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Plaupius on 26 July 2012
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Jazz2K said:
Plaupius said:
Jazz2K said:

When you're studying specific programs like Autodesks and Adobe cheaper alternatives are not an option... try to find something that'll replace the programs you'll use in real life... "Ehh sir we need someone that knows Nuke... Compositing Magic is not what we're looking for sorry... NEXT!!!"

Sorry I'll go with the industry and use what they need.

If you're really studying, then you can get Nuke student licence, for example, at 95% discount. Most other software makers also provide very cheap student licences, and many schools provide the software installed on school hardware. And if you're studying to become a professional, using the software to make a living, then you definitely don't have justification to pirate it.

Student versions are still very expensives and they won't allow you to make money with it anyway. When I finished my graphic design studies I used pirated versions of Adobe and Quark for some time until I could affort to buy a full version of Adobe (used Quark only twice for projects). As for now, I got student versions of Autodesks but before that I had to submit a portfolio of projects (some entry test to ensure you'll be able to follow the course) I got a pirated copy of Max did my portfolio, got accepted then now I could use the student versions.

You have to think that not everybody use pirated copies just because they don't want to pay. To me it's like wellfare, some abuse of it and some don't but it's there so you can use it. I'm not the kind that rejects everything just because some media tells me it's bad. Movies/music/games all gets pirated like hell still they report massive profits every years, people need to be more intelligent in regards to piracy.

Let me ask you a question. Say you've done a big project for a customer, and it took you 12 months to do it using many tools. Let's say you did a 3D animated movie for a Superbowl ad, created the models, textures etc. You did it for a big international corporation and got paid for your work according to your contract, which stipulates that the ad is to be displayed only during the Superbowl. Later you see your ad running on TV during prime time shows. Should the big international corporation pay you extra? After all, your contract specifically stated that they can run the ad only during Supoerbowl.