One more thing: When I purchased the Octane Daz Studio plugin it's listed as beta version 2, yet the only download options for it are beta versions 1.2 and 1.0. Apparently I need version 2.12 in order to use the RedSpec materials also purchased. Any idea why I cannot access beta version 2?

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Thanks again for your help. it has cleared up quite a few things.

Thank you for the detailed information and it was very helpful, especially the part about the material information being the same in both versions. I'll definitely be looking over the manual now to get up to speed.

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I just bought the standalone and Daz Studio beta versions of the program. The purchase was prompted by the absolutely fabulous renders and render times seen in various advertisements and videos. However, the differences between the standalone version and the plugin are a bit confusing as is the ...