A Toaster I agree with your point with Adobe software, but Maya had a veeery outrageous price, I’m only paying $250 a year for Maya right now, very affordable
Jesus Castro Search for Maya Indie and 3dsMax Indie. The big catch is the cheap price is only for the first year, then it goes back to the usual price. As they haven’t committed to it continuing I suspect many people are put off by it.
So why don't you use open source softwares? Just think about it how bad you'll feel when I use your 3d content without your permission and make money out of it. You guys don't know to value someone's work. If you cannot seem to afford the software better go for free ones.
@@imyasharya Exactly! This is what always stumps me about these pirates who want to earn money, as they don't see or care how hypocritical they are being - I don't want to pay for things but I expect you to pay me!! 🤦♂️
Robo Rat What do you mean by limitations? The only limitation is the licence, not the software itself. Also, it has been suggested that you cancel the auto renew and are allowed to reapply for another indie licence manually.
They talk about the billions in 'loss' due to the pirated copies of the software. That is working under the assumption that every person who has pirated it would pay for it if pirating it was impossible. But i think that the vast majority of people who pirate it still wouldnt buy it if pirating it was impossible. They would go for an alternative. Therefor their statements about billions in losses are wildly overstated.
The price of these programs I.e maya and 3Ds Max. The average joe cannot afford the subscription. They have no way of letting INDIVIDUALS use there products another greedy company to be honest. Houdini has an apprentice version which is free however limited in some ways
People, and me included, could never afford and neither use those softwares anyway, pirating them allow us to use and train on it, and then when 3D become our job and if we want to create a startup or work as professionnal, then we buy license, so finally they earn 1 customer that, without crack, we could never use this software and we would just go Blender
@@PowerWildMetalnfortunately, the educational version of Autodesk programs are limited to people in college. Even though blender is a good alternative, it lacks crucial CAD features like the automatic toolpath generation system for CNC machines. Fortunately for me though, I can use both with some classes every two years since my online classes are hosted at a college.
3D Software were always very expensive. 3D is not for everyone, that's why. Same for any Industry or Community. You wanna get in? Pay the price. Besides, When you're making money using 3D software, charging appropriately (high), the cost of software is negligible. Although, when you have a huge team, that cost rises. You can still afford the software if you have clients who need 3D services, and these clients already know they need to have huge budgets ($100K USD and up) for some studios. As a Blender user myself, even though Blender is free, that doesn't mean people will stick with it or any 3D software. Learning 3D is very hard. Those who stick with it, deserve their place in the industry. Learning 3D or any other skill is not something a relative or parent can give you as an inheritance. You have to earn your skill. That's what I love about 3D.
Autodesk should adapt their prices for different countries. Lover the prices for individual user. It's super hard to pay tons of money for subscription, for those who just getting started or are not earning much, lives in countries with low economy. But Autodesk don't give a shit. It would be good for everyone with a better price solution.
@@mikeben9587 And what is your answer for someone that IS NOT a beginner?, must he now also ask for a student license? Let them lower them damn prizes and everybody will be happy, but they won't, because the corporate world can't afford it when the person on the street also have the ability to make top-end cad designs.
@@nonconformist4802 They test already the Indiversions of Maya and Max in some countries. There you can get the indie licence for 10 Dollars. The 3d market compared to other software areas. I think, Autodesk can live quit good with the situation as it is. On the one side, they have the western world, where comapnies and also smaller freelancer pay their subscription, on the other side they have the illegal users, wich bring no money, but use their product and nothing from others, like Blender or Modo.
My friend started a business a year ago in india, he hardly made 200000 rupees and autodesk and vray asked him to pay 200000 rupees for the subscription. How could he do that? He told them I am no capable enough to pay. Cause I don't earn much from the software. He closed the company.
And this is one reason why I saved up my money and switched to cinema 4d, I refuse to pay for subscriptions and I refuse to download pirated software, I would have bought a perpetual license of 3ds max if ever it was still available I respect autodesk for what they’ve done to the industry but at the same time, I’ve seen them do some shady stuff that pissed me off many times
Jonathan Holland and the 3rd party support for industry standard tools such as xparticles, turbulence fd, amina crowd simulation, etc I was sold instantly
Do c4d have a perpetual license and how is the learning curve. I know Maya (used there student's version) and also use blender how it campsite to these software learning wise (not about the capabilities) Thanks Jesus loves you
@@OCanalDeVideoGames I don't hate auto desk since I got introduced to 3d modeling with studio Max. I was using a version of Maya but now the license got expired. Now I am switching to blender. Thanks Jesus loves you
Anyone who thinks that autodesk is impacted financially by illegal users should look at how many industries autodesk develops for, civil engineering, military aplications and so on, i have no sympathy for such a predatory company.
I wanted to learn to make my own plugins and sell them years ago but saw I had to own a license for Maya to sell the plugins so I just switched to Blender Instead.
Few month ago I switched maya to blender. I happy with blender bcoz it good . Blender has ability of 3d animation + sculpting + tracking + 2d animation and it completely free wow
I used pirated copy of. Maya for 6 years. Never made anything / published my content. Just used for my personal hobby. After 2.8,I switched to Blender.
Who cares? I use Blender. It is all in one solution for 3d. In near future, big companies will be attracted to it. Only one thing is bothering me it's memory handling which makes it numb in very high poly mesh. Wish developer will soon get to it.
@Solid Snake Once upon a time Intel was thought to be never replaceable processor and all games were built in accordance to Intel capabilities. Within a very short time scenario was totally changed in favour of AMD. It is all about R & D. Blender is progressing in leaps and bounds. In every month a new version with major update is coming in Blender. Major player have started to patronize it which is a real progressive sign.
That's a common claim I've heard many times over the past twenty or thirty years and I find it hard to believe in particular for a CEO who has to explain to his investors that his products practically own the market but only a negligible fraction of customers are paying up. That can end a CEO's carreer even while the company is still profitable.
@Solid Snake you haven't even opened it and yet you are assuming. I was just like you a few months back. I tell people that blender will not get even close to the mayor softwares . But I downloaded 2.8 one day and fukkkkkkk. IT BLEW MY MIND. I saw a lot of potential with this 2.8 version. I started learning it up to this day and haven't opened maya bor max for 4 months now. Blender took me by surprise and this 2.82 version. ITS FKN MASSIVEEEEEEEEE Give it a go! I can assure you too wont look back
@Solid Snake get yourself a proper Workstation. Actually you cannot compared a 250mb to 5gig package.. blender is fast as lightning what you talking about Willis
I think the monthly subscription (Which I'm against) became a problem that many people would rather pirate it than to pay it every month. Especially how pricey Maya is. However, the individual license was a good call but I think it's no coincidence that it came around the time Blender 2.8 became so popular. (Especially how people recalled many times of wanting to have individual license for years before Blender 2.8 released)
If they didn't want people to use them illegally, they would've secured the software heavily like Steinberg's Cubase Pro. So if the cracked versions are coming out easily that means they want it to happen.
