Quote Originally Posted by angelize View Post
...I am happy with my virtual manikins for creating illustrations with Xara.
Actually that is what it started out as being with Poser. They keep a version alive for a while called Poser Artist for Artist who didn't care about the animation part and only wanted the digital posing manikin. DAZ originally only sold content to be used in Poser but around version 4 they had a big clash about slow development and licensing restrictions placed on the EULA. DAZ stated they were going to develop their own replacement and it would be FREE. They eventually started charging for what they call advanced and pro versions but they remained true to their word and always maintained a FREE version. Soon afterward they starting purchasing software and thus you have DAZ: Hexagon, Carrara, and Bryce.