What is Daz Studio?
Bringing 3D Art & Animation to Life
POWERFUL and FREE 3D creation software tool that is not only easy to use yet but feature and functionality rich. Whether you are a novice or proficient 3D artist or 3D animator – Daz Studio enables you to create AMAZING 3D Art.
What can you do with Daz Studio
Just a few Highlights
• 3D Morphing, posing, animation & rendering
• GPU accelerated real-time rendering, photo-realistic results
• Become a proficient 3D artist with in app interactive tutorials
• Own what you make, royalty free
• Learn lighting, textures, industry standard rigging
Software Comparison
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Daz Studio ®
• Scene Building
• Rigging
• Morphing
• Animation
• Rendering
• Cost: $0.00
LightWave 3D ®
• Modeling
• Scene Building
• Rigging
• Morphing
• Animation
• Rendering
• Cost: $1000.00
3DS MAX ®
• Modeling
• Texturing
• Scene Building
• Rigging
• Morphing
• Animation
• Rendering
• Cost: $3600.00
MAYA ®
• Modeling
• Texturing
• Scene Building
• Rigging
• Morphing
• Animation
• Rendering
• Cost: $3600.00
Cross Application Support
Use Daz 3D Models where you want
Daz Studio has built in file export capabilities. This means that all of your Daz 3D content can easily be imported into other popular 3D software tools such as 3DS Max, Mudbox and Maya.
Export formats include:
• Autodesk FBX • COLLADA • OBJ • BVH • Universal 3D •
Files can also be exported as Alembic, by purchasing the add-on Alembic Exporter for Daz Studio
Genesis 8
The Genesis 8 figure platforms is more than just a figure or a character. It is a true character engine that allows you to choose characters that appeal to you, modify and enhance them to meet your needs, or even mix and blend them with other characters to create your own, unique vision. All of this while providing a huge library of content that will adjust to fit your characters and a global network of thousands of top artists constantly creating even more.
With Genesis 8 the platform takes is biggest steps forward, while also embracing the power of its past like never before. By including clones for Genesis, Genesis 2, and Genesis 3, The Genesis 8 figures are backward compatible to be able to use a massive amount of content and provide you with the most selection possible.
System Requirements
Windows®
32 bit
- Intel Dual Core (or equivalent) or greater
- 1.6 GHz (2 GHz dual core or faster recommended)
- Windows 8, 7, & Vista, (Windows 8 or 7 is recommended)
- 1 GB RAM min (2GB+ recommended)
- 1GB free hard drive space for installation
- OpenGL 1.6 compatible graphics card with at least 128 MB RAM (Hardware accelerated OpenGL 2.2, or higher, compatible recommended with 512MB RAM)
- DirectX 9 (used for audio processing only)
64 bit
- WHQL-64 certified
- Intel Xeon/Core 2 Duo or Quad /Core i7 or AMD Opteron/Phenom processor(s)
- Windows 8, 7 & Vista (Windows 8 or 7 is recommended)
- 2 GB RAM min (3GB+ RAM recommended)
- 1GB free hard drive space for installation
- Hardware accelerated OpenGL 1.6 compatible graphics card with at least 512 MB RAM (OpenGL 2.2, or higher, compatible recommended)
- DirectX 9 (used for audio processing only)
Notes: NVIDIA Iray Render Engine: 64-bit only. NVIDIA video card with 4GB+ VRAM recommended. CUDA Compute Capability 2.0 or greater required.
Mac®
32 bit
- Intel Macintosh®
- 1.6 GHz min (1.8 GHz or faster recommended)
- Mac™ OS X 10.6 or above
- 1 GB RAM min (2GB recommended)
- 1GB free hard drive space for installation
- OpenGL 1.6 compatible graphics card with at least 128 MB RAM (Hardware accelerated OpenGL 2.2, or higher, compatible recommended with 256MB+ RAM)
64 bit
- Intel Macintosh®
- 2.00 GHz Core 2 Duo (2.4 GHz or faster recommended)
- Mac™ OS X 10.7 or above
- 2 GB RAM min (3GB+ recommended)
- 1GB free hard drive space for installation
- OpenGL 1.6 compatible graphics card with at least 128 MB RAM (Hardware accelerated OpenGL 2.2, or higher, compatible recommended with 256MB+ RAM)
Notes: Daz Studio will not function installed on a UNIX partition under Mac OS X. NVIDIA Iray Render Engine: 64-bit only. NVIDIA video card with 4GB+ VRAM recommended. CUDA Compute Capability 2.0 or greater required.