I think if u use for personal use at home it's okay but if ur using it for commercial use for creating models u need to pay for the software. Btw I am a student and use the student version
Every 3D software company must work with steam if they want to reduce illegal copy I can use substance painter, substance designer, marmoset toolbag and 3D coat because I can buy them in steam Steam is a really good platform for people who don't use American dollar they currency pegging dollar against other countries' money and because of that games and programs are most cheaper than their sites prices
If they allowed someone able to easily move their license from computer to computer on a daily basis then that would help especially when you have 3-4 systems. Solution: Instead of nailing the software by a specific computer, nail it by when it is opened like Steam.
I think, Autodesk drive the same strategy like Microsoft in the early beginning of MS DOS and Windows. They do nothing against the piracy because everone who use Autodesk products, don´t use other companies software, like Blender or Rhino or Modo for example. I think, the only case they go against, is when a bigger company use their products and make a lot of money. But a hobbiest or even small freelancer are not of interest. The 3d market is not as big as always mentioned. The mainincome from Autodesk are other areas.
Yes and microsoft really doesnt care abour pirate desk pc os, because the license they sell for laptops, at certain point we all need a laptop even if we have a desktop gaming rig.
i can understand a student learning or an enthousiat trying to get into modeling, use an illegal copy, he can't afford it anyway ..... but for someone making a living from it, and 6 millions are those users, 4 of them are heavy users that just stupid ... or use Blender ... and on the other part of the mirror ... compagnies should stop making licenses too expensive (like thousands of dollars)... the future is subscription and the ideal solution is a percentage of your revenue... you make X on some software 15 or 20 per cent from it should go to the company who made the software ...
Small companies in developing countries cannot afford to pay autodesk prices. This is a fact. At this point it should be a law that all software should have a free version. Since it hurts the economy to be unable to perform tasks because software is too expensive. Also LT versions are only good for individual users. Medium companies that need collaboration to acomplish tasks have to pay like large firms. They need a middle ground or else lose ground to piracy and competitors.
6 millions are probably from 3rd world countries, something you can't do much about especially if the governments and their laws are broken......Autodesk is lowering the prices and introducing an indie version and maybe in the future a free non-commercial one. in the end Softwares are business and they need to make money.
@@zed5449 Of course they should make money, but sometimes they talk in an imaginary world .... and count money that doesn't exist, saying we have 173 M of loss equivalent to those 6 millions is just stupid, how could they know that those users could afford the price of the license... , Maya is perfect example for that ... , Autodesk didn't add anything to it in terms of features ... and 3ds max too for some time now .. even Side FX who have the most advanced 3d software you can ask for .. have a very flexible free license ... some known people like steven knipping who is a master of it, all of his 300 dollars courses are done on the free version, he is eligible for it, even him ... and he is one of the most skilled TDs you can find on the software, SideFX and Epic Games with their Unreal Engine have that wonderful system, pay a percentage of the revenue you make with the software ... ., or a monthly Subscription like Unity ... both those system are the way to go ...
@@zed5449 dont pay for autocrap choose a software to your needs. Dont pirate software from a company that does not support international standarts and has a bad pricing scheme.
the problem is that universities prepare people for the market with specific industry standard software so they can find a job instead of professionals with general 3D skills who can form their own study
It's not alternative to any of the 3D Softwares, modeling all do the same, VFX , Houdini, Max...etc are better, Sculpting Zbrush, Mudbox even 3D Coat are better, Rigging,Animation,Pipeline Maya is the king, Motion graphic C4D...etc Blender is like a toy for new kids to start learn 3D, once they mature and wants to enter the professional field then they have to switch to professional Softwares, it happened to many already :)
@@zed5449 I used 3ds Max for 15 years and always thought that i would never replace it for anything... Then I tried blender 2.8... never came back since.. Really, Maya still rocks, but 3ds Max is already dead for me. Blender is evolving very fast and it doesn't crashes randomly
Autodesk doesn't realise that their practices are the reason why people pirate their software and they deserve it in my honest opinion, Keeping a really expensive subscription service, Making it harder for the average person to just acquire their software, Ruining Maya for every year since the release of Maya 2016 by adding unneeded features and making tools unstable and broken compared to previous versions(and also the terrible ui which get's shuffled each release making it harder to get used to and the increased instances of crashing), limiting to only the recent releases instead of letting people use previous and unsupported versions (which people need for a variety of reasons like preferences and plugins that only work with previous versions of their software) and so much more. It's laughable how greedy Autodesk is honestly.
Because blender has insanely improved now in 2023, February 28th, Blender 3.5 is releasing on March 22nd, 2023 with VDM brush for sculpting which Zbrush has for years. Now It's available in Blender. Blender has gone a long way in the last 3 years with improvements. Maya and 3DS Max are still stone aged when it comes to Their tools compared to Blender, especially the modeling tools!
use a vpn when using autodesk FYI, everything is tracked to that or just block outbound traffic from Autodesk. Not saying I use pirated software, but just from a logical stand point to protect yourself.
Can’t people just use firewalls. I know the pirating DAW community uses things like ‘little snitch’ and ‘lulu’ to block the internet connect while still working as intend
Some countries are banned of using credit cards or any electronic money dealings. Then user are either have to download pirated versions of paid softwares or use the free alternatives.
The vfx and cg industry is running because of the availability of pirated software. The moment you take this away. The industry is gonna grind to a halt. The availability of free Blender is gonna do jack shit for the professional industry.
just started a new studio and was going to use maya cause that's what myself and others at my uni trained with but i fell in love with blender 2.8 and that is now the software we're using
They would not be having this problem if these CAD products and licenses didn't cost $5,000 dollars a year. Autodesk is overcharging for their products.
Tell Auto-desk don’t worry, they will soon disappear as users are switching to Blender as their main 3D software. I remember Apple had its Final Cut PRO over $600, but they bring the price down to match Davinci Resolve 😅
So glad I very early on decided to ditch 3ds Max and went with Blender and only Open Source software full stop. I'm so fast in Blender now, and Blender is also so good, the only reason I would use Maya is if someone was paying me to use Maya. Only program I miss is Photoshop.
Illegal software harms less the owning company, but the employees of producing companies. Happen to often, that competing company stole a client being cheaper do to stolen software. More the this small competitors of Autodesk have less chances of selling there Software against illegal usage. Blender is more success in places where people had to pay higher and higher subscription rates. If you want to harm Autodesk, buy competing software, stealing or using open source will make them only richer by becoming a monopolist.
It’s funny that people pirate AutoCad, even though it’s a piece of shit, I only use it at work because that’s what all the old guys make you use. Five times less productive than Revit.
autodesk company have to let peopels work with cracked version so they can learn their product and buy them when they become proffesional and gain money ! i think the best choice is to make their software free like blender and unreal engine and i'm sure that peopels that made benefit from their product would donate for them like blender ;) i'm using cracked version for many program but only for learning not for money .
i believe in the ability to demo a piece of software before buying and that is where we are forced to pirate it just to try it out and see if its even worth the cost and the high cost at that.
Seriously all the people think autodesk only makes 3d softwares which is kinda their smallest market they earn way more from 2d drafting softwares and they have a huge lineup of other softwares not just one for 3d Now blender is good even awesome but it cannot do the work that I can do on autocad right or on revit .... Soo it's just it And if ur an architect you'll understand what I'm saying right away .
