I think you should start with a few freebies first in order to see what you would like to do. Texturing clothing or characters is always a good starting point and there are tutorials available on the matter, because no matter which path you will chose later, being a good texturing artist can be the key to success. Allow a year of releasing freebies and see how the market responds for it isn't as easy as it used to be and it will take loads of work for very little pay. See it as a hobby with a possibility to maybe earn some cash later on. You don't need to buy the very pricey software first as it is all a question of skills. I have seen people knocking out killer textures using PSP. Photoshop is of course the better software but think about this wisely. Don't invest into modelling software as of yet for they can cost loads. When ready try the free or cheaper ones to understand the concepts for versatility in many different softwares is great. I have done all of it, texturing for free and for sale and I model simple stuff but it didn't happen overnight. Feel free to ask questions of course....

and most pythons which worked in 2014 also work in this version and so does Gen 1+2 via DSON but these do require re-installing (the pythons) and do not forget to add your DS library folder to the runtimes list for Gen 1+2 to work

I wanted to post something similar to this a few days back but a technical glitch prevented the post to go live. I was more for a thumbnail system that clearly shows you what software it is for (or in the guise of a small letter like the R, B etc underneath the thumbnails). I am a Poser user but I regularly convert DS only stuff for use within Poser by either creating the Poser companion files from within DS or by exporting the OBJ files. A surprising amount of stuff can be used this way and I wouldn't want to miss these.

Cheers...you too :)

I for my part am looking forward to this I love what I see and it should give us a ample grounds to play with and we can always do with versatility in Poser! Thanks for investing so much time into this!

Yes...I am relieved that it has finally been looked into properly as I was saddened by how this was handled so far. A whole month though between the first complaints and the constant warnings from the customers that it had to be here is a true shame, especially as I felt we weren't taken seriously. I hope we can speak about lessons learned on both sides now and move on.

Got three prepaid Visa cards now with very little money and they get used in specific places only. As for the rest, I have a little bit of money in my PP account if I want to buy 3D stuff, but I got so disheartened by all this that I simply stopped spending any cash on 3D sites...I might check in once a week for freebies mainly...There is too many of us for me to feel safe...no matter which site.

I will also do Paypal only now and with no card attached to the account as I haven't bothered changing the cancelled one that was hacked in there. I put some cash into my account and that is all i will do from now on. My new card I will only use in physical stores when I need to....For Amazon I use a Prepaid one, same for Netflix...different cards, very little money...not even enough money on there to purchase anything halfway decent :-) 

Hmmm...I am truly disappointed for now because I have the feeling this isn't being taken seriously for lack of admin answers to our concerns other than a denial. I am not saying they are not looking into it, but we have no feedback. There is too many of us for this to be a coincidence but I am willing to accept that coincidences can happen but they need to assure me that they have seriously looked into it in order to deny or confirm. I am not at ease and won't be spending my money here for now and might be spending considerably less in the future too if I feel ignored with my concerns. A site being hacked doesn't make me spend less time or money there in the future, but a site ignoring its customers concerns makes me do just that am afraid.

:-) Well at least that has sorted itself out....

Paypal works fine for me and I normally use it. Maybe a browser issue?

Just to clear this up a little bit more, I went through the complete history of my card (October 2014-now), it is as good as all Paypal or Amazon except for two purchases on a famous German website in December and my recent 3.50 USD transaction here. In my case my bank did not block the transaction and I am 505  Euro out of pocket at this stage and although you do not store info on your site, the encryption process might have been hacked into. I am also not pointing fingers but same as my bank, I am highly suspicious. For me this now means filling in forms and eventually even having to go to the Police fraud department. I should have known better after the fiasco with the other site where I was also part of the lucky ones!  Please don't brush this off...It might not be at your end, but it could be since I don't appear to be alone here....and 'no', I never had any issues here before and I felt safe, thus I used my card this 'once', which makes me really annoyed with myself....I am from Luxembourg.

Mine too and my bank also suspects it's you guys .-(, the reason being that you, next to Amazon, are the only purchase of the month (other than Paypal) and it happened shortly afterwards. They said they would enter into contact with you. In my case they bought plane tickets in Russian rubbles.

Right...all the other functions work but I often have issues with Opera. I really love that browser but script writers don't seem to think like me...lol...

I extract all to a temp runtime and the move the Runtime folder into the Poser runtime folder it is associated with and the rest goes into DS ( I need them in there for export purposes as I convert them). I re-organise all files in the runtime folder first though as I use external libraries, which contrary to poser's own, do not recognise each file no matter where it is but only see Pose files in pose, material files in material, etc....I seriously which DAZ would stick to the base rules of Poser as it makes a real mess for many users very often as we need to move loads of stuff on a regular basis...:-)