Starter Essentials: What do new customers get?

Scavenger

Say someone brand new comes to Daz and joins up and downloads the program.

What free stuff do they get these days?  Just Genesis 3? Genesis 2 and 1 as well? The starter Essentials for each?

 

Chohole

yes yes and yes, and some

You can check what comes with it here
https://www.daz3d.com/downloader/customer/files#prod_13176

The Diigitals

I started only a few weeks ago, and I made some great purchases and some not so good purchases.

Apparantly choosing which genesis model to stick with is down to what you want to achieve. I wanted the most realistic renders and up to date figures so I chose Gensis 3, however, extra detail might not be as important for you as having lots of choice, and many more mods and things to choose from at a lower cost (sometimes).

Once you've chosen which to go for, You'll want to find a character you like. When you look at characters there will be a little note saying which other products are required. Sometimes, you only need a base genesis character and the body/face morph pack other times you may need to purchase an add-on like Victoria 7. These characters are more expensive because of this.

No matter what you will probably want to buy the face and body morphs.

After that I personally bought hair options, and a great pose/prop set that came with lighting setups. 

Aside from a few other accessories after that I was all set and created some really gorgeous renders very quickly. Having the premade set helped me to learn how to set a scene and light it correctly.

After that Ive puchased more detailed eyebrows, different characters, a lot more morphs, eye colour packs, shoes, more hair, beauty toes, sets, props, snakes... the list goes on lol.

Scavenger

Karuki, thanks for commenting...I'm a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time member....such that I have starter packs that aren't even in the store anymore :) For undisclosed reasons, I needed to know what someone like you gets for free :)

Good on you participating on the forum.  As a new user, you're going to have insite and perspective that a lot of us old timers have forgotten, so you're in an idea position to help other new users!