Comments on: Poser, Daz Studio, Carrara – Which One Should I Use?

By: aquaTICK

aquaTICK — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 03:57:49 +0000

Agreed, I have been using Poser for many, many years and I have been quite happy with it. However, in recent years I noticed that the rendering engine seemed inferior to Daz Studio in terms of quality lighting and speed. I switched to Daz Studio only this year (2019) and I see that I have been wasting my time and money with Poser. Daz Studio is in my opinion, vastly superior. You can get better results, and get them easier and faster. I’m comparing the latest Poser 11 and the latest Daz Studio 4.10. I’ve never tried Carrara but there is no need now, knowing Daz Studio is so good and free.
Word of caution to the newbies, you may need to spend a lot of money on buying quality content from Daz3D, but there are other websites offering lots free content, just have to look for the good stuff.

By: shibashake

shibashake — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 23:18:49 +0000

In reply to Talon. I have updated it since then, but should probably do another update for dForce.

By: Talon

Talon — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 20:30:13 +0000

Does this article have a date? Am I correct to infer fropm the numbers in the text and the date stamps of the existing comments that this article was published around January 2014?

By: shibashake

shibashake — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 21:05:00 +0000

In reply to bill baker jr.

Hello Bill,
Very cool stuff on your FB page. In terms of 3d-art software, it depends on what you want to do. I do still images of fantasy art, and for that, Daz Studio works really well for me. I am not a trained artist, so Daz Studio and Photoshop helps a lot because there is so much content for them that I can purchase or sometimes get for free.

Daz Studio is free to download, so I would try that out first. I found DS to have a friendly initial user interface, so I was able to start rendering stuff pretty quickly. The more advanced operations are harder to figure out because of lack of documentation, but that comes later. Also there are a lot of advanced users on the Daz forums that are very helpful. There are also specialized tutorials by some of the vendors.

Hope this helps. 🙂

By: bill baker jr

bill baker jr — Sun, 02 Jul 2017 20:10:00 +0000

hi
im new to this 3d art ,ive been doing art for years,pen-paper paint ,ect digital art has been a new ball of wax for me all together .
ive been using serif for years the version im using at present is X4 which is now old now.
i also use a wireless turcom tablet to do my creations ,the X4 i can import it in anything including photoshop ,which i have never used.
i have tried for sometime to use some kind of 3d art programs & have made some real disasters to say the least ,i just cant seem to figure them out.
is there anything out there that i can use thats not so hard to figure out,so i can work my way up i guess is what im looking for.
to see what i have done i have a facebook page its called billah the experience all the renders there is all hand drawn on my tablet
i found your article here helpful,but i still need more i guess, anything you could suggest would be helpful
thankx for your time
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By: shibashake

shibashake — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 23:17:46 +0000

In reply to Mani Deligtisch. I can re-download my Daz assets whenever I want, but I also keep everything backed-up (on an external hard drive) just in case. :D It is easier to restore from a backup drive anyway, so that is what I usually use.

By: Mani Deligtisch

Mani Deligtisch — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 18:19:20 +0000

I have daz on my windows 7 now old computer. I’m buying a new desktop soon. Can I port all my daz purchases over to my new Win 10 box or will I have to repurchase?
Haven’t made any purchases so far.
Thanks, you’re writing is clear and informative. M,D.

By: Akemi

Akemi — Sat, 19 Mar 2016 11:40:58 +0000

In reply to Leo. *engine

By: Akemi

Akemi — Sat, 19 Mar 2016 11:40:29 +0000

In reply to Leo. Carrara is old, Daz3d studio is new and uses the latest version of the 3delight enging.

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 05:11:17 +0000

In reply to Craig. Ok. But Carrara has amazing capabilities that I don't think DS is capable of even with AniMate2, which Carrara can even import. You can animate almost everything which can work for you in still art as you can change, say a shader over 30 frames to easily compare on the storyboard for instance.