I'm having to purchase Zbrush for school, and have settled on the subscription liscence, but only for a while. It baffles me that Zbrush, or rather Maxon, requires so much goddamn information about you just to be able to purchase it. Did everyone else go through this? Is there a way around it? A school ID I'd understand, but it asks for your drivers liscense and a video of you turning your head. Without suggesting an alternative like Blender, is there a way around this? Or do I just have to bite the bullet?
Ask a Indian on fiverr to do it. Not even joking. Find an alternative payment method not linked to your name too
if you have an edu email there isnt a student discount?And why do you "need" to "buy" it? Are they checking?
>>993435You can still buy the perpetual off one of their recommended 3rd party dealers btw
>>993435Buying Zbrush? What are you talking about?
people were abusing the edu license for redshiftmaxon, being maxon has clamped down on this and most of these >>993441 sort of accounts got shut downand now op is having his face analysed by those same indiansjust pirate it
>>993445They do have a student discount, it's only $60/year which is a good price. I was debating between that and the perpetual liscense. My biggest problem is that you HAVE to provide a form of ID and a video of yourself, no matter which one you buy. I have no clue why they do this, it's stupid. No other software I've had to use does this.And no, I don't "need" to "buy" it, if I can find a reliable way to pirate it I think that'd be fine. It's advised to get version 2022.0.8 though, so buying it would probably be easiest. I just hate that you have to provide so much info for it and was hoping someone here might have a work around.
>>993480If getting the perpetual license from a recommended 3rd party doesn't require all the ID bs, I'd be very interested in trying that. I've heard ToolFarm recommended before, is that good/reliable?>>993496Pirate it from where? Forgive me for being inexperienced, I don't pirate stuff all that often lol
>>993531Catch an invite from some peers in cg for a torrent site
>>993531I used novedge for mine. I don’t remember having to really give anything other than an email address to Maxon once I signed up, but I could be wrong. I know I didn’t have to give an ID or anything.
>>993536Are there any other good ways to do it? Any resources I can go to?>>993544I might have to do that then if they don't require an ID. That or ToolFarm. Tbh I still don't understand the point of a reseller that's authorized by Maxon. But thank you, I'll look at it.
>>993435stupid question but can you do claymation with zbrush?
>>993708you cant
>>993708You can do that with any program. Its just a bunch of posing and rendering frames
That's pretty unusual.
droppeed
>>993435tell your school you aren't comfortable handing that much information to a company. they may purchase it on your behalf.
>>993435>scan your headKekJust rent the normie version of zbrush, they dont ask for ID or face scans
>>1001521what did you mean? What version?
>>1001525The one that isnt an education edition. The one anyone can pay for from maxon? You know, normal zbrush.The one that just asks for payment method and address.
>>1001581That makes sense. OP was looking for educational license. I am looking for regular. But, is it even worth it upgrading from the last pixologic zbrush which I have a permanent paid license for to the current maxon? I hear that nothing big has changed
>>993435People buy Zbrush? Just pirate it.If it weren't for a few QoL features I'd be using blender anyway.
>>1002096last time I did a few years ago this my pc got so bogged down. like 10x worse than running the paid version on my macbook. couldn't find any proof of virus/malware but there was clearly something going on so I reinstalled OS and paid for it. now i want to try again instead of renewing, but am scared of having to go through that again.
>>1002390What was your piracy method?
>>1002415I don't remember. just a torrent of the last major update before it became subscription based I think.
>>993435I changed my motherboard (read: swapped my computer to a new one) and had to do a reinstall of everything, and guess what? NO ZBRUSH FOR ME, as Maxom BANNED MY IP. I bought the perpetual license from the time of R7 (when i still had an optical drive) and could not license MY OWN FUCKING SOFTWARE FROM WHICH I PAID FOR. In for a dime, in for a dollar, so i pirated the most recent version. Only BUY software if it comes from a reliable reseller like STEAM, they actually care when the stuff they sold stop working. Fuck Maxom and fuck everything they do.
>>1002683And tripcodes. Fucking tripcodes.
>>1002683every company and their mother is trying their hardest to limit what you can do and own you by saying "no, you cannot use my shit". My advice : transition to traditional mediums with physical artwork
>>1002683>>1002685Is 3dguy considering becoming a blendchud?
>>1002693Unless Blender gives better and faster results than ZBrush and max combined, no.
>>1002703Better than zbrush no, better than max yes. I only use max at work nowadays.I don't know how good you are since I've only seen your meme sculptures but there's nothing you can't do on max that you can do on blender.Blender does suck at painting but I can see you only se polypaint
>>1002731 Blender makes a mess on the FBX riggings so one should only import meshes and textures. But i guess it has been created to use only it´s own 3D models, with no imports in mind.
>>1002740Yes, that right. The fbx importer/exporter is not good.But you can buy ab add-on called the "better fbx importer" and it fix most of the issues.Blender it's made to be a 1 tool solution and the importer for redot/Godot it's almost perfect, but if you want to move between software with a rig, yes it becomes an issue
>>1002768'you can buy'Blender SHOULD be free, but as it happens mostly of it community functionality is hidden behind paywalls. If pirating is the solution, i´d rather pirate pro tools i´m used with - not burning the bridge, no way, but Blender isn´t my priority right now.
>>1002776It's 20 dollars, not really the same amount of money that max or Maya ask. And I don't think that pirating is the solution, it's more a symptom of retarded pricing. Zbrush was perfect in the pricing aspect but You have to let shit go, I prefer zbrush too but since the faggots of maxon bought it it's not the same.Max is shit since forever and I don't understand why people use it apart from being on the pipeline for a company
>>1002865 Use it since forever, so that´s why. And as far as industry standards go, MAYA is their top choice for teams. Max and Blender are still the top choices for solo animators.
>>1002876I understand you it's been more than 15 years for me.
>>10027033DGuy, could you please share your horse model?This one >>1002685I've asked for it last year, I believe. I don't mind in whatever format it is or if it is rigged or not. Please bro.