I believe many students belong from middle class and just you have stepped in the 3d career Autodesk products are really expensive ...and then comes the price of the 3d universities
@@metalglasses07 revit is essential off course but I mean with autocad you can basically do your job (not with ease off course) but Autocad is not pricey like revit and autocad architecture is not bad
I use pirated Autodesk software, why? well, because I don't have over £10,000 laying around in my bank account and only 1 family member has income in our household (3 people total), not to mention she is getting quite close to a minimin salary (which is around £19k for the UK). Buying something without a massive use in that product is quite pointless, so we don't buy it. Going to College/Uni to use this software is great and all, but for me to be qualified enough to work in this field is non-existent with only the 2-5 years of experience. paying £156 per month for something I am doing as a hobby is quite ridiculous in my opinion.
Here is my question, *WHERE* can i find a decent uh...Ship Fairing Copy of Maya/3DS Max? cause i go to the "Peers" Sites, and all of em look kinda scary to try. i don't know enough about Viruses and Crap to keep myself safe. it says Key Generators are "Viruses" which ive heard are False Positives, but idk.
I know a 3D art training institute encourage participants to download pirated software from a site in China. That site even gets a chunk from the referrals. I would pay affordable subscription fees and use open source software.
Es un tema interesante, pero es diferente de como lo has explicado, ya que es mucho mas complejo. No se limita solo a si la compañía quiere o no emprender una disputa legal
Wait Autodesk said that they know that you have there software because they tracked it to the system and was able to see in side, wouldn't that mean that they have a virus inpatient into the software to do this. That's called hacking.
yet they are saying China is spying on them? The US government have been doing this since Windows 95 and “free emails“ know they got you by the balls with your smartphone and Google Maps, which knows every move you do
License costs for maya are so crazy it is impossible to learn this software in legal way if you are not student in a degree and want enter industry. As long as you are not making money with Maya you should be fine.
Blender is weak for professional projects, it's just a beginners tool to 3D but once you mature and become professional you'll realise how weak in production is, especially if you're going to do some heavy projects like Archivz, VFX Movies or even AAA games :)
@@zed5449 this is laughable really there are so many big companies joining the blender company, a beginners tool maybe a couple years ago but not right now
@@shamaiahellis8810 Joining the fund is different from using it in real production, I know the companies you're talking about, you fanboys alway forgot what they're Not production Studios. Epic games gives mega grants to anyone with condtions to support UE4, and the moment blender killed it's game engine they gave it one, Ubisoft joined not their AAA game Studios but just a new small team working on animation shows and instead of their own tool they're testing Blender....AMD, Nvidia, Unity,Amazon,Facebook..etc these are not Studios just hardware, software & services vendors and want to attract more customers so the only big company you would say is the canadian one which is Tangent the others are not even worth mentioning. So if you compare that to the hundreds or even thousands of Big Studios like ILM, Disney, Sony, DNEG, LucasFilm,Weta,Naughty Dog,EA..etc these are the real deal and they're the one who're running just the entertainment industry :)
You know why i think it is safe? Autodesk is not a small company, if they don't want you to use the crack one you will never be able to put ur mouse cursor on Xforce .... further more please do not worry, you can use it crack they just obtain your data and that's it ... it's just not secure for your computer. Moreover, if they strictly wanted everyone to pay they just create the certificate version of their products which mean whenever people use their product to finish any project they must show the certificate that they have a real one yet this method is to put their company at risk of not having people using their product or considering their product at all. Come to think of it, blender is a free open source ..... if Autodesk is strictly prohibit people from using the crack version then most people are switching to blender or other open source program and that's the big draw back for Autodesk itself. No body use it no free models..... well and no worry about them making money .... they work with giant company so they earn a lot from their big customer already .... getting 200$ from you each month doesn't mean anything to them. Well ... stay safe have fun :) work harder
I am Muslim and I am afraid of that using such softwares as pirated is a sin in Islam and the money gained by it is haram, but people like me who live in poor countries don't know how to afford such high price of those softwares.
Blender is the best choice. I don't use pirated softwares either. I am on linux and use almost everything open source free, the only thing I paid is 3d coat, but blender can also be its alternative.
Twinmotion is the best. They know people will try to crack it to use it for fun and they give a free version which you cannot use it for commercial use.
I would not touch any pirated software. Goodness knows how hackers can use pirated softwares so to get data from YOUR computer. I use mostly open-source softwares.
I use Autocad every day at work. I also use Revit. I don't think Autocad is even trying anymore. What a piece of crap software. Every year there's a new upgrade, and yet the only thing that changes is the GUI. I would pirate it, but then I think "Why"!
Who wants to use and pay over a thousand dollar for software while evenly capable software is totally free? See Blender. It can do the same stuff Maya can do and costs you nothing at all. If they made their software alot cheaper, they would have alot more paying users. A small studio or some hobbyist won't be able to pay that much to use it. And you cannot buy the full package anymore, you have to pay monthly, yearly or 3-yearly. A beginner in 3D modeling will NEVER pay $200 or more per month to learn modeling. So they either use free tools or search for pirated copies. Simple. I know 3DSMax was $6000 one-time payment some years ago. Now you have to keep paying forever to keep using it and will cost you ALOT more in the end.
I have 0 sympathy for them and their "loses". They have been ripping people off for ages, they have the education system locked down because if you want to learn their software you have to go to uni to get free access because no struggling artist can afford the price of the program.
if it's a pirated copy, you're in trouble X2. the first and upfront is there's 100% chance that copy is laced with malware (and often times, they're undetectable by most AVs) if you find yourself having to clean up your machine often, this might be the reason. the rest is as you already know.
I don’t have any Autodesk software, and currently learning Blender for various reasons, inc price as I’m a hobbyist. But I have used pirated software, inc subscription software like Photoshop, but prefer affordable alternatives when available, for example I’ve switched to Affinity Photo and Designer, which for my purposes are mostly as good, and a lot lighter on resources. Even so, in the past I’ve used all the Adobe software for free, as I was a student and it’s not affordable, and worked in businesses using pirated copies of various apps. And no, there’s not a 100% chance of malware, you just have to know where to look. Never get it off a torrent for starters. Over the years, when I was younger, I’ve tried quite a lot and not had issues. Leaving Windows for Mac helped of course.
Is there a way to wipe out and clean your PC from the previously installed autodesk software we are running in audit and there scanner tool detect this previously installed autodesk software which I believe is cracked we only have Autocad subscription which we are currently using. I have tried uninstalling the software and clean registry but still the scanner tool can capture it. I read in one of the forums that freshly Windows installation can wipe this out but I have not tried it.
the should stop the annual subscription policy and just sell the program, if a small company is starting their business (especially in poor or developing countries) they wouldn't be able to endure all that money just to be able to use the software for one year.
Autodesk just makes it more appealing to pirate their software now, i dont understand why they went in the direction of actually having to go to school in order to use the student version instead of the past were you just couldn't use it commercially and had that pop up everytime you saved and loaded a student version file. I bought a year license for Maya indie but i wasn't making money with it so i thought what was the point in paying another year when all im using it for is to improve my portfolio? (I dont use blender for modeling since i understand more with Maya's hotkeys and navigation and changing that would suck) Way to shoot yourself in the foot Autodesk!
