I have to respond to this. I haven't bought ONE Iray shader since Iray was introduced and I make all my own shaders. It's not rocket science. I just wanted to clarify. I haven't spent one red cent on shaders, and I have hundreds of shaders now. I've given away a bunch as well. There will always be people like me who give away boatloads of stuff for each program so that that people on both sides don't have to buy if they can't or don't want to. As I recall, parrotdolphin released a nice collection of leather shaders for free for Iray right off the bat. So don't spread fallacies ;).

Laurie