ByteFactory3D posted at 5:27PM Mon, 19 March 2018 - #4325576

DAZ-Studio has more and more closed up, using cryptografic file formats, preventing users from 'working under the hood, if they like'

Because you do not know how to do something doesn't make that statement a fact just means...you do not know how to.

I do use DAZ-Studio as a teacher at school, because for students a freeware software is just a good start.

Really? tell Blender users your feelings on free software and there place as just a "start"

So I tell my students, DAZ-Studio is fine for a quick first introduction and quickly getting 'click one button to quickly make pseudo art' solutions, but if you want to be in full control of everything, go for professional open software like Poser, or even Lightwave, because they don't restrict you with cryptic file formats which can nowhere be found documented.

****you confused me here..Lightwave and Poser have nothing to do with each other one you can actually create (model and much more) things in the other you can move around things which where created in/from a program like lightwave and every program can export OBJ..hell cr2 to me is cryptic cause I cant import that into any of my 3D modeling program, and did you just call art created in studio pseudo art' solutions? fake art...really? wheres the real art at then ? it just boggles my mind the high and mighty way of thinking of some of you people.

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But still there are customers who are just too lazy to learn a little about handling 3D content, and who prefer the 'one click fully automized' environment in DAZ-Studio. Telling 'I want to make art, but I don't want to learn or read a manual, my art must come out of the machine with a single click of a button. Automated clothing, automated pose, automates lighting, automated camera position, am I not such a great artist?

**I dont know about that but I think your not such a great person and here why. No matter who you are or think you are, You will always find people who dont know either program very well and dont really want to dive all into it...just create something and there is ALWAYS someone that much better than you no matter WHO you are or think you are.so sometimes its best to be humble. If someone just want's to click load/render and that's it ! That's their right its not laziness not all the other stuff ALL you high and mighty individuals want to call them.Its about them enjoying what they do or their process of creating an image. you have all types and ages who use both programs it is not a professional program like you may think made only for "professionals" I have had old and young experienced and new people contact me for stuff all the time and mothers who's autistic 10 year old asked me for toons to use in Poser you think she gives a shit about "diving in to the program no..he enjoys it and thats all that matters,all type from all walks of life enjoy both programs just not the ones who been here ....a little too long it seems. Thank God you dont work for the PR section of any of those programs. Next time keep what you think is a "3D artist" to yourself no one cares.I could load and render a sphere and that would make that image done by a 3D artist. And for the record because I know some people may think oh he's a Studio artist..wrong I'm a 2D Artist who decided to create 3D figures of things I have done in Maya/Softimage/Blender/Houdini/ and USE all of them to include Studio and Poser.and sold on both platforms..so yeah I know them both also very well.

Sorry to everyone else for my feelings on this individuals post. **

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