Buying 3DS Max

[HouR]

Hi Guys,

I looking to get back into 3d work. I did computer animation at uni years ago and am now massively regretting not buying a copy of the software then.

I don’t want to pirate the software but cant afford the full price at the moment, (or foreseeable future).

Can I get a student to buy a copy for me? Is this illegal and would I have issues installing it etc? I don’t want it for commercial its just to learn.

Or any other options out there? Can you buy it on finance?

Cheers.

 

[Chaos]

I think the student version is called Autodesk Education Suite for Entertainment Creation, but you might want to hold off as max 2011 should be out soon and maybe they will bundle it in.

Licence Single license
License Period unlimited
Commercial utilisation
Not allowed
Eligibility


* Pupils, students
* Teachers

Verification

* Student card
* Teacher identification
* School / Matriculation proof
* Education Confirmation

The Education suite has -

Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2010 software
Autodesk® Maya® 2010 software
Autodesk® Softimage® 2010 software
Autodesk® MotionBuilder® 2010 software
Autodesk® Mudbox™ 2010 software

For £146.88

 

[_TubbZ_]

Can you still get the personal learning edition of Maya for free? Or even try out Blender. Its a bit of a pain to learn the shortcuts and what not but i hear when you get used to it your workflow speeds right up and stuff takes half as long! That'll leave you decide whether do actually want to pay to get back into what could be a rather expensive hobby.

 

[HouR]

cheers for the info guys, think i'll wait till 2011 and hope they do the educational suite for it