Provides features meant to create 3D entities and animations. Uses a GPU accelerated real-time rendering to produce photo-realistic results. Handy for game creators, or for movie makers that want to add special effects to the movie. It can communicate and integrate with Maya.
DAZ Studio is a feature rich 3D figure customization, posing, and animation tool that enables anyone to create stunning digital illustrations and animations. DAZ Studio is the perfect tool to design unique digital art and animations using virtual people, animals, props, vehicles, accessories, environments and more. Simply select your subject and/or setting, arrange accessories, setup lighting, and begin creating beautiful artwork.
v4.0 [May 14, 2011]
-TriAx™ Weight-Map System
DAZ Studio 4 relies on hand-painted weight-maps to control the bending of a figure. Using painted weight maps provides content creators flexibility and precision over how their figures' mesh deforms around any type of joint. Adding in the ability to paint a separate map for each axis of rotation takes that level of control and moves it ahead of anything else commonly achieved in the past.
-Auto-Rigging
With improved joints comes the need for improved diversity in a figures mesh. Now DAZ Studio has the ability for content creators to automatically rig their custom figures. No longer do content creators need to worry about respecting a base figure's proportions and joint center placement. So long as the mesh is left intact, the artist will then be able to have the TriAx joint system automatically update to fit their new shape.
-Smart Content
DAZ Studio can filter suggested content to just what's relevant to what you're working on. For example, if you had the new Genesis figure loaded and wanted to find clothing and accessories that will work with it, all you have to do is load the Genesis figure, and DAZ Studio can automatically filter out anything that is not compatible.
-Smart UV Presets
You no longer need to worry about out which skin texture works with which character. All you need to do is load up the Genesis shape you like, browse to the associated skin texture preset, and DAZ Studio will automatically load the correct UV set and corresponding texture.
-Updated User Interface
We've given the user interface an overhaul with a focus on ease of use. Specifically, we've re-arranged tools, widgets, panes, and menus into context-relative groupings that allow you to get things done without having to dig around to find what you need.
-Content Management Service
Relying on a simple meta-data structure, the this service allows you to search for assets in multiple ways, such as by keyword, category, and compatibility.
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