Thought this was worth mentioning to people out there that wanna polish their skills, but perhaps say "i don't have the money right now" http://students.autodesk.com/?nd=assistance_home " In these uncertain economic times, many companies have had to let good people go. If you were one of them, you might be wondering how to…
+1. Autodesk are very very smart for doing this. They know people are probably gonna pirate it anyway, but at least if they give it away for free then they've got their future customers locked in whist they're students. I looked into Cinema4D earlier this year because once I graduate later this year I'll be purchasing a…
Sorry fly_soup. I think you are SOL :( Some people over on the Luxology forums were downloading and installing the software under the "Home Schooling" option (as in using the software to learn at home, while not being enrolled in a educational institution). However Autodesk says this is not ok... EDIT: The thread:…
I'm looking into this. I'm about to graduate and spoke to Autodesk UK who referred me to my local reseller (BlueGFX). I contacted the reseller and they're talking to AD about it, apparently my serial came back as 'cannot upgrade'. According to BlueGFX, before AD gave away the free licenses to students, you could upgrade…
Sorry to dig up an old thread but i just found out about this. I've kinda moved on from doing 3D art but was looking to see if sketchbook pro had been updated when i found out about this. I think it's amazing that autodesk took it upon themselves to do this. I always hated having to be a poor student and trying to buy a…