Days of Boredom (unifinished story)
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Ron Knights
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Ron Knights
I’m OK, are You?!
I spent the past few hours reading new and old messages in various Poser forums. I was reminded of good and bad memories.
I was reminded that many people appreciated my efforts to make Poser easier to understand. It felt good to see at least one software writer appreciated my efforts in his behalf.
The negative forum posts hurt almost as bad today as they did years ago. So many people decided there was something wrong with me, and wouldn’t listen to reason. Yes, I had some challenges of my own, but I never stopped trying to overcome the problems, and I kept on creating new tutorials for years afterward. I finally gave up because it hurt to help a community that would not allow me to be a member.
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Ron Knights
Miserable, Mis-informed Macintosh Haters
I’m a writer and artist. I’ve been using programs like Poser since 1999. I started using DAZ Studio by DAZ3D when it was first introduced. I go back and forth between DAZ Studio and Poser. Here is DAZ’s link. Here is the Poser link.
Poser has had many different owners in recent years. DAZ3D has been a major supplier of Poser content since its beginnings in 1999. Over recent years, DAZ3D has bought many 3D art software titles. Here is a link of their offerings.
I’ve noticed that DAZ3D has fallen behind on their support for Macintosh computers. First, the oldest product installers wouldn’t work because Apple no longer supported the “classic emulation.” Apple abandoned support for Rosetta, and that disabled most of DAZ3D’s product installers. I contacted DAZ3D directly, and received absolutely no assurances that the problems would be fixed.
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Rick Morton
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Ron Knights
Thanks for responding. I share your pain.
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Marie
I’ve had the same frustrations with DAZ! Is there any other affordable 3D software like DAZ that is actually fully compatible with Mac (especially Lion OS) ?
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Rob
I’m about to fire up my old Mac just to work on Carrara 6 Pro for some occasional 3D work. If there was a Lion-compatible version with decent reviews, I might shell out more money. I too have followed strange set of software updates over the past 15 years, and it’s too bad they seem to have dead-ended. Is it finally time to buy a “real” Mac 3D application? I’ve always been slowed down by the cost and fear of the learning curve… Have you taken the leap to a new product?
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Ron Knights
Sit on This (Poser 8 Tutorial)
One of the hardest tasks for me is to get a Poser person to sit down on an ordinary chair.
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Ron Knights
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Ron Knights
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Ron Knights
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Ron Knights
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Ron Knights
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Ron Knights
Where’s all the DAZ Studio Content?!
Rick Klick waits for Marlin Fingle in Maclean’s Pizzeria Italia.
DAZ 3D was smart to build on its reputation for creating great Poser content. They were smart to create DAZ Studio, software which could easily handle Poser content. But things got frustrating and confusing for me after that.
DAZ 3D promotes DAZ Studio as software that offers so much greater power or potential than Poser. DAZ Studio has its own native format, in addition to handling Poser content. Where is all the “DAZ Studio-native” content?! You might need to break out the “proverbial bloodhounds” to find DAZ Studio-native stuff. Why?! I suppose there are several reasons.
Marie, 
Ron Knights, and 1 other are discussing. 
I agree completely. Carrara has been utter frustration for me for years. Not ONE single version, or update to a version as worked as would be expected. Buttons don’t work, primitives act strangely, shaders disappear or change on an object, or just plain crashes. It goes on and on. I was so disappointed in version 8 that I got a refund. It’s disgraceful the way they treat the Mac platform. WIth a million or so a month being sold, you’d think they’d wake up and smell the roses. No such luck, I’m afraid. These people can’t seem to make a stable product. I can only imagine what it must me like on a PC.