Software Innovation of the Year 2011

DAZ Studio 4 Genesis™ Figure Platform wins the 3D World CG Technology Award. The Genesis Figure was voted Software Innovation of the Year for breaking new ground and providing a clear benefit for artists in the creation or implementation of CG assets.

Design amazing digital art with this popular 3D figure customization, posting, and animation tool, free for a limited time.

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.

With DAZ Studio 4 you can...

* Create custom 3D characters and avatars
* Produce illustrations for books, comics, and graphic novels
* Make your own CG movies
* Quickly make your own editorial artwork
* Create graphic design elements
* Design virtual environments with animated fly-throughs

Create Professional Quality Graphics with DAZ Studio 4

How you get started with DAZ Studio 4 depends on what you want to accomplish. If you are a graphic designer or a user of another 3D platform like Maya or Poser, and you need custom 3D art, then you need to explore our digital warehouse of 3D characters, accessories, and environments. DAZ Studio 4 lets you use anything from our huge catalog to create impressive, custom digital graphics at a fraction of the cost, time and hassle. See what other professionals are doing with DAZ Studio 4.

What's New in DAZ Studio 4

Genesis™ Figures

You want maximum freedom in the diversity of 3D characters you're able to create without compromising the integrity of the figure itself. Read on to discover how we've accomplished all of that and more in version 4.0 of DAZ Studio.

Made possible only by the advancements in DAZ Studio 4 is the extremely versatile Genesis series of figures. The Genesis series allows for a virtually limitless set of additional figure shape variations that can all be built from a common base. These variations can range in both size and proportion while maintaining a common joint system (rigging). Everything from massive, musclebound freaks or curvy super-heroines to adorable toon kids or frightful monsters can all be created AND combined.

Anyone can build from this foundation and release their own creations to share with other Genesis users. Further improvements include more responsive figure interaction via a new sub-d, single-skin 3D mesh; flexible shape blending; multiple UV layouts; and extensible parameters.

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.