I don’t know how else to put this, but DAZ Studio 4 is horrible. Whoever decided it would be a good idea to scrap the intuitive interface of DAZ Studio 3 needs to have their position in the company re-evaluated. As an artist, I am befuddled by the extreme difficulty of even getting the hang of the interface. The interface is counter-intuitive and often disruptive to my focus and what I want to do. Just to set the camera at an angle, I have to reach all the way over across the screen. Just to pose the figure, I have to reach to another part of the screen to click on a tab and run through a barrage of totally consummate options that simply do not get to the point.
I imagine many other users are having serious complications with DAZ Studio 4’s interface as well.
Would it hurt to bring back the old interface as an option, at the very least?
For the record, as a user of DAZ Studio since 2005, I absolutely refuse to use DAZ Studio 4. I have reverted to DAZ Studio 3 and I will stay with it. If it inhibits me from buying plugins, so be it.
You could the darkside and citylimits combo that gives you almost the exact same layout but with the added capabilities. I’ve been a studio user since 2005 and I can’t even make my self start up cludgy old 3 any more. Different strokes for different folks.
DS4 is almost completely customisable, and as Khory says, try some of the other layouts.
There is no need to use all of the various tabs along the top, like Shaping and Posing etc, if you are familiar with DS at all. My intercae looks very like DS3, I have Content Library, Scene and Surfaces on one side, and Parameters, and Pupeteer on the other. It is very easy to use, and I would not go back to DS3 although I still have it installed.
Have a look at sorting out the UI to your own needs, you can have DS4 and DS3 on the same machine with no problems.
Well, that is just your opinion man
Nothing wrong with 4 IMO, it took me a few hours to re-adjust. I wouldnt say the UI is particularly worse or better that DS 3 - just different.
Id argue that getting used to the new UI is small price to pay for all the new toys it offers.
Well, I am IN 4.5 and using a layout that pretty much looks like 3 anyway. I’ll take the new bells and whistles but leave the old layout. DAZ heard people upset about the interface and made a customizable option that looks like it., I would suggest upgrading and trying it out.
I have come to terms with the new interface. Although that just means I almost completely replicated my old DS3 interface.
Still, every time I start up DS3 I am delighted by the speed of the old interface. DS4 just feels like your doing everything with a big ball of iron tied around your ankle.
So I would agree that DS3 is much better, but regarding just layout, there doesn’t need to be much of a difference if you’re willing to spend a few minutes to customize everything.
I did notice a difference in speed between 4 and 4.5 which seems faster. Also, if you tell DAZ not to load Genesis automatically MAN does THAT speed it up.
I wouldn’t try to change someones mind or point of view but I too found the transition awkward. But now when I go back i to DS3A (to help others) I struggle to find things. Plus it now looks strangely barren compared to going to the Darkside.
Now I have a cross UI between DS4 and DS3 so I am happy with the changes…well apart form another issue which I won’t keep repeating. Overall I think DS4.5 is a whole new animal and I still prefer the program over others (Vue excluded). ,
I don’t know how else to put this, but DAZ Studio 4 is horrible. Whoever decided it would be a good idea to scrap the intuitive interface of DAZ Studio 3 needs to have their position in the company re-evaluated. As an artist, I am befuddled by the extreme difficulty of even getting the hang of the interface. The interface is counter-intuitive and often disruptive to my focus and what I want to do. Just to set the camera at an angle, I have to reach all the way over across the screen. Just to pose the figure, I have to reach to another part of the screen to click on a tab and run through a barrage of totally consummate options that simply do not get to the point.
I imagine many other users are having serious complications with DAZ Studio 4’s interface as well.
Would it hurt to bring back the old interface as an option, at the very least?
Well I agree with you there except I have no problem with daz 4.0, but I have had ton of issues with later daz like daz 4.5. You talk about counter productive man I have never seen a proogram so set on wasting time. I have upgraded twice to 4.5 only to have to down grade back to 4.0 becuase of major bugs in the program. I have asked and asked for months now to fix some of these problem that have become abundantly clear that a lot of people are having the same issues only to have the people at daz say that the problem pretty much isn’t big enough. Oh well I guess.
Wow… I have had the exact opposite happen to me. The community steered me in the right direction and came to my aid and 4.5 works like a dream for me. Quicker response time and everything.
You all say that the interface is customizable in DAZ Studio 4. That alone gives me hope. But is the option available in the free edition, or must I upgrade to the advanced edition to have it? If it’s not available in the free edition, DAZ is making a big mistake. People who evaluate the software and try the free edition will probably lose their focus and scurry away from it like I have, lol.
All versions are free. You don’t get decimator and something else with the free pro but pretty much everything else is. Be sure to download darkside if it is still a separate download.
