Anyone selling/trading ZBrush? Know of good deals?
polycounter lvl 14
I hate asking on the general boards, but I'm getting desperate for ZBrush. Amazingly, eBay doesn't have any listings for it. The cheapest I've seen it online was $630, but I'm saving for some transportation at the moment and trying to cut as many corners as I can. I'm still in college, so an Academic license is always an option I guess, but I'd like to use it for commercial purposes. So, if any of you are switching to Mudbox, rage quitting art, or whatever, I'm definitely interested.
I may be able to trade you Gnomon Workshop's 3D Creature Design Master Class for it. To make a long story short (there's another thread about it), Gnomon mistakenly shipped the master class with another package I ordered. I've contacted them multiple times over the last two weeks, but they haven't responded... I'm going to give it a bit more time, but it's something I'd be willing to trade if it's practically mine now.
If you're not comfortable with that, that's cool. I'd still be willing to shell out the bones for it.
I may be able to trade you Gnomon Workshop's 3D Creature Design Master Class for it. To make a long story short (there's another thread about it), Gnomon mistakenly shipped the master class with another package I ordered. I've contacted them multiple times over the last two weeks, but they haven't responded... I'm going to give it a bit more time, but it's something I'd be willing to trade if it's practically mine now.
If you're not comfortable with that, that's cool. I'd still be willing to shell out the bones for it.
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It might also be against the polycount rules to offer trades... so don't be shocked if this gets locked or disappears.
Ah, thanks for the tip, I'll check their forums.
I don't mind if this get's locked. I hate pimping the community, but I thought I'd risk it.
Modo isn't like that, as long as you go through them to do it. I think you have to pay a license transfer fee of like $100 or something, but it's still cheaper than buying it retail.
So far as I can remember it that was kind of a big landmark, pretty sure the judge told Autodesk they were off their rockers.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091001/1805496397.shtml
They deactivate the old key and email you a brand new one. I bought my license off another user for around $400, pro license, and as far as their system is concerned..I am like any other Zbrush user.
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Here is the email from support on what the other user needs to do.
Pixologic are so awesome they even help you find resellers.
http://www.pixologic.com/resellers/
Now if they could only make their app as easy to use as their license transfer I probably wouldn't get rid of it... ha!
I wouldn't pay for anything till Pixologic contact you and verify that it is a genuine licence, etc..
http://www.pixologic.com/docs/index.php/Licensing#Selling_Your_License
adobe let me resell my copy of photoshop (unwanted prize) a few years ago. all it took was to email them and have them point me to a license transfer form downloadable from their website, just sayin.
ah.. Ok. Adobe are cool again.
But Autodesk....still bastards.
What makes it worse is that they don't even allow the resale of older versions and you have to buy new releases. Thats BS.
ZBrush releases are a free update for people with licences. Can't wait till I don't have to open Maya anymore. For that ZBrush only needs an easy way to create accurate base meshes for hard surface stuff. I'll buy Marmoset for rendering.
That was from a district court ruling, Later though The Ninth Circuit's decision favored precedent favoring autodesk. ( This is pretty recent I had assumed that Vernor had won against autodesk myself )
On the other hand in The Ninth Circuit's analysis of the ruling did raise the position that congress may always if needed change the law to accomodate new secondary markets for the general public good seeing how the effect unforseen considerations might play out given that this is all still relatively new and may perhaps be detrimental to new economies.
Considering the outcome may have a big impact on my own future...
Kind of embarrasing how a ruling this important goes on virtually unnoticed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernor_v._Autodesk,_Inc.
I just scoured the internet for the best retail Zbrush deal and asked Jeff Meeker @ simulistic.com to match the offer. ( which he did because he is supercool and an authorized reseller of just about everything )
http://simulistic.com/
If u r in DC or Maryland use an outside state fer billing or he has to charge tax
Just out of curiosity, do pixologic ever have sales on zbrush? A workmate says he bought zbrush when he found it online cheap. I think if I ever find a copy for $400-500 I'll have to pick it up. (especially when the Australian dollar is kicking ass)
But it's not there anymore.
I guess you could give them a poke and see if they can make it happen again.
Even then I would want to then git a price match with an authorized reseller to assure everything goes without a bump.
( I'd hate to be stuck with licensing problems and only have a retailer I wasn't 100% to turn to )
For the industry folk, that may be the case in your office too. Perhaps politely asking the IT would do the trick ?
This is a standard thing with any ZBrush licences. Its not really 2 licences, its 1 licence that can be used by 2 computers (home/work,etc). But you can't use ZB on the computers at the same time. One is locked while the other is used.
Having said that. ZBrush works without having an internet connection i think, Right? So its possible to have 2 running at the same time, maybe....
Not sure how it works with autodesk.
Just email me at agge.80@live.se . what about 300 USD ?? it should be half the price??