This is Not "Daz bashing"

My advice to bondware is this: DO NOT tie the future of YOUR POSER application to a figure framework who's development cycle you can not predict or Do not Directly control!!

I mean : Daz Genesis.

Now the unrealistic,Pie in the Sky, Dreamers will bleet: "Oh but if the two companies worked together Bondware wont be cut off at the knees when "Gensis X.5" is introduced with just enough Pooware ornamental embellishments to break poser compatibilty ..they will know in advance"

Anyone paying attention ,is certainly aware by now, Daz does not operate that way.

Consider that every POSER SPECIFIC figure related enhancement, that the new bondware team might be planning, would have to be measured against wether it will break current compatibility with the Oh so magical & elusive golden unicorn.,,now and in the future.

Putting bondware in the submissive postion of a paralyzed child who's every decision has to be filtered through Mommy& Daddy in Draper Utah.

Does anyone really want that??

This is Not "Daz bashing"

As Many may know, I am neck deep in the Genesis figure framework as part of my IclonePro -Daz studio-Maxon Cinema4D/Newtek Lightwave animation ,VFX pipeline.

However I have the Luxury of staying with the older G-1,2,3 figures because I liberated Myself from the Daz content hamster wheel by acquiring advanced 3D modeling/sculpting skills to develop my own Custom clothing and morphs for the figure generations I prefer.

A person developed a very feature rich Plugin for genesis to Maya using the official DSON specifications ( JCM's,Morphs direct loading from DS content libraries into Maya etc etc )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9UGtguQoDQ

Daz Immediately Co-opted it ,giving the plugin creator access to Private ,internal Daz SDKs to further enhance the plugin and promptly publiclycalled for beta testers to test "their" new plugin for Autodesk Maya.

A Daz employee, boasted Yesterday, That Late summer will see "Major enhancements to Daz's Character animation tools"( IK solver Yayy!!) "and the ability to use Daz content in "Other programs"

Daz studio Already exports to FXB,Alembic,obj,MDD ,BVH for use in "other programs"

So it seems the new DEX plugin for Maya is ready for a late summer roll out.. good for them.

What if the Mighty "Sovereign Nation" of Autodesk Makes major changes to the core of MAYA 2020 and breaks that new DEX plugin in the fall?

Well... too bad!! Daz will have to meet the new standard and "fix" their DEX plugin... that is the way this industry works.

Reallusion Finally Woke up to this Reality After years of chasing the Oh so magical & elusive golden unicorn, They developed their own advanced shape projection algorithum for Character creator 3 knowing that Daz will likely never remove FBX export from DS . Thus we do not need actual "genesis support "Iclone as you can create a perfect Iclone native Doppleganger of any genesis Character, along with the clothing/Hair with all of the realtime animation functionality that an ilcone AVatar offers with use of your existing iclone content Plus IRay rendering for high quality stills.

I have seen many "poser to Lightwave, poser to C4D,poser to Max" plugins come and quickly go over the years ,as Maxon.Newtek,Autodesk etc etc forged ahead with THEIR program agendas leaving those plugins useless..often within a year.

Why should Bondware be any different in their sovereignty to develop Poser according to their own agenda ?

Now the unrealistic,Pie in the Sky, Dreamers will bleet: "Oh but Daz& Bondware will make more money if genesis works fully in both programs"

No... not really You see you GROW your market by getting new users on board (which is why Daz so desparately wants the millions?? of Maya users embracing Genesis 8)

A new user looking at his /her options will Have to risk buying poser first before using Genesis in poser and hope that Bondware remains an obedient and Loyal serf and keep poser updated for the latest Daz figures.

...or Just Download his FREE Daz Studio application with ZERO risk and start buying content from the Daz store

Who likely wins in this scenario?

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