That’s the one thing that works flawlessly. So what Daz Studio really is is a way for Daz to sell more stuff to its users.

They have learned to crank up the lights and implement sunshine to work around it. I am a novice to this software so maybe it’s my inexperience causing this problem? Nope, experienced Daz Studio users say the same thing happens to them. This is the main job of these programs, to render what you modeled, and not getting a render that looks as good as the Open GL preview is seriously a big failure. Usually something lot darker than it should be. The bad news: The videos were made for 4.8, and we are on version 4.12, and a lot of them are now wrong.īut here is the truly bad part: Once you spend hours putting together a scene, getting the lighting just right, and the angle just right and you finally hit the render button… you get something completely different. The good news: There are tutorial videos to help you make sense of all this. It is used in lighting, it is used in rendering, it is used in posing, it is used in positioning, and every one of these come off as poorly thought out.

The library interface is used everywhere. The Daz Studio Library is frankly better than Poser.īut here is the problem. Items are often categorized so it is easy to find exactly what you are looking for.

The library is organized really well and you can quickly find the items that go with your model. There are things that Daz Studio does well, like load in purchased products from the DAZ3D website. But despite it’s popularity, is Daz Studio really the superior product? Well no, in fact it sucks. The models, especially the ones based on Genesis 3 and 8, are prettier. The base program is free vs a minimum $200 buy in to Poser. The majority of my friendly competition prefers Daz Studio for a couple of pretty obvious reasons: 1. I’ve been using it for a couple of decades now, and while it has its flaws like odd anomalies rendering out of nowhere and the occasional unexpected crash that seems to happen after an hour of work and I forgot to save, it generally is pretty reliable at its one main job: Rendering images from 3D scenes you create. Weekly Pics Gallery 3: Ariane in Paradise and Unfinished Project ArtĪs most of you know I am a Poser user.Weekly Pics Gallery 2: DA, SITA, and R&A.

Daz 3d renders