<s>
Daz	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
is	O
a	O
free	O
media	O
design	O
software	O
developed	O
by	O
Daz	O
3D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daz	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
is	O
a	O
3D	O
scene	O
creation	O
and	O
rendering	O
application	O
used	O
to	O
produce	O
images	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Renders	O
can	O
be	O
done	O
by	O
leveraging	O
either	O
the	O
3Delight	B-Application
render	O
engine	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
Iray	B-Application
render	O
engine	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
ship	O
for	O
free	O
along	O
with	O
Daz	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
,	O
or	O
with	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
purchasable	O
add-on	O
render	O
engine	O
plugins	O
for	O
Daz	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
from	O
various	O
vendors	O
and	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daz	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
also	O
supports	O
the	O
import	O
and	O
export	O
of	O
various	O
file	O
formats	O
for	O
3D	O
objects	O
and	O
animations	O
to	O
allow	O
for	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
other	O
3D	O
content	O
within	O
Daz	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
get	O
content	O
out	O
of	O
Daz	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
for	O
use	O
in	O
other	O
3D	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
1	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Daz	O
3D	O
announced	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
giving	O
away	O
Daz	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Pro	I-Language
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Daz	O
3D	O
also	O
began	O
offering	O
Hexagon	B-Application
and	O
Daz	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
together	O
for	O
free	O
,	O
thus	O
adding	O
3D	O
modeling	O
capabilities	O
to	O
the	O
Daz	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
offering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
differences	O
between	O
Daz	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
and	O
other	O
software	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
Poser	B-Application
is	O
that	O
Daz	O
3D	O
has	O
also	O
included	O
support	O
for	O
its	O
various	O
generations	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
Genesis	O
"	O
technology	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
its	O
human	O
figures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daz	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
is	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
manipulate	O
relatively	O
ready-to-use	O
models	O
and	O
figures	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
supporting	O
3D	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
Poser	B-Application
,	O
the	O
industry-leading	O
software	O
in	O
use	O
for	O
character	O
manipulation	O
and	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daz	O
3D	O
began	O
its	O
business	O
model	O
selling	O
3D	O
models	O
of	O
human	O
beings	O
(	O
and	O
a	O
few	O
non-humans	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
giving	O
away	O
a	O
few	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
popular	O
base	O
models	O
for	O
free	O
from	O
time	O
to	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
clothing	O
and	O
props	O
for	O
the	O
same	O
,	O
and	O
all	O
of	O
these	O
models	O
were	O
constructed	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
Poser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
Daz	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
handled	O
the	O
same	O
file	O
formats	O
that	O
Poser	B-Application
did	O
,	O
but	O
Daz	O
eventually	O
introduced	O
Daz	O
Studio-specific	O
character	O
and	O
file	O
formats	O
(	O
although	O
they	O
also	O
introduced	O
their	O
DSON	O
file	O
importer	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
import	O
Daz	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
characters	O
into	O
Poser	B-Application
,	O
while	O
Daz	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
can	O
still	O
also	O
import	O
Poser	B-Application
object	O
files	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daz	O
3D	O
follows	O
the	O
"	O
Razor	O
and	O
blades	O
business	O
model	O
"	O
:	O
Daz	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
is	O
the	O
"	O
razor	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
free-of-charge	O
core	O
program	O
with	O
the	O
required	O
features	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
imagery	O
and	O
animations	O
,	O
while	O
relegating	O
other	O
features	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
blades	O
"	O
,	O
add-on	O
plug-ins	O
,	O
usually	O
commercial	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
user	O
may	O
add	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
Daz	O
3D	O
began	O
offering	O
another	O
of	O
their	O
programs	O
,	O
Hexagon	B-Application
,	O
and	O
distributing	O
that	O
as	O
a	O
package	O
with	O
Daz	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2017	O
,	O
Daz	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
added	O
to	O
the	O
free	O
offering	O
the	O
dForce	O
physics	O
engine	O
,	O
which	O
Daz	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
uses	O
for	O
simulating	O
the	O
draping	O
of	O
cloth	O
due	O
to	O
gravity	O
,	O
wind	O
,	O
and	O
collision	O
with	O
other	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
