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License:
Free
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Downloads:
896,773
- Requirements:
Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
October 28, 2008
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Publisher's description of DAZ Studio
DAZ Studio is a feature rich 3D figure posing and animation tool that enables users of any skill level to easily create stunning digital imagery. Whether youre a 3D newbie or an avid 3D artist, you'll find DAZ Studio is the perfect tool for designing unique digital art and animation with virtual people, animals, props, vehicles, backgrounds and more. Experience total creative freedom with DAZ Studio and express yourself in 3D like never before.
Version 2.3.3.89 includes many bug fixes for crashes and also enables Figure Setup; fixes to the PowerLoader scripts enable PowerLoader to work with Michael 4.
Editor's review of DAZ Studio
4.0 stars
- "Simplify 3D with DAZ"
From the makers of the popular scene rendering program Bryce comes DAZ Studio, a powerful freeware 3D modeling and CAD program that looks great, but is a resource hog and can be sluggish for the average user.
The publisher recommends at least 256MB of RAM, but we found that to be wishful thinking. The program runs choppily on anything less than 1GB, although some of the more complex rendering was processed more slowly than others. It also requires an OpenGL compatible graphics card with at least 128MB of RAM onboard, so machines built before 2003 will certainly struggle. This isn't unusual for this kind of program, though.
DAZ offers up a wide array of built-in models and tools and for creating, animating, and recording life-like scenes. Users can purchase additional models through the publisher's Web site. Free tutorials on the site take a bit of the edge off the learning curve, although it's still steep. The feature set is nothing short of incredible: You can take a model, manipulate it, add detail and texture, have it interact with other models, and manage your art files. The tool panels on the left and right navigation bars can be hidden, to maximize screen space, and all the tools have mouse-over labels to help newbies learn what's what. There are also components for easy export to other programs like Photoshop.
According to the publisher, the program is compatible with Windows Vista, however, we were unable to install it on our Enterprise edition. Also, all users must register on the publisher's Web site to get the free serial number for the program.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 226 votes
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Version: DAZ Studio 2.3.3.89
"User friendly with ver good results"
Pros: Easy learning
Cons: Haven't found anything so far
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Version: DAZ Studio 2.3.3.89
Pros: It has tons of features.
Cons: no any problem
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Version: DAZ Studio 2.3.3.89
"Great software but not if you are into animation."
Pros: Ease of use, robust features, takes advantage of multi-core CPUs, Uses Poser models, Can be linked to Bryce 6 and above (free) and Photoshop CS3 (For a Price), There is a lot of 3rd party support, Very good software renderer.
Cons: Animation tools needs work, Some tools, that was once third party plug-ins, are not as rich as the plug-ins used to be, Converting D|S content into Poser sucks, Although this is great software, you need 3rd party plug-ins to bring out the best in it.
Summary: I like this product mainly for its ease of use, price and because of the excellent 3rd party support it has, expandability. The quality of the artwork that this piece of software produces is stunning. Here are some examples of the artwork that I pro... read more >>
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Version: DAZ Studio 2.3.3.89
"Fairly easy to use,but still coming to grips with it"
Pros: The basic product is free, so can't argue with that. The add on bits are mostly cheap too. So far I have found it easy to use (I am a novice in 3D). I doesn't use as much memory as I thought it would. Fairly easy to use menus too.
Cons: Unles I haven't found it yet, It is fairly limited in customisation. There are a lot of add on bits that can get expensive quite quickly. The help provided could be a bit more helpful. Something in writing would be useful, like on other programs.
Summary: Overall, I like this product, but I can see that if I had morew money to spend, then I would probably spend it on other programs. Once I have loaded the extra morph programs, I would have prefered it to stay in, and not have to search for it each ti... read more >>
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Version: DAZ Studio 2.3.3.89
"Do not like this program will keep 2.2."
Pros: Do not like this program 2.3.3.89
Cons: Will not work right...I have stop buy-ing so much of your other progams and content will start too save money... because of this new 2.3.3.89...
Summary: Thank ...you .
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