That said, there is one area where this notification has become completely intrusive and, in my opinion, really does need to be fixed. I would much rather click on a notification window often than write a check once a month to pay off an equity loan, which is how I bought my first cut of Maya. I think it's a very small price to pay for software that ordinarily costs thousands of dollars. I teach at a university, I use the free student version at home, and invariably when I review student work I get this popup, just like everyone else. Maya's solution hinders the student's workflow. It notifies potential clients that files were created with a student version but gets out of the way of the student's workflow. The 3DS Max solution is the more reasonable way to go. What I meant by the 'pirated version' statement is that many students who would otherwise be fine with the student version of Maya might become frustrated enough with the incessant dialog box that they may resort to tracking down a pirated version of Maya to avoid the nag factor.īoth 3DS Max and Maya are from the same company. The student version of Maya however, puts up a "student version" dialog box every single time the scene is auto-saved or manually saved. This is a very reasonable way of providing that notification. The student version of 3DS Max only puts up a "student version" dialog box when you first open the program or when you open a file that has been created with a student version. I laud Autodesk for making this available to qualified students. Unfortunately, a student doesn't generally have the budget to pay 'full price' but fortunately, Autodesk is wise enough to distribute a *free* full feature student version to those of us who *will* be full paying customers once we're out of school and working. the free student version Autodesk makes available to qualified students.
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