ghosty12 posted at 10:05 AM Mon, 7 October 2024 - #4490064

Yeah seems that Daz are doing an Adobe sort of thing. Where to get the better version of the program, you have to pay monthly for it. And can say in all the rumblings at the moment seem to be getting more and more.

I say no to rentware. I'll pay for iClone first. Ironically, DAZ going over to rentware makes iClone prices look less expensive. DAZ could easily have offered these enhanced features as optional plugins, but with rentware, you will pay for them over and over, many times. DAZ may find rentware less profitable than Adobe does, because DAZ isn't entrenched in the professional market. It is conceivable that DAZ could put itself out of business. If iClone hadn't failed in its attempt to incorporate Iray rendering, they'd be spanking DAZ right now.

DAZ is missing two very desirable features, and I didn't see them mentioned in their "premier" blurb. Both have been needed for years. One: Export to iClone. They brag about exporting to everyone else on Earth, but this one is conspicuously absent. Two: Scaling. They do a very poor job of scaling for the big screens we use today. Neither are on the horizon.