Thx for this review. Personally, under no circumstances, I'll pay 20 bucks for this. If Daz restricts the current functions of the free version, I will switch completely to CC4. At some point, as a user, you simply have to show this proliferation of software subscriptions the red card.
Yeah so far I’m not impressed at all with it. Low res everything. In fact all of this we can do before . Just different ways of doing it. Why they won’t release high res is beyond me.
It's noticeable how the number of sale items has dropped from the Daz catalogue since premier got going. I can see how they want to reserve the discounts for the premier members but it makes it less likely that the none subscription guys (such as myself ) will be able or willing to afford more material at full price.
Yeah in all honesty I dislike like company more and more. Feels like a suit took over and the plonkers brain is controlled by nothing else then a few extra pennies. Their customer support sux, their silly new ideas to try con people are getting worse . Nothing really likeable anymore . I’ve moved over to render hub and will support the PA,s for there to:) they heading down a bad path sadly :)
Took me ages to get my daz to maya to unreal pipeline working, but the skeleton is still a bit iffy with ue5 animations and it doesn't use the metahuman face rig. This might actually be worth a look since so many plugins and assets run off the base UE/metehuman skeleton. Wonder if it works with hair, that's a big issue for me atm too.
I’ll be testing this . Let’s see how it all works. Maybe you want to wait and see before taking the plunge :) I’ll test all the features:) have a good weekend mate :)
the model genesis are beautiful, but Daz should understand that Stable diffusion are killing them. Daz upgrades should integrate AI or export better their genesis to Unreal engine.
Yeah I really wish we could get high res here. It’s literally the last barrier into having something professional and entering that world . One day maybe :)
Isn't it funny that vacation and holidays are exhausting? 😂. Mr. Surgeon you are absolutely right on all of these points. If you keep buying content then it pays off. Another thing they did to suck people in, like myself, was the 30% off gift cards.... To make that payoff work you buy the max of $500 (an additional $50 savings equates to five additional months at this tier.) hmmm... Well individually it could pay off with savings and free things if they're any good. Great thinking video. Oh almost forgot! The tokens last 3x longer (I think) and those are huge savings. I still have 11+ days to use my tokens from a few days ago instead of the normal 3 days. Also the free bundle allows you to pick from your choice of bundles. Right now when I looked there are 7 bundles to choose from including: Tara 9, Vicky 9 Character Bundle, Ghengis Khan 9, Walter 9, Lawrence 9, Pixie 9. So that was a pretty nice surprise.
Holy Hell Ive never bought a 500 gift card ha hahahha. But yeah makes total sense. Ive paid thousands for all my stuff. Nice one. use the system my man:) The tolken thing is better but in all honesty they shouldn't expire so fast anyways. Nice about the bundles. Lets see in the next few months what they offer. I think these things always start off strong and fade as time goes by but lets see. I hope your well my friend and I have a nice little Halloween image on its way haha. Happy weekend my friend:)
@@imagineeverything See! The gift cards pay off and my math of $50 additional is based upon getting a 20% discount on the Daz Plus membership. If you are not a member and jump to the premiere then you would save $150 off of $500. Yeah it's still a lot of money but to think that everything a person ends up buying is an additional 30% off the price automatically is pretty good. So... if you're going to spend it... spend it forward. :) It pays off of in the long run. I've been good and totally look forward to Hallloooooweeeeen imagery from my bestist friend Mr. Surgeon.
Sculpting in Premier is only base morphs. HD sculpting will still only be available to PAs. I'm quite annoyed with the introduction of this Premier plan, honestly. And now I'm stuck with a devaluated version of the Daz+ sub until its expiration by the end of next year. Quite disappointed with all this, honestly.
Hey mate:) Aww that's not great to hear. But its per month so you can cancel at any time. Its not a yearly subscription. I kinda made sure of that. But best to make fully sure. Go in your account it should say cancel sub and your next payment next month. Let me know.
@@imagineeverything Thanks, mate. Yes, it's true that both available subscription plans are recurring monthly ones now, and that the customer can opt out anytime. I still think that the more options available for us customers, the better. With this I mean that I would've preferred if they still offered us quarterly and yearly plans (with some savings associated with them, of course) as well. Anyway, in my particular case, I could've accepted their offer for two months of Premier free of charge. But had I accepted their offer, I would've lost my current Daz+ sub once I would have decided to cancel the Premier subscription, remaining a base customer after that. And considering that my Daz+ sub runs until late November next year, I think that it wasn't the best option for me to shift to Premier now. I don't know what I will do once my current Daz+ sub expiration date draws near. But what I am almost certain is that I'm reducing my purchases on the Daz store by a lot margin in the coming months. And believe me when I say that I've spent a whole lot since I became Daz+ less than one year ago.
