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Should I upgrade?

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 7:25 pm
by minilogoguy18
I've had this super old version of XSI for a very long time and now with my GF being a student I have a chance to buy a bundle of Autodesk software for only $249.99 USD and it includes...

Softimage 2013
3DS Max 2013
Maya 2013
Motion Builder 2013
Mudbox 2013
Sketchbook Designer 2013

MSRP on all this is nearly $8K but it's not like I need any of this considering Mod Tool can do everything for Jedi Academy and my older version is good for Battlefront 2. Might be worth it for at least Mudbox.

Thoughts?

Re: Should I upgrade?

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 7:59 pm
by Marth8880
I think MotionBuilder and Mudbox would be worth it at the least.

Re: Should I upgrade?

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:34 pm
by minilogoguy18
Don't think I'd use motion builder, softimage can do everything I need and I already know how to make complex rigs with it.

If only I could get Mudbox by itself for like $49 cause I'd do that but I don't think that is an option. Though I may have to at least get Photoshop CS6 since the super old version that came with my Intuos 3 doesn't run well on win7 x64, it crashed a ton when making the texture for the Slave 1.

Re: Should I upgrade?

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 9:21 pm
by Sky_216
You can probably get them for free assuming your girlfriend's got a student email address autodesk recognises...

http://students.autodesk.com/

Not sure about the terms and conditions but pretty sure its fine as long as you don't use any of it for commercial purposes.....I got 2011 xsi, 3dsmax and mudbox using my student email address.

Re: Should I upgrade?

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 9:42 pm
by minilogoguy18
I'll have to try it, site doesn't seem to be working right now though.

Re: Should I upgrade?

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 11:58 pm
by Marth8880

Re: Should I upgrade?

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:02 pm
by minilogoguy18
^It's the registration page that isn't working.

EDIT
Well I got Mudbox, pretty excited about that, could get the newer softimage but not sure yet since I don't actually NEED it. Only thing it might be better for is normal map generation I'm sure is faster than my old 5.1.

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