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A rather basic and probably stupid question....

tring01tring01 Posts: 305
in New Users

I downloaded Daz 3D a month or so ago just because I've always been interested in 3D graphic arts - but never got into it for one reason or another.  I decided to try out Daz just as a learning experience.  Total hobbyist.

I'm loving this software and am having a blast with it.  It's more fun that any game I've ever played.

What do "real" users do with this software?  I see comments from people about producing images for a project or something that sounds like they're making money with it.  Can you actually make money using Daz 3D?

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  • srieschsriesch Posts: 4,241

    I don't make money with it myself, but simply think about what it does: it allows you to create whatever graphics you want.  Therefore, anything that provides income dependent on graphics is possible (within any legal limitations there may be, for example if using products that don't allow commercial use, 3D printing, use in games, etc).  But other than that, the sky's the limit.  You could sell art.  You could illustrate books.  You could put funny logos and pictures on Tshirts and coffee cups.  You could create a product commercial.  You could make a movie.  You could demo the use of your commercial product in a simulated environment to bring in investors prior to actually building it.  You could buy a copy for your employees stuck for 6 months at a time in their Antarctic weather monitoring station to improve morale, reduce turnover and thus increase profits.  (incidentally, if anybody actually does that and it works, I want a cut for the idea.)  But really technically none of that has anything to do with the application, it's what you make of the result.  If you want to make money, you need to know what you intend to do first, purchase of DAZ Studio doesn't instantly equate to $ without a goal obviously.

  • OstadanOstadan Posts: 1,128

    I once met someone who uses DAZ products to create visualizations used by lawyers in courtroom presentations.  As the previous answer indicates, there are really no limits to what you can do with art.  And yes, it's art (even if it isn't necessarily good art).

  • Steven-VSteven-V Posts: 727
    edited August 2015

    I dunno if I count as a 'real user,' but I found DAZ studio when googling 'making comic-books with a computer' (because I always wanted to make a comic and I can't draw to save my life). I came across some page that summarized a bunch of tools, and two of them were Poser and DAZ Studio. DAZ was free to DL, Poser was not, so guess which one I tried? After significan experimentaiton I concluded that DAZ could, in fact, be used to create the art panels of a comic-book, so that is what I am doing now. I have made a webcomic and I put it out 1 page a week (can't do it any faster in DAZ... that's like one rendered panel per day). So that is what I'm doing with it.

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  • KurzonDaxKurzonDax Posts: 228

    I don't necessarily make money using Daz.  Instead, I use it to (in theory) save money.  I am subjectively pretty good at Photoshop and Illustrator, but I am terrible at painting anything by hand, on paper or digitally.  I do a lot of volunteer graphics work for some advocacy organizations I support.  My purpose for getting in to Daz was because 1) I generally hate stock photography images, 2) I was tired of paying out the wazoo for stock photography images, 3) I  could never afford to shoot photography in the variety of environments I can create with Daz.

    So I take scenes I render in Daz and incorporate them in to the graphics I do in Photoshop and Illustrator.

    Unfortunately, I have been a little addicted to buying new stuff in the Daz store, so I'm not really seeing any net savings...yet.

  • larsmidnattlarsmidnatt Posts: 4,511
    edited August 2015

    For many "real" users Daz Studio is a game, which is not a bad thing. I would say its a pretty good game even. The vast majority of Daz users are hobbyist.

    But ultimately Daz Studio's purpose is a tool for digital artists. Once you have skills to leverage the tools to craft useful results, maybe you can make money. However there are something in the range of 2 million downloads to Daz Studio. So lots of competition :) And you wouldn't just be competing with DS users, it's all digital artists especially 3D artists.

    I would say most users who use Daz Studio as a tool, also use other tools. It's just part of the toolkit. If nothing else use Daz Studio and a photo manipulation tool for post work.

    The opportunities are only limited by ones imagination and skillset. Though, I wouldn't think about making money. Just try not to spend too much...and try to learn as much as you can.

    Post edited by larsmidnatt on
  • D.RobinsonD.Robinson Posts: 283
    Steven-V said:

    I dunno if I count as a 'real user,' but I found DAZ studio when googling 'making comic-books with a computer' (because I always wanted to make a comic and I can't draw to save my life). I came across some page that summarized a bunch of tools, and two of them were Poser and DAZ Studio. DAZ was free to DL, Poser was not, so guess which one I tried? After significan experimentaiton I concluded that DAZ could, in fact, be used to create the art panels of a comic-book, so that is what I am doing now. I have made a webcomic and I put it out 1 page a week (can't do it any faster in DAZ... that's like one rendered panel per day). So that is what I'm doing with it.

    I just had a look at your webcomic...very cool!

    Daniel

  • sinfanysinfany Posts: 190

    I use Daz (and Photoshop for postwork) to create illustrations for my children's books (I think there are a few of us here doing that) and I design book covers as well. So, yes, you can make money with Daz.

    Steffany

     

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