I bought it and Ill test things but I just saw a comment saying no it does not. Ill make sure but damn that doesn't help at all then. Next vid will be here soon:) Let me test all this stuff and see:) have a good weekend mate:)
MeshGrabber 4 or whatever they call it now, I think "Sculptor"? ManFriday seems to have struck one killer deal with them, well, good for him if sufficiently people are that numb. I for one will look for alternatives now like CC4 and learn Blender. It was all fun and games as long as Daz Studio was free, but asking 19 bucks a month for that ridiculous hodgepodge showing its bad UI and tech decisions whenever it can - nuh uh. Not having that.
Yeah but you don’t need it to still use daz. Daz is still free and it works just like before . This is just an add on to catch a few people . I still enjoy it though:) just don’t need all the add ons .
The little snippet of video they showed dealing with "sculpting" showed only Base Resolution. Like you, I have my fingers crossed, but am not all that hopeful that high-res morphs will be coming. I guess it COULD be helpful for lower res mods to avoid Blender or whatnot altogether. But at $20 a month--? Fuhgeddaboutit P.S.: Waiting to hear about your Blender experiment of Sculpting to Normal Map workflow--? As described here in a CC4 workflow: ruclips.net/video/sild9pGrFNE/видео.html If it worked with DAZ, it would address a lot of the HD Morph issues...
Sup Kev mate:) I'm giving it a good rundown and Ill report back on all the new things and how to use them and what they can do. So far not totally impressed to be honest but lets give it a proper go. Yes I still need to do this. Wont be soon as I need to get a good few vids out because Im so damn busy at the moment but I have it in the pipeline. It all works but now I need to make sure I get a good pipeline going for it so its easy to do and straight forward. Ill have this one up my man:) have a good weekend my friend:)
Thx for this review.
Personally, under no circumstances, I'll pay 20 bucks for this.
If Daz restricts the current functions of the free version, I will switch completely to CC4.
At some point, as a user, you simply have to show this proliferation of software subscriptions the red card.
Yeah so far I’m not impressed at all with it. Low res everything. In fact all of this we can do before . Just different ways of doing it. Why they won’t release high res is beyond me.
It's noticeable how the number of sale items has dropped from the Daz catalogue since premier got going. I can see how they want to reserve the discounts for the premier members but it makes it less likely that the none subscription guys (such as myself ) will be able or willing to afford more material at full price.
Yeah in all honesty I dislike like company more and more. Feels like a suit took over and the plonkers brain is controlled by nothing else then a few extra pennies. Their customer support sux, their silly new ideas to try con people are getting worse . Nothing really likeable anymore . I’ve moved over to render hub and will support the PA,s for there to:) they heading down a bad path sadly :)
Took me ages to get my daz to maya to unreal pipeline working, but the skeleton is still a bit iffy with ue5 animations and it doesn't use the metahuman face rig. This might actually be worth a look since so many plugins and assets run off the base UE/metehuman skeleton. Wonder if it works with hair, that's a big issue for me atm too.
I’ll be testing this . Let’s see how it all works. Maybe you want to wait and see before taking the plunge :) I’ll test all the features:) have a good weekend mate :)
the model genesis are beautiful, but Daz should understand that Stable diffusion are killing them. Daz upgrades should integrate AI or export better their genesis to Unreal engine.
Yeah mate 100% agree with this:)
Seems only low res models so far? Looks like they're afraid it'd become simply a stop before exporting out to different softwares 😂
Yeah I really wish we could get high res here. It’s literally the last barrier into having something professional and entering that world . One day maybe :)
Isn't it funny that vacation and holidays are exhausting? 😂. Mr. Surgeon you are absolutely right on all of these points. If you keep buying content then it pays off. Another thing they did to suck people in, like myself, was the 30% off gift cards.... To make that payoff work you buy the max of $500 (an additional $50 savings equates to five additional months at this tier.) hmmm... Well individually it could pay off with savings and free things if they're any good. Great thinking video.
Oh almost forgot! The tokens last 3x longer (I think) and those are huge savings. I still have 11+ days to use my tokens from a few days ago instead of the normal 3 days.
Also the free bundle allows you to pick from your choice of bundles. Right now when I looked there are 7 bundles to choose from including: Tara 9, Vicky 9 Character Bundle, Ghengis Khan 9, Walter 9, Lawrence 9, Pixie 9. So that was a pretty nice surprise.