When 3dsmax was at it's peak, a lot of people bought it, in Autodesk made a lot of revenue from it. Autodesk, then went ahead and used those monies to buy Maya from Alias. At that time Maya was a competitor to max but Autodesk did not see any importance to invest in max. As time went one, newer versions had minimal updates but they were charging huge price for it. When their focus went on to Maya, Max begun to have bugs and minimal to no updates. For instance Character animation studio has not seen any better improvement for decades. It now has bugs and decades old versions performs better in that regard. In the 2016 version, you can't have more than 5 cameras for videopost rendering. Above all, they have allowed third party plugins to be better than their standard ones. Their Fire and smoke effects have not seen any improvements for over a decade and cannot be compared to Blender after all these years. What is the benefit of buying an expensive software and ending up buying a lot of other plugins for it? Certainly, many would pirate in order to have money to buy the other plugins. Autodesk has lost it's direction and destroying max. The gradual abandonment of 3dsmax is giving room for Blender, Houdini and other softwares to occupy the vacuum. There is still hope because people are still clinging to it.
I buy revit and autodesk 2014, 3000€... Not porting to windows 10 (release date july 2015)! I don't buy another autodesk product in my life. I use blender and other software
This is obvious, that´s a very expensive software for poor countries, maybe in Europe with Euros and what you ask for any job you can afford the payment but compared with South America, is ridiculous. Software prices should be accord to the income of people and companies. With the income of one hour in Europe you can have a Burger Combo in Usa and Europe, in south america you need the income of a full day, as minimum wedge I mean. 8 times more, so software should be 1/8 of the real cost for low income countries.
The answer is a simple NO. Don't listen to shills like this channel. The companies should be making the software at least free for people to create their demo reels (non-monetary purposes).
honestly i don't blame them for pirating, even i do it. The subscription is the main problem to those who just want to practice or just a hobby and hence pirating
Sorry, but bleeding artists with a high price and/or subscriptions to me is at an end. What illegally use is directly related to trying to learn 3D. To me, Blender 2.8 or above is the way to go. If someone does not make money or land a job get a full refund???????
Is it posible to import from a cracked Maya to a licenced Maya, or there is some kind of magic code that doesn`t let you?...in case you can how do they know how much came from the Maya you purchase?
Autodesk just needs to make permanent licenses a thing and keep the subscription ones for tablets and phones, for most people, they can't justify the subscription unless it means they get instant help when they can't do something; which used to be a thing autodesk would do for you ages ago, I don't think they even do that now; another reason unreal engine is ahead of autodesk right now; blender lacks this kind of instant support thing but its got community support that makes up for it and is free, and not only that but VRAY works in it now, so there is practically no reason to use autodesk software so if you do have to pirate it, it isn't the worst thing in the world, maybe a client needs you to convert your blender file to work in 3ds, so you pirate it, then you uninstall the pirated software since its useless for 99% of what you do. Until autodesk brings back perpetual licenses, i'll be paying for HOUDINI, not autodesk crap; once my student license is dead i'm switching to that.
I found out they do have that option but there's a catch. Actually two. 1. The absurd price for a onetime payment. 2. Your product will not be updated.
For a company making $ with Autocad, whatever. But for an individual just interested in putzing around in 3d? Why do you even want to pirate anything when there is Blender, Freecad, OpenScad, a bunch more I can't remember the names of. Just use Blender. And while you are at it, lose Windows and move to Linux.
i am using photoshop,illustrator and aftereffects illegally..... only for learning purpose..because i cant afford them currently.... for learning purpose their price is too much
Don't want people to pirate your software? Then bring back perpetual licenses. I will never pay for subscription based software.
A Toaster I agree with your point with Adobe software, but Maya had a veeery outrageous price, I’m only paying $250 a year for Maya right now, very affordable
@@krowwithakay $250 for Maya LT or Maya full? cuz in Autodesk's web says $1000+ per year.
Jesus Castro Search for Maya Indie and 3dsMax Indie. The big catch is the cheap price is only for the first year, then it goes back to the usual price. As they haven’t committed to it continuing I suspect many people are put off by it.
So why don't you use open source softwares? Just think about it how bad you'll feel when I use your 3d content without your permission and make money out of it. You guys don't know to value someone's work. If you cannot seem to afford the software better go for free ones.
@@imyasharya Exactly! This is what always stumps me about these pirates who want to earn money, as they don't see or care how hypocritical they are being - I don't want to pay for things but I expect you to pay me!! 🤦♂️
Subscriptions encourage piracy, get used to it Autodesk.
yes exactly ... subscription sucks anyway
Massivly Expensive subscriptions. I use blender
Julie H Maya Indie and 3dsMax Indie, made available to counteract Blender. Big catch is very cheap price only lasts for the first year.
@@stuart_gill Another catch is the limitations tho.
Robo Rat What do you mean by limitations? The only limitation is the licence, not the software itself. Also, it has been suggested that you cancel the auto renew and are allowed to reapply for another indie licence manually.
They talk about the billions in 'loss' due to the pirated copies of the software. That is working under the assumption that every person who has pirated it would pay for it if pirating it was impossible. But i think that the vast majority of people who pirate it still wouldnt buy it if pirating it was impossible. They would go for an alternative. Therefor their statements about billions in losses are wildly overstated.
The price of these programs I.e maya and 3Ds Max. The average joe cannot afford the subscription. They have no way of letting INDIVIDUALS use there products another greedy company to be honest. Houdini has an apprentice version which is free however limited in some ways
People, and me included, could never afford and neither use those softwares anyway, pirating them allow us to use and train on it, and then when 3D become our job and if we want to create a startup or work as professionnal, then we buy license, so finally they earn 1 customer that, without crack, we could never use this software and we would just go Blender
@@B2SProductions They have an "Indie" version that is quite affordable (like Houdini), but they don't advertise the fact much. So that's on them.
@@PowerWildMetalnfortunately, the educational version of Autodesk programs are limited to people in college. Even though blender is a good alternative, it lacks crucial CAD features like the automatic toolpath generation system for CNC machines. Fortunately for me though, I can use both with some classes every two years since my online classes are hosted at a college.
By putting prices that high for everybody, they are the ones who is stealing money! That's why I prefer Blender: it is honest company.
Tatiana H and foundry with nuke
Shut up fanboy, nobody cares about that garbage.
Blender is a foundation, not a company.
3D Software were always very expensive. 3D is not for everyone, that's why. Same for any Industry or Community. You wanna get in? Pay the price. Besides, When you're making money using 3D software, charging appropriately (high), the cost of software is negligible. Although, when you have a huge team, that cost rises. You can still afford the software if you have clients who need 3D services, and these clients already know they need to have huge budgets ($100K USD and up) for some studios.
As a Blender user myself, even though Blender is free, that doesn't mean people will stick with it or any 3D software. Learning 3D is very hard.
Those who stick with it, deserve their place in the industry.
Learning 3D or any other skill is not something a relative or parent can give you as an inheritance.
You have to earn your skill. That's what I love about 3D.
@@zed5449 What garbage?
Autodesk should adapt their prices for different countries. Lover the prices for individual user. It's super hard to pay tons of money for subscription, for those who just getting started or are not earning much, lives in countries with low economy. But Autodesk don't give a shit.
