We also are keeping the prior version available, at a lower price point: $49

-Philip


--- In dogwaffle@yahoogroups.com, "staigermanus" <philip@...> wrote:
>
> The Howler edition of PD Pro 7.1 was announced a few days ago.
>
> We now also have the Artist edition, which is also based on PD Pro 7.1.
> We call it PD Artist 7, or PD Pro 7 Artist. Like its predecessor, it lacks the
Animation menu and features found in the Howler edition to support video, with
the exception that you can work with animated brushes, including loading an AVI
clip straight into the animbrush to paint with it into a still image. For
example: a 30-frame walk sequence from Poser saved as AVI can be loaded to brush
and used for painting.
>
> If you don't care for working with video frames or animations much, and you'd
rather not spend money on features you won't use, then you'll want to take a
look at PD Pro Artist over PD Pro Howler.
>
> Most features found in the Howler edition are also found in the Artist
edition, except that they won't animate. For example, you may either not see the
'Animate' button in a filter panel, or while it may still be there and
clickable, it just won't do anything, since it will check if there are at least
2 frames to make it an animation, and PD Artist doesn't have the tools to make
such animations.
>
> Some of the great new features include:
>
> - 3D Designer
> - Enhanced Curve tool
> - Orbicles
>
> See new features of 7.0 and 7.1 here: www.thebest3d.com/howler/7
>
>
> The benefit with PD Artist is that it is much cheaper: While PD Howler is
$159, PD Artist goes for $79. Currently and through Valentines Day February 14,
we have it on sale with an automatic 20% discount, so it's even less.
>
> If you ordered the earlier version, PD Artist 2 (PD Pro 6 Artist) at DAZ3D, or
from us here directly on or after January 1st, please contact me directly for
your free upgrade.
>
> To learn more, start here: http://www.thebest3d.com/pda
>
> Happy waffling!
>
> -Philip
>