DAZ3D has released a new stable version of their free 3D application DAZ|Studio. It has gone through several beta releases as the development team works to clear out incidents in the bug tracker database. Other than stability improvements, no major functionality changes are included.

Windows: http://www.download.com/DAZ-Studio/3000-6677_4-10717523.html?part=dl-DAZStudio&subj=dl&tag=button

Macintosh: http://www.download.com/DAZ-Studio/3000-2187_4-10717526.html?part=dl-10717526&subj=dl&tag=button

"STABLE"????  I've been using Daz for 8 years now, and can't remember the last time I saw a "STABLE" version.  Great program, but there's nothing stable about it.

Small hint if your planning on doing any art challenges, don't use Daz, these people frown on it even though the magazine uses it in some of thier Q and A's and mini-workshops.

I suppose stable is in the eye of the beholder.  It is a 'released' version as opposed to a beta version.

Personally, I can run it all day long and do 12+ hour renders overnight and not have a glitch. But I know that some others have tons of trouble all the time with it. It seems to be unusually sensitive to the end-user's hardware, operating system, and software configuration.

Thanks for the hint, but I'll probably just go ahead and use whatever tool I have that serves my purpose. Software snobs don't bother me very much.