It would be good for everyone with a better price solution.
this is true some people simply can't afford it even if they want to.
if you want to get started in 3d, you can get a student licence from autodesk
@@mikeben9587 And what is your answer for someone that IS NOT a beginner?, must he now also ask for a student license? Let them lower them damn prizes and everybody will be happy, but they won't, because the corporate world can't afford it when the person on the street also have the ability to make top-end cad designs.
@@nonconformist4802 They test already the Indiversions of Maya and Max in some countries. There you can get the indie licence for 10 Dollars. The 3d market compared to other software areas. I think, Autodesk can live quit good with the situation as it is. On the one side, they have the western world, where comapnies and also smaller freelancer pay their subscription, on the other side they have the illegal users, wich bring no money, but use their product and nothing from others, like Blender or Modo.
My friend started a business a year ago in india, he hardly made 200000 rupees and autodesk and vray asked him to pay 200000 rupees for the subscription. How could he do that? He told them I am no capable enough to pay. Cause I don't earn much from the software. He closed the company.
And this is one reason why I saved up my money and switched to cinema 4d, I refuse to pay for subscriptions and I refuse to download pirated software, I would have bought a perpetual license of 3ds max if ever it was still available
I respect autodesk for what they’ve done to the industry but at the same time, I’ve seen them do some shady stuff that pissed me off many times
Jonathan Holland and the 3rd party support for industry standard tools such as xparticles, turbulence fd, amina crowd simulation, etc
I was sold instantly
Do c4d have a perpetual license and how is the learning curve. I know Maya (used there student's version) and also use blender how it campsite to these software learning wise (not about the capabilities)
Thanks
Jesus loves you
Wait you respect autodesk? Jesus
@@OCanalDeVideoGames I don't hate auto desk since I got introduced to 3d modeling with studio Max. I was using a version of Maya but now the license got expired. Now I am switching to blender. Thanks
Jesus loves you
Anyone who thinks that autodesk is impacted financially by illegal users should look at how many industries autodesk develops for, civil engineering, military aplications and so on, i have no sympathy for such a predatory company.
It is a massive predatory company indeed, stop using their garbage already.
I wanted to learn to make my own plugins and sell them years ago but saw I had to own a license for Maya to sell the plugins so I just switched to Blender Instead.
Few month ago I switched maya to blender. I happy with blender bcoz it good . Blender has ability of 3d animation + sculpting + tracking + 2d animation and it completely free wow
Autodesk doesn't give a sh!t because 90% of their income is from engineering softwares.
Are you saying their engineering softwares don't get pirated?
When a company like Autodesk learned to get greedy like Adobe, then people do this.
I primarily use ZBrush but Blender has replaced anything I needed in Maya or Max. With UE4 and Quixel taking up a bunch of slack too.
I used pirated copy of. Maya for 6 years. Never made anything / published my content. Just used for my personal hobby. After 2.8,I switched to Blender.
I read somewhere that even cracked version of maya when connected to Internet can get you caught, did you do something to block access?
@@spooderman5405 I got caught, so i switched to blender. You can get sued when you get caught and continue to use it............
@@thadramallama what happened when you "got caught"?
was it police business or did they sent you some threatening letters?
@@spooderman5405 that’s why people use things like ‘little snitch’ or ‘lulu’ so it can’t connect to the internet while still working as intent.
Who cares? I use Blender. It is all in one solution for 3d. In near future, big companies will be attracted to it. Only one thing is bothering me it's memory handling which makes it numb in very high poly mesh. Wish developer will soon get to it.
I think I saw something about that being addressed in 2.83 maybe.
in edit mode maybe but in sculpting it is a blast , I think it is better than 3ds max anyway 😂
3ds max is numb for no reason in every step but undoing
Shut up fanboy, nobody cares about that garbage especially Professionals.
@@zed5449 Look at yourself. What type of professionals you're? I think you should take care of your burns with medicines.
@Solid Snake Once upon a time Intel was thought to be never replaceable processor and all games were built in accordance to Intel capabilities. Within a very short time scenario was totally changed in favour of AMD. It is all about R & D. Blender is progressing in leaps and bounds. In every month a new version with major update is coming in Blender. Major player have started to patronize it which is a real progressive sign.
My theory is that autodesk lets people pirate their software to steal market share from other companies.
a lot of people believe that they make so easy purposefully.
David s. It’s called buying seats
Maybe the pirates are just another form of Leads in Autodesk's CRM/Database? So they can convert them into paying customers later.
like windows and winrar
That's a common claim I've heard many times over the past twenty or thirty years and I find it hard to believe in particular for a CEO who has to explain to his investors that his products practically own the market but only a negligible fraction of customers are paying up. That can end a CEO's carreer even while the company is still profitable.
Blender came to change the game.
@Solid Snake you haven't even opened it and yet you are assuming. I was just like you a few months back. I tell people that blender will not get even close to the mayor softwares . But I downloaded 2.8 one day and fukkkkkkk. IT BLEW MY MIND. I saw a lot of potential with this 2.8 version.
I started learning it up to this day and haven't opened maya bor max for 4 months now. Blender took me by surprise and this 2.82 version. ITS FKN MASSIVEEEEEEEEE
Give it a go! I can assure you too wont look back
I used 3ds Max for 15 years and always thought that i would never replace it for anything...
Then I tried blender 2.8... never came back since
@Solid Snake get yourself a proper Workstation. Actually you cannot compared a 250mb to 5gig package.. blender is fast as lightning what you talking about Willis
@Solid Snake you need to look closer and rethink that mate, you are waaay too clueless
@Solid Snake have u ever installed or opened blender? 😒 Being Beginner At The Software Doesn't Mean That The Software is Bad
I think the monthly subscription (Which I'm against) became a problem that many people would rather pirate it than to pay it every month. Especially how pricey Maya is. However, the individual license was a good call but I think it's no coincidence that it came around the time Blender 2.8 became so popular. (Especially how people recalled many times of wanting to have individual license for years before Blender 2.8 released)
If they didn't want people to use them illegally, they would've secured the software heavily like Steinberg's Cubase Pro. So if the cracked versions are coming out easily that means they want it to happen.
Even Steinberg Cubase Pro get pirated everywhere, but i choose to buy legally because it is the best software in the market
I think if u use for personal use at home it's okay but if ur using it for commercial use for creating models u need to pay for the software. Btw I am a student and use the student version
even they make autodesk free i wont use it, because all my work can be done in Blender
Sudeep Singh well, technically free FOR 3 years, after that, time to upgrade next free version or start paying
@Solid Snake u have so much time, and replying to each comment , may be autodesk paid to to do
Every 3D software company must work with steam if they want to reduce illegal copy I can use substance painter, substance designer, marmoset toolbag and 3D coat because I can buy them in steam
Steam is a really good platform for people who don't use American dollar they currency pegging dollar against other countries' money and because of that games and programs are most cheaper than their sites prices
How big is the 3d communitty. Because 6 million seems fairly small?. Do a video on how big is the 3d field..
My guess is that more than 70% of the pirate users rarely make any profit on it anyway
If they allowed someone able to easily move their license from computer to computer on a daily basis then that would help especially when you have 3-4 systems. Solution: Instead of nailing the software by a specific computer, nail it by when it is opened like Steam.