Holy Hell Ive never bought a 500 gift card ha hahahha. But yeah makes total sense. Ive paid thousands for all my stuff. Nice one. use the system my man:) The tolken thing is better but in all honesty they shouldn't expire so fast anyways. Nice about the bundles. Lets see in the next few months what they offer. I think these things always start off strong and fade as time goes by but lets see. I hope your well my friend and I have a nice little Halloween image on its way haha. Happy weekend my friend:)
@@imagineeverything See! The gift cards pay off and my math of $50 additional is based upon getting a 20% discount on the Daz Plus membership. If you are not a member and jump to the premiere then you would save $150 off of $500. Yeah it's still a lot of money but to think that everything a person ends up buying is an additional 30% off the price automatically is pretty good. So... if you're going to spend it... spend it forward. :) It pays off of in the long run. I've been good and totally look forward to Hallloooooweeeeen imagery from my bestist friend Mr. Surgeon.
The man can hustle:) Love it brother:) Good your doing good. Now lets keep being good and speak soon. Huge love bro:)
The took the Manfriday Render Queue 3 out of the store just to put on premier?
That was pretty scummy.
Yeah seems like they have taken a few things off the store so they can try and sell this premiere to people. Not great decisions at all recently .
Sculpting in Premier is only base morphs. HD sculpting will still only be available to PAs. I'm quite annoyed with the introduction of this Premier plan, honestly. And now I'm stuck with a devaluated version of the Daz+ sub until its expiration by the end of next year. Quite disappointed with all this, honestly.
Hey mate:) Aww that's not great to hear. But its per month so you can cancel at any time. Its not a yearly subscription. I kinda made sure of that. But best to make fully sure. Go in your account it should say cancel sub and your next payment next month. Let me know.
@@imagineeverything Thanks, mate. Yes, it's true that both available subscription plans are recurring monthly ones now, and that the customer can opt out anytime. I still think that the more options available for us customers, the better. With this I mean that I would've preferred if they still offered us quarterly and yearly plans (with some savings associated with them, of course) as well. Anyway, in my particular case, I could've accepted their offer for two months of Premier free of charge. But had I accepted their offer, I would've lost my current Daz+ sub once I would have decided to cancel the Premier subscription, remaining a base customer after that. And considering that my Daz+ sub runs until late November next year, I think that it wasn't the best option for me to shift to Premier now. I don't know what I will do once my current Daz+ sub expiration date draws near. But what I am almost certain is that I'm reducing my purchases on the Daz store by a lot margin in the coming months. And believe me when I say that I've spent a whole lot since I became Daz+ less than one year ago.
Yeah I think your doing the right thing. I’m not very impressed by this whole premiere thing. The more I see and play the less I like :(
This pretty much sums up my views about it. Will it be of benefit in making my game? I don't know. It's all about the rez.
I bought it and Ill test things but I just saw a comment saying no it does not. Ill make sure but damn that doesn't help at all then. Next vid will be here soon:) Let me test all this stuff and see:) have a good weekend mate:)
So far it's just been a cash grab I have it and see zero benefits
Yeah I got it to. I’m not impressed either :)
MeshGrabber 4 or whatever they call it now, I think "Sculptor"? ManFriday seems to have struck one killer deal with them, well, good for him if sufficiently people are that numb. I for one will look for alternatives now like CC4 and learn Blender. It was all fun and games as long as Daz Studio was free, but asking 19 bucks a month for that ridiculous hodgepodge showing its bad UI and tech decisions whenever it can - nuh uh. Not having that.
Yeah but you don’t need it to still use daz. Daz is still free and it works just like before . This is just an add on to catch a few people . I still enjoy it though:) just don’t need all the add ons .
The little snippet of video they showed dealing with "sculpting" showed only Base Resolution. Like you, I have my fingers crossed, but am not all that hopeful that high-res morphs will be coming. I guess it COULD be helpful for lower res mods to avoid Blender or whatnot altogether. But at $20 a month--? Fuhgeddaboutit
P.S.: Waiting to hear about your Blender experiment of Sculpting to Normal Map workflow--? As described here in a CC4 workflow:
ruclips.net/video/sild9pGrFNE/видео.html
If it worked with DAZ, it would address a lot of the HD Morph issues...
Sup Kev mate:) I'm giving it a good rundown and Ill report back on all the new things and how to use them and what they can do. So far not totally impressed to be honest but lets give it a proper go. Yes I still need to do this. Wont be soon as I need to get a good few vids out because Im so damn busy at the moment but I have it in the pipeline. It all works but now I need to make sure I get a good pipeline going for it so its easy to do and straight forward. Ill have this one up my man:) have a good weekend my friend:)
They're trying to get my money again. NO, I won't it buy Ari!!! Get back in the cellar!
Arrrriii get back in the hole you came from 😂🤣. Yeah I don’t think it’s worth it yet. I’ll do more tests and see:) have a great one mate :)