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.