Best soft soft tutorial for beginners on UA-cam! I'm an absolute beginner and all the other tutorials I've found on UA-cam have been so
If your an Individual with no company pirating Autodesk then you have nothing to worry about
The price for it is ridiculous. If they did like 50 a month they would get a lot more business.
I think, Autodesk drive the same strategy like Microsoft in the early beginning of MS DOS and Windows. They do nothing against the piracy because everone who use Autodesk products, don´t use other companies software, like Blender or Rhino or Modo for example. I think, the only case they go against, is when a bigger company use their products and make a lot of money. But a hobbiest or even small freelancer are not of interest. The 3d market is not as big as always mentioned. The mainincome from Autodesk are other areas.
Yes and microsoft really doesnt care abour pirate desk pc os, because the license they sell for laptops, at certain point we all need a laptop even if we have a desktop gaming rig.
i can understand a student learning or an enthousiat trying to get into modeling, use an illegal copy, he can't afford it anyway ..... but for someone making a living from it, and 6 millions are those users, 4 of them are heavy users that just stupid ... or use Blender ... and on the other part of the mirror ... compagnies should stop making licenses too expensive (like thousands of dollars)... the future is subscription and the ideal solution is a percentage of your revenue... you make X on some software 15 or 20 per cent from it should go to the company who made the software ...
If Autodesk would offer the indilicence project to all countries, it would change a lot. But at the moment, only a few countries can benefit from.
Small companies in developing countries cannot afford to pay autodesk prices. This is a fact. At this point it should be a law that all software should have a free version. Since it hurts the economy to be unable to perform tasks because software is too expensive. Also LT versions are only good for individual users. Medium companies that need collaboration to acomplish tasks have to pay like large firms. They need a middle ground or else lose ground to piracy and competitors.
6 millions are probably from 3rd world countries, something you can't do much about especially if the governments and their laws are broken......Autodesk is lowering the prices and introducing an indie version and maybe in the future a free non-commercial one.
in the end Softwares are business and they need to make money.
@@zed5449 Of course they should make money, but sometimes they talk in an imaginary world .... and count money that doesn't exist, saying we have 173 M of loss equivalent to those 6 millions is just stupid, how could they know that those users could afford the price of the license... , Maya is perfect example for that ... , Autodesk didn't add anything to it in terms of features ... and 3ds max too for some time now .. even Side FX who have the most advanced 3d software you can ask for .. have a very flexible free license ... some known people like steven knipping who is a master of it, all of his 300 dollars courses are done on the free version, he is eligible for it, even him ... and he is one of the most skilled TDs you can find on the software, SideFX and Epic Games with their Unreal Engine have that wonderful system, pay a percentage of the revenue you make with the software ... ., or a monthly Subscription like Unity ... both those system are the way to go ...
@@zed5449 dont pay for autocrap choose a software to your needs. Dont pirate software from a company that does not support international standarts and has a bad pricing scheme.
the problem is that universities prepare people for the market with specific industry standard software so they can find a job instead of professionals with general 3D skills who can form their own study
Blender is not an alternative when comes to CAD. AutoCad is the primary tool for many users in our locale though there is a perfect Foss freecad.
I use progecad, pay $500 for a perpetual copy and it is really good alternative to autocad.
What about Sketchup?
@@atoaster2070 Good choice, but most of the institutions in our locale prefer Auto-Cad. But almost all are pirated versions.
It's not alternative to any of the 3D Softwares, modeling all do the same, VFX , Houdini, Max...etc are better, Sculpting Zbrush, Mudbox even 3D Coat are better, Rigging,Animation,Pipeline Maya is the king, Motion graphic C4D...etc
Blender is like a toy for new kids to start learn 3D, once they mature and wants to enter the professional field then they have to switch to professional Softwares, it happened to many already :)
@@zed5449
I used 3ds Max for 15 years and always thought that i would never replace it for anything...
Then I tried blender 2.8... never came back since..
Really, Maya still rocks, but 3ds Max is already dead for me.
Blender is evolving very fast and it doesn't crashes randomly
Autodesk doesn't realise that their practices are the reason why people pirate their software and they deserve it in my honest opinion, Keeping a really expensive subscription service, Making it harder for the average person to just acquire their software, Ruining Maya for every year since the release of Maya 2016 by adding unneeded features and making tools unstable and broken compared to previous versions(and also the terrible ui which get's shuffled each release making it harder to get used to and the increased instances of crashing), limiting to only the recent releases instead of letting people use previous and unsupported versions (which people need for a variety of reasons like preferences and plugins that only work with previous versions of their software) and so much more. It's laughable how greedy Autodesk is honestly.
video about autodesk, comments about blender...classic
Because blender has insanely improved now in 2023, February 28th, Blender 3.5 is releasing on March 22nd, 2023 with VDM brush for sculpting which Zbrush has for years. Now It's available in Blender. Blender has gone a long way in the last 3 years with improvements. Maya and 3DS Max are still stone aged when it comes to Their tools compared to Blender, especially the modeling tools!
TNice tutorials is exactly what I needed to understand the UI. Great tutorial!
use a vpn when using autodesk FYI, everything is tracked to that or just block outbound traffic from Autodesk. Not saying I use pirated software, but just from a logical stand point to protect yourself.
Can’t people just use firewalls. I know the pirating DAW community uses things like ‘little snitch’ and ‘lulu’ to block the internet connect while still working as intend
Some countries are banned of using credit cards or any electronic money dealings. Then user are either have to download pirated versions of paid softwares or use the free alternatives.
The vfx and cg industry is running because of the availability of pirated software. The moment you take this away. The industry is gonna grind to a halt. The availability of free Blender is gonna do jack shit for the professional industry.
broken it down makes it seem so user-friendly and easy to use. I can’t wait to start making soft! Thanks again!
just started a new studio and was going to use maya cause that's what myself and others at my uni trained with but i fell in love with blender 2.8 and that is now the software we're using
Congratulation, and its getting better and better with each version.
They would not be having this problem if these CAD products and licenses didn't cost $5,000 dollars a year. Autodesk is overcharging for their products.
Tell Auto-desk don’t worry, they will soon disappear as users are switching to Blender as their main 3D software. I remember Apple had its Final Cut PRO over $600, but they bring the price down to match Davinci Resolve 😅
Users maybe but industry companies are not anywhere close to use Blender for production
@@martinkri1002 Also, Maya and Max are a small portion of Autodesk's sales. Their bread and butter is architectural and industrial design software.
So glad I very early on decided to ditch 3ds Max and went with Blender and only Open Source software full stop.
I'm so fast in Blender now, and Blender is also so good, the only reason I would use Maya is if someone was paying me to use Maya.
Only program I miss is Photoshop.
Illegal software harms less the owning company, but the employees of producing companies. Happen to often, that competing company stole a client being cheaper do to stolen software. More the this small competitors of Autodesk have less chances of selling there Software against illegal usage. Blender is more success in places where people had to pay higher and higher subscription rates. If you want to harm Autodesk, buy competing software, stealing or using open source will make them only richer by becoming a monopolist.
