(bah-bobbidee-BOM!) Got the email notice- "Get yourself Studio 3!" (bah-bobbidee-BOM!) "It's a much better product - and you can try it for FREE!" (bah-bobbidee-BOM!) So I downloaded it just to see what it could do... (bah-bobbidee-BOM!) And now you know its got me - SINGING THE BLUES! (BOM! BOM! BOM!) Oh yeah - I'm singin' (bom-bom) Singin' those DS3 blues! (bom-BOM-bom-bom) Oh I've never felt so stymied (bom-bom) Shot down, whatever I do... (bah-bom-BOM) (bah-bobbidee-BOM!) So I tried my first render, lets see what I got (bah-bobbidee-BOM!) Freebie lights and shaders work fine, but nothing I BOUGHT! (bah-bobbidee-BOM!) They say "No memory-based runtime errors no more" (bah-bobbidee-BOM!) But now I'm seeing, errors that I have-not-seen-before! (BOM! BOM! BOM!) Oh yeah - I'm singin' (bom-bom) Singin' those DS3 blues! (bom-BOM-bom-bom) Oh I've never felt so stymied (bom-bom) Shot down whatever I do... (bah-bom-BOM) (bah-bobbidee-BOM!) Nothing works just like it used to, oh what a mess (bah-bobbidee-BOM!) Which "content" folder to use, just gotta guess (bah-bobbidee-BOM!) But wait what is that - hey that is just too COOL! (bah-bobbidee-BOM!) Tucked away here and there - way too awesome tools! (BOM! BOM! BOM!) Oh yeah - I'm singin' (bom-bom) Singin' those DS3 blues! (bom-BOM-bom-bom) Oh I guess it's worth the effort (bom-bom) Just gotta relearn every-little-thing-I-used-to-do! (bah-bom-BOM) OH YEAH! (bobbidee-bobbidee-bob-i-dee... BOM!) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - My first (successful) Daz Studio 3 effort. Minimal postwork: painted a couple of stubborn clothing seams and added the logo is all. Well, its clear this is a major upgrade with LOADS of wonderful and worthwhile stuff. But a good deal of the existing DS 1.x and 2.x tools and techniques either don't work at all or don't work the same. The shaders and lighting are particularly an eye-opener. Still, it looks to be VERY worth the effort to learn how to use this watershed version. The problems are more annoying than damning. Since I don't want to re-do (yet again) the shaders and surfaces on my Aranée characters, I guess I'll hang on to my trusty 2.3 and finish the series with that product... (sigh) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Image and text © 2009 by Larry Hodge