? About Free Z Brush for Students
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? About Free Z Brush for Students
IceDragonArt
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So my (admittedly limited) understanding of this is, if you are a student you can get this program for free? Does the student have to be studying anything in particular or just have to be a legitimate student? Also, are they no longer able to use it once they have graduated?
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Huh? Where did you see it for free for students? The only thing I am aware of is the discounted educational license. That still costs a significant chunk of cash and is limited to non-comercial use (can be upgraded to full licencse at 50% discount). I already have a full license, so I haven't looked recently, but I am curious where you saw it for free?
Great program by the way. Worth every penny.
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Maybe Icedragon meant 45 day free trail version https://pixologic.com/zbrush/trial/
You can find info on the Academic version here: http://store.pixologic.com/ZBrush-4R7-Academic-and-Educational-License/
I don't believe area of study is a limitation, so you could be studying botany and still get a license. Even regular elementary/high school/etc qualify. As far as usage after graduation, you'd have to get with them on that. I believe free academic software is usually limited to enrollment period, but since you're actually buying an academic version with Zbrush, that limitation may not apply.
I thought I saw it in passing it may have been discounted instead. I know many programs have free or reduced price for educators and students. I totally agree that the price of zbrush is probably worth every penny but given my skill level and newness I can't possiblity justify it by any stretch of the imagination. I will have to go and read up on the academic license. I doubt i can afford that either but hey its worth a look.
yup trial and student version, I looked at it last year.
ya well even though $499 is a great price its still way out of my price range lol. And if I do the 45 day trial I won't want to give it up.... And since my family insists on eating every day (who would have thought they would need to eat every single day? Lol)
While Zbrush is generally the go-to app, take a look at Blender's sculpting. It's gotten progressively better over time, and I've seen some amazing sculpts come out of it.
I'm working on figuring out Hexagon and Blender. In my spare time... lol such as it is. Never enough time in the day to learn everything I want to know
sigh, I miss being in school just for the discounted software deals. I have older versions of a couple of high end modeling apps i would love to update to the latest versions :-(
Oh I hear that. If I could stay awake for a week at a time I would. lol
Is there a community college near you that has some inexpensive courses you register for?
Take a look at enrolling in a couple of classes at a local college/university. Last I looked I could enroll as a part time student, take one class and buy the student version of Max for much less than the retail. But on many of those student deals it's non-commercial use only.
Maybe what you saw was Maya?
Maya is free for students, for 2 or 3 years, can`t remember.
Any of the AutoDesk software can be had (by students) for a free NCU license for three years, but even at full price, Mudbox is far cheaper than Zbrush.
Does Mudboxx still have a perpetual license? I thought all of the AutoDesk stuff was subscription only.
If my memory serves, 2014 versions were the last perpetual license versions. I purchased mine before the 2015 came out specifically because of this.
EDIT: WIth a daughter in University (who is forced to use the newest versions), I can verify that the Academic versions are non-commercial use only.
Kendall
It depends on what day of the week it is.
In other news, Houdini just went free with an indie license, I'm pretty stoked about that! A Houdini engine in D|S would be awesome, jussayin.
This needs some clarification. The indie engine is now free (previously $99). Houdini itself is still $199 for the indie version.
Oh, my mistake, I didn't realize it was only the engine, thanks for the correction!
I purchased the full ZBrush a long time ago. Used it every day. Then one day it wouldn't open and gave a message that I had to re-register. I was so angry I never touched it again. They've since gotten rid of that copy protection but they lost a customer, me, forever.
(btw, it was a long long long time ago. Like around 2000) But I've never forgiven them.
agreed,and if you learn blender, you dont need hex, you don't need maya, mudbox, or zbrush either because it can give you identical results as what they do already and you will never need a commercial license to use those assets in commercial projects.
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?372859-Tyrion
Thank you everyone. My daughter is a student but I think I will just stick with the origianl plan. I also have Sculptris to play with as well. Honestly, the chances of my being ready to release anything commercially are so far in the future as to be laughable anyway lol. But, I will take the time to learn the tools I already have for free and if I ever get to the competency point that it matters, I can always revisit.
well also in the event you need to be a student to remain eligible for a student and you need a valid .edu email to assign the software to which is deactivated by schools when you are no longer enrolled. Not just you may have plans for commercial work. It could save you several hundred or several thousand dollars on the need to purchase software later on if you wish to continue using it.
Still a useful link since at the top it shows a free basic course for blender lol. I will be checking that out in my spare time.
Huh looks like you can do mudbrush for $10 bucks a month? Kind of like photoshop now.
Hi I tried ZBrush and Mudbox, I cant afford Zbrush although it is amazing I did not get very far with it I found it difficult, I did better with Mudbox and actually sculpted a face, Get a trail of Mudbox and see if you like it.I thought if i rent it for a year at $10 I might get good enough to know if Z brush is worth the expense for me!