They really have no excuse to charge as much as they do for Maya when free programs such as Blender are almost, if not just as powerful.
Imagine having your price so high and not expecting people to fucking pirate it LMFAO
EA to fifa meme
It’s funny that people pirate AutoCad, even though it’s a piece of shit, I only use it at work because that’s what all the old guys make you use. Five times less productive than Revit.
I use student version of their products 😁
Titan Lax well that is going to stop
@@nikhilanimates why?
@@nextkaretus6518 it's only for 1 year.
autodesk company have to let peopels work with cracked version so they can learn their product and buy them when they become proffesional and gain money ! i think the best choice is to make their software free like blender and unreal engine and i'm sure that peopels that made benefit from their product would donate for them like blender ;) i'm using cracked version for many program but only for learning not for money .
i believe in the ability to demo a piece of software before buying and that is where we are forced to pirate it just to try it out and see if its even worth the cost and the high cost at that.
just use blender. it use awesome
Agree
I'm from India my salary is around 19k and maya costs us 14k here...That's all I have to say.
Seriously all the people think autodesk only makes 3d softwares which is kinda their smallest market they earn way more from 2d drafting softwares and they have a huge lineup of other softwares not just one for 3d
Now blender is good even awesome but it cannot do the work that I can do on autocad right or on revit .... Soo it's just it
And if ur an architect you'll understand what I'm saying right away .
Maybe if the damn software wasn't so expensive then people wouldn't use illegal versions.
Agreed, they would still make more money licensing it cheaper that how they are doing it today
I believe many students belong from middle class and just you have stepped in the 3d career Autodesk products are really expensive ...and then comes the price of the 3d universities
as an architect buy autocad and use blender and you will be safe of this corporate hassle
There is a push for revit
@@metalglasses07 revit is essential off course but I mean with autocad you can basically do your job (not with ease off course) but Autocad is not pricey like revit and autocad architecture is not bad
I use pirated Autodesk software, why? well, because I don't have over £10,000 laying around in my bank account and only 1 family member has income in our household (3 people total), not to mention she is getting quite close to a minimin salary (which is around £19k for the UK). Buying something without a massive use in that product is quite pointless, so we don't buy it.
Going to College/Uni to use this software is great and all, but for me to be qualified enough to work in this field is non-existent with only the 2-5 years of experience. paying £156 per month for something I am doing as a hobby is quite ridiculous in my opinion.
Here is my question, *WHERE* can i find a decent uh...Ship Fairing Copy of Maya/3DS Max? cause i go to the "Peers" Sites, and all of em look kinda scary to try. i don't know enough about Viruses and Crap to keep myself safe. it says Key Generators are "Viruses" which ive heard are False Positives, but idk.
I know a 3D art training institute encourage participants to download pirated software from a site in China. That site even gets a chunk from the referrals. I would pay affordable subscription fees and use open source software.
Es un tema interesante, pero es diferente de como lo has explicado, ya que es mucho mas complejo. No se limita solo a si la compañía quiere o no emprender una disputa legal
Wait Autodesk said that they know that you have there software because they tracked it to the system and was able to see in side, wouldn't that mean that they have a virus inpatient into the software to do this. That's called hacking.
yet they are saying China is spying on them? The US government have been doing this since Windows 95 and “free emails“ know they got you by the balls with your smartphone and Google Maps, which knows every move you do
I'm using all of the software open source 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Blender
FreeCAD
Gimp
Shortcut
Finally Linux OS
If your using AutoDesk for Free turn on Internet and Pay for it when you have enough money to do so or if you work for a company demand they do it.
I used to work for an Amazon program and they asked me to download pirated Adobe products in their systems!
TNice tutorials is the channel that made start actually creating instead of being intimidated by the software. Thanks for a new form of therapy
License costs for maya are so crazy it is impossible to learn this software in legal way if you are not student in a degree and want enter industry. As long as you are not making money with Maya you should be fine.
Blender for the win
But Blender is difficult to learn. All those shortcuts...
Blender is weak for professional projects, it's just a beginners tool to 3D but once you mature and become professional you'll realise how weak in production is, especially if you're going to do some heavy projects like Archivz, VFX Movies or even AAA games :)
Blender only for beginners? Lol, you haven't seen what it's capable off lately I presume? They make entire movies with it like "Next Gen".
@@zed5449 this is laughable really there are so many big companies joining the blender company, a beginners tool maybe a couple years ago but not right now
@@shamaiahellis8810 Joining the fund is different from using it in real production, I know the companies you're talking about, you fanboys alway forgot what they're Not production Studios.
Epic games gives mega grants to anyone with condtions to support UE4, and the moment blender killed it's game engine they gave it one, Ubisoft joined not their AAA game Studios but just a new small team working on animation shows and instead of their own tool they're testing Blender....AMD, Nvidia, Unity,Amazon,Facebook..etc these are not Studios just hardware, software & services vendors and want to attract more customers
so the only big company you would say is the canadian one which is Tangent the others are not even worth mentioning.
So if you compare that to the hundreds or even thousands of Big Studios like ILM, Disney, Sony, DNEG, LucasFilm,Weta,Naughty Dog,EA..etc these are the real deal and they're the one who're running just the entertainment industry :)
use for blender for 3d and use natorn for compisiting and use godot for gaming
You know why i think it is safe?
Autodesk is not a small company, if they don't want you to use the crack one you will never be able to put ur mouse cursor on Xforce .... further more please do not worry, you can use it crack they just obtain your data and that's it ... it's just not secure for your computer. Moreover, if they strictly wanted everyone to pay they just create the certificate version of their products which mean whenever people use their product to finish any project they must show the certificate that they have a real one yet this method is to put their company at risk of not having people using their product or considering their product at all. Come to think of it, blender is a free open source ..... if Autodesk is strictly prohibit people from using the crack version then most people are switching to blender or other open source program and that's the big draw back for Autodesk itself. No body use it no free models..... well and no worry about them making money .... they work with giant company so they earn a lot from their big customer already .... getting 200$ from you each month doesn't mean anything to them. Well ... stay safe have fun :) work harder
I am Muslim and I am afraid of that using such softwares as pirated is a sin in Islam and the money gained by it is haram, but people like me who live in poor countries don't know how to afford such high price of those softwares.
Blender is the best choice. I don't use pirated softwares either. I am on linux and use almost everything open source free, the only thing I paid is 3d coat, but blender can also be its alternative.
Twinmotion is the best. They know people will try to crack it to use it for fun and they give a free version which you cannot use it for commercial use.
Blender users were absolutely right!
I would not touch any pirated software. Goodness knows how hackers can use pirated softwares so to get data from YOUR computer.
I use mostly open-source softwares.
Landlubber!
Congratulation
I use Autocad every day at work. I also use Revit. I don't think Autocad is even trying anymore. What a piece of crap software. Every year there's a new upgrade, and yet the only thing that changes is the GUI. I would pirate it, but then I think "Why"!
stop ussing Maya 3 years ago, expensive to use, expensive to keep up with. I use blender for everything.
