How To Add Content to DAZ Studio 4 Pro

To add content to DAZ Studio 4 Pro, please take a look to the following steps :

I'll also mention zipped Poser content and native DAZ Studio content.

Set Up

Most of the content you will find in the DAZ store and on other websites is in Poser, rather than DAZ Studio, format. If you allowed DAZ Studio to search for content when you installed it you should already have the Content folder in the DAZ Studio application folder selected as a Poser content directory: if you didn't, or if you want to keep the files elsewhere (they can amount to a lot of data in a short time) you need to go to Edit>Preferences>Directories tab.

Click the button at the top that currently reads DAZ Studio content directories and pick Poser content directories from the list.

DAZ Studio 4 Tutorial: Adding meta-data to existing files

I'm told that in newer versions of DAZ Studio 4 Advanced/Pro the "My Stuff" tab was renamed to "Smart Content", but since the vast majority of us do not have access to those versions of DS4, I'm not changing the name in the tutorial, until the Standard Edition is updated too, and we all see the same tabs again.

The new Content Management System for DAZ Studio 4 is immensely useful. Having the content of the "My Stuff" panel automatically filtered by whatever you have selected in the viewport greatly speeds up searching for the correct clothes, materials or poses to apply.

Unfortunately the CMS currently only knows about the sample content that comes with the DAZ Studio 4 beta. Fortunately you can add your own meta-data to the files that you already own; the tools are built right into DAZ Studio 4 (DS4).

To add meta-data to a file or set of files select the folder containing them in the Content Library tab, click on the tab menu icon in the corner of the tab group, and select "Content DB Editor...". A dialogue window will pop open.