Merry Christmas...I know these threads that mention Poser and DS can get flamy and not my intention. At one point daz and poser parted. I know theres a way to use daz figures in poser but I could never get it to work. I tried daz studio but tbh dont like it. The interface and just cant find resources in there. maybe I am too used to Poser. So one last time am looking at both. What I wanted to ask is if there are any plans for daz figures to be easily used in poser and without those daz figues what do poser users use? I know P comes with native figures but not alot of content like vic8, gen8 etc. Just seems like daz has all the toys. Also wondered about bringing a figure into maya. Had tried that with V4 and not useable. Wish poser had some figures that had lots of toys and a bridge to send to maya etc. lastly, has anyone tried using figures from poser in unreal? Just looking to make some characters w/out sculpting in maya or zbrush.

Bringing daz content into poser isn't too bad. It's been found that you can just export it as an fbx and import it into poser. See this thread https://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/?thread_id=2920203. Also, PE is coming. She looks impressive and I think there are several vendors excited about her and will support her. Don't know anything about Maya compatibility. That software is too rich for my blood.

Thx Red, problem would still be working in ds. I find the interface extremely difficult and it seems that even tho you're able to access your poser resources files its rather iffy. What would be great and its not going to happen is there being a way to easily use the new daz figures in poser. I haven't tried to export G8 from ds to maya yet. rather assumed since V4 was a mess in maya that G8 wouldnt be alot better.

If you're interested in Maya, earlier this year they allowed you to download and use the student version of Maya even if its just self study. Just enter your own name instead of the school. Thanks again and Merry Christmas.

To use V8, all you would have to do in Daz is export it. You would pose it in Poser. I don't do well with Daz for the same reason, but I was able to figure it out.

Thx again, will give it a try my next day off :)

Just upgraded back to PoserPro 11(.1?) Last time I was heavily into Poser I think was Version 7. I purchased 10, but really didn't mes with it.

The split between DS and Poser kind of put me off. I got a bunch of Vicky 4 et all, but really I'm heavily invested in the V3 Generation, which was my favorite.

I'm trying to learn Blender since Lightwave screwed up their OBJ output to be Poser unfriendly.

So. I guess I'm kind of Newb again.

So, apparently people are still using the new DAZ figures for everything, and FBX exporting them out of DS? Which I best is the last time anyone uses DS. LOL!

Do I have that anywhere near right?

Any old timers around wanna help me et back up to speed?

I hear ya, invested heavily into V4 and M4. Tried using an exported fbx file from Daz studio. Tried an obj. And I also am in poser 2011.1. I have no way to import an fbx file just obj and that doesnt work rt, is kinda messed up. Tried bringing them into maya 2014 because would like to have figures to use. Fbx came in fine with textures intact for the body but simple clothes and the neck were crazy. Obj came in figure ok but no textures. I saw for 30 bucks an importer from daz to maya 2016. The figure I did get into poser was not poseable so was worthless. Will look after the week is over, get the privelege to close cmas eve and open the morning, :) If I get something to work will pass it along. havent been using Poser and never can get DS to work right so will just keep going on maya and zbrush.