Who wants to use and pay over a thousand dollar for software while evenly capable software is totally free? See Blender. It can do the same stuff Maya can do and costs you nothing at all. If they made their software alot cheaper, they would have alot more paying users. A small studio or some hobbyist won't be able to pay that much to use it. And you cannot buy the full package anymore, you have to pay monthly, yearly or 3-yearly. A beginner in 3D modeling will NEVER pay $200 or more per month to learn modeling. So they either use free tools or search for pirated copies. Simple. I know 3DSMax was $6000 one-time payment some years ago. Now you have to keep paying forever to keep using it and will cost you ALOT more in the end.
I have 0 sympathy for them and their "loses". They have been ripping people off for ages, they have the education system locked down because if you want to learn their software you have to go to uni to get free access because no struggling artist can afford the price of the program.
if it's a pirated copy, you're in trouble X2. the first and upfront is there's 100% chance that copy is laced with malware (and often times, they're undetectable by most AVs) if you find yourself having to clean up your machine often, this might be the reason. the rest is as you already know.
I don’t have any Autodesk software, and currently learning Blender for various reasons, inc price as I’m a hobbyist. But I have used pirated software, inc subscription software like Photoshop, but prefer affordable alternatives when available, for example I’ve switched to Affinity Photo and Designer, which for my purposes are mostly as good, and a lot lighter on resources. Even so, in the past I’ve used all the Adobe software for free, as I was a student and it’s not affordable, and worked in businesses using pirated copies of various apps.
And no, there’s not a 100% chance of malware, you just have to know where to look. Never get it off a torrent for starters. Over the years, when I was younger, I’ve tried quite a lot and not had issues. Leaving Windows for Mac helped of course.
Is there a way to wipe out and clean your PC from the previously installed autodesk software we are running in audit and there scanner tool detect this previously installed autodesk software which I believe is cracked we only have Autocad subscription which we are currently using. I have tried uninstalling the software and clean registry but still the scanner tool can capture it. I read in one of the forums that freshly Windows installation can wipe this out but I have not tried it.
the should stop the annual subscription policy and just sell the program, if a small company is starting their business (especially in poor or developing countries) they wouldn't be able to endure all that money just to be able to use the software for one year.
Autodesk just makes it more appealing to pirate their software now, i dont understand why they went in the direction of actually having to go to school in order to use the student version instead of the past were you just couldn't use it commercially and had that pop up everytime you saved and loaded a student version file.
I bought a year license for Maya indie but i wasn't making money with it so i thought what was the point in paying another year when all im using it for is to improve my portfolio? (I dont use blender for modeling since i understand more with Maya's hotkeys and navigation and changing that would suck) Way to shoot yourself in the foot Autodesk!
They should put maya on steam it will be easier to buy it without using credit card or something.
Nop I have my own since 2008 now I am learning blender Because of I am tired of paying
better I would buy Blender Cloud year membership than buy subscription of Autodesk/Adobe
When 3dsmax was at it's peak, a lot of people bought it, in Autodesk made a lot of revenue from it. Autodesk, then went ahead and used those monies to buy Maya from Alias. At that time Maya was a competitor to max but Autodesk did not see any importance to invest in max. As time went one, newer versions had minimal updates but they were charging huge price for it. When their focus went on to Maya, Max begun to have bugs and minimal to no updates. For instance Character animation studio has not seen any better improvement for decades. It now has bugs and decades old versions performs better in that regard. In the 2016 version, you can't have more than 5 cameras for videopost rendering. Above all, they have allowed third party plugins to be better than their standard ones. Their Fire and smoke effects have not seen any improvements for over a decade and cannot be compared to Blender after all these years. What is the benefit of buying an expensive software and ending up buying a lot of other plugins for it? Certainly, many would pirate in order to have money to buy the other plugins.
Autodesk has lost it's direction and destroying max. The gradual abandonment of 3dsmax is giving room for Blender, Houdini and other softwares to occupy the vacuum. There is still hope because people are still clinging to it.
I've always wanted to make soft but every ti I download software to do so, I just look at the 5,000 buttons/settings, cry for a few
I buy revit and autodesk 2014, 3000€... Not porting to windows 10 (release date july 2015)! I don't buy another autodesk product in my life. I use blender and other software
blender is great for hard surface. but for character its ok, its just lack a good hair system like xgen or ornatrix.
Blender Scultping is good for characters. I accept on the hair system, but there is a easy work around for hairs in blender.
This is obvious, that´s a very expensive software for poor countries, maybe in Europe with Euros and what you ask for any job you can afford the payment but compared with South America, is ridiculous. Software prices should be accord to the income of people and companies. With the income of one hour in Europe you can have a Burger Combo in Usa and Europe, in south america you need the income of a full day, as minimum wedge I mean. 8 times more, so software should be 1/8 of the real cost for low income countries.
In India its 1 lakh 30 thousand rs for just 1 year its like 1394 dollars which really can't afford in India buy an individual
The answer is a simple NO. Don't listen to shills like this channel. The companies should be making the software at least free for people to create their demo reels (non-monetary purposes).
honestly i don't blame them for pirating, even i do it. The subscription is the main problem to those who just want to practice or just a hobby and hence pirating
6 millions user pirated it. . .in other words. . .if there's no pirated copy, they have 6 millions less user
Sorry, but bleeding artists with a high price and/or subscriptions to me is at an end. What illegally use is directly related to trying to learn 3D. To me, Blender 2.8 or above is the way to go. If someone does not make money or land a job get a full refund???????
Blender guys this isnt just with maya and max there are alot of Autodesk softwares.
Is it posible to import from a cracked Maya to a licenced Maya, or there is some kind of magic code that doesn`t let you?...in case you can how do they know how much came from the Maya you purchase?
Autodesk just needs to make permanent licenses a thing and keep the subscription ones for tablets and phones, for most people, they can't justify the subscription unless it means they get instant help when they can't do something; which used to be a thing autodesk would do for you ages ago, I don't think they even do that now; another reason unreal engine is ahead of autodesk right now; blender lacks this kind of instant support thing but its got community support that makes up for it and is free, and not only that but VRAY works in it now, so there is practically no reason to use autodesk software so if you do have to pirate it, it isn't the worst thing in the world, maybe a client needs you to convert your blender file to work in 3ds, so you pirate it, then you uninstall the pirated software since its useless for 99% of what you do.
Until autodesk brings back perpetual licenses, i'll be paying for HOUDINI, not autodesk crap; once my student license is dead i'm switching to that.
I found out they do have that option but there's a catch. Actually two.
1. The absurd price for a onetime payment.
2. Your product will not be updated.
For a company making $ with Autocad, whatever. But for an individual just interested in putzing around in 3d? Why do you even want to pirate anything when there is Blender, Freecad, OpenScad, a bunch more I can't remember the names of. Just use Blender. And while you are at it, lose Windows and move to Linux.
i am using photoshop,illustrator and aftereffects illegally..... only for learning
purpose..because i cant afford them currently.... for learning purpose their price is too much
Isn't it illegal for them to track our IP, because if they have that info some how there basically tracking our IP right..
N pakistan 90% studios are using cracked versions of AutoCAD n no one can do anything about it......
Id buy Maya if it was $800... not $50 a month for life.
I wanna buy it completely not a bullshit subscription
I'm not a paying customer because I'm not a commercial user.
life is tacking risks i love maya i had to crack it