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Student Software Licenses?

by Drethon · in General Discussion · 03/14/2011 (6:26 am) · 3 replies

I'm currently going through graduate studies and have been thinking of picking up some development software as a student. Is there any particular software that would be good to get a hold of both for software quality and good student licenses (don't pay $500 for something that expires next year)?

I've been thinking something like Adobe CS5 for 2d art and Autodesk for 3d art but am having a hard time tracking down licensing details and don't know if alternatives would be better.
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Torque 3D Owner Matt Huston
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#1
03/14/2011 (6:39 am)
Academic Superstore has them, the 3dsmax license (at least this one) is perpetual so does not expire. I know they do have 1 year license ones too which are obviously cheaper (but expire). Keep in mind that Max 2012 and CS6 will probably be coming out in April if you can wait another month.

http://www.academicsuperstore.com/products/Autodesk/Education+Suite+for+Entertainment+Creation/1433773

http://www.academicsuperstore.com/products/Adobe/Photoshop+Extended/1416049

You can only use these for educational or learning purposes, these aren't supposed to be used in commercial projects.

Torque 3D Owner Drethon
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#2
03/14/2011 (6:56 am)
Thanks for the input, this is primarily for me to learn what I'm doing so I can wait a month for CS6. I figure if my learning becomes commercial I can purchase the full license at that point. They really need to sell a non-profit license at the same price point as student and make it upgradeable for us little people but...

Torque 3D Owner iHugMedia
#3
03/14/2011 (6:06 pm)
Autodesk are also giving away free 3-year licences for most of their software to students here > students.autodesk.com/

Great if you need the extra cash for petrol/Tom Yum noodles.