DAZ Studio

DAZ Studio is one of the company DAZ Productions ( DAZ stands for Digital Art Zone ) offered 3D modeling tool which is particularly suitable for positioning and rendering of 3D models of persons.

DAZ Studio includes a similar application area such as Poser. In DAZ Studio Render effects are possible, such as depth of field ( depth of field) and motion blur (motion blur). It also allows you to create shadows either by ray tracing or by so-called depth shadow maps. For faster rendering, it is possible to work with OpenGL, but the subtleties of textures such as bump mapping, displacement mapping or reflections are not considered.

DAZ Studio brings a built-in Python engine with that will help you, as well as with the integrated plug-in interface, can greatly expand the functionality of the program.

The version of DAZ Studio 1.0 was released in autumn 2005. The version 2.0 was announced for July 2007, but was not published until the beginning of March 2008. In version 2.0 new features are included such as the automatic generation of approximately lip-sync animations, or a way to increase the polygons of the figures subsequently by additional subdivision, whereby the characters appear in more detail.

Version 3.0 was released in mid-June 2009, and has some improvements. Among other things, the rendering engine has been improved, the possibilities to create different textures was extended and some modules that had to be purchased separately in previous versions are now ( albeit sometimes limited extent ) is integrated into the software.

Since mid- 2011, three significantly enhanced versions 4.0 ( DAZ Studio, ADVANCED, PRO) are available. The base version of DAZ Studio is available free of charge for a limited time.

Modeling of figures

The main use of DAZ Studio is the fast Posing prefabricated objects and figures and arranging into a finished image. DAZ Studio is aimed at artists who want the relatively steep learning curve of professional 3D editing not go but work intuitively and see quick results. For the Library of DAZ Studio a variety of figures and other accessories for both the manufacturer and third parties is available.

DAZ Studio and Poser

DAZ Studio does not offer all the features of his model poser. For example, absent the present in Poser physical simulations to collide as cloth or hair with other objects or to be moved about by a simulated wind.

DAZ Studio is the largest third-party figures for the software Poser. His character Victoria is one of the most popular characters. The surface of DAZ Studio is some user 's view, much more intuitive and enjoyable to use than some getting used to and sometimes inflexible surface of Poser. Moreover, its installation is not affected Adobe Flash dependent on having privacy problems.

Reception

• In a report in c't issue 16 /2011 is a positive view of DAZ Studio " quickly to the change of parameters and numerical inputs " react. Negative of the rendering process is evaluated.
• Chip.de assessed the program as " first-class rendering software ," but complained that no own 3D objects could be created, so this Blender was needed.
• Network World highlights the " simple user " shows that " easy for beginners to " make the but regrets that " no new models can be created and additional extensions are subject to charges ."