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<blockquote data-quote="Zinovia" data-source="post: 4075257" data-attributes="member: 57373">DAZ Studio is *free*.&nbsp; Yep, free for both Windows and Mac platforms.&nbsp; The catch is you pay for models, although they regularly give some of those away free as well.&nbsp; The models are usable in Poser, DAZ Studio, Bryce, Carrerra, etc.&nbsp; I use a combination of DAZ studio and Bryce and I'm pretty pleased with the <a href="http://rialto.org/gallery/warm_welcome_sm.jpg" target="_blank">results</a>I just need to make time to play with my 3D toys more.&nbsp; I've been wanting to do some character portraits forever, but have a lot of work to do for science fiction conventions I'm involved in.&nbsp; To drag this back on topic, it's a bit dismaying hearing that an app due to be released in a few months is still in pre-alpha.&nbsp; It really ought to be further along in development by now.&nbsp; As others have said, I guess they rolled a '1' on their Digital Initiative.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious&nbsp; &nbsp; :]" data-shortname=":]" />&nbsp;&nbsp; It seems the main purpose of the visualizer is to make a custom mini for your character, which is <s>cool</s> neat.&nbsp; I was hoping it would make a nice portrait as well.&nbsp; The one they show is meh at best.&nbsp; Here's hoping that those of you with Windows get a much better product when it's released in a few months.&nbsp; If not, I expect a lot of people to give up on D&amp;DI and not bother following up later - even if it's been improved by then.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zinovia, post: 4075257, member: 57373"] DAZ Studio is *free*. Yep, free for both Windows and Mac platforms. The catch is you pay for models, although they regularly give some of those away free as well. The models are usable in Poser, DAZ Studio, Bryce, Carrerra, etc. I use a combination of DAZ studio and Bryce and I'm pretty pleased with the [url=http://rialto.org/gallery/warm_welcome_sm.jpg]results[/url] I just need to make time to play with my 3D toys more. I've been wanting to do some character portraits forever, but have a lot of work to do for science fiction conventions I'm involved in. To drag this back on topic, it's a bit dismaying hearing that an app due to be released in a few months is still in pre-alpha. It really ought to be further along in development by now. As others have said, I guess they rolled a '1' on their Digital Initiative. :] It seems the main purpose of the visualizer is to make a custom mini for your character, which is [s]cool[/s] neat. I was hoping it would make a nice portrait as well. The one they show is meh at best. Here's hoping that those of you with Windows get a much better product when it's released in a few months. If not, I expect a lot of people to give up on D&DI and not bother following up later - even if it's been improved by then. [/QUOTE]

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