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Re: 3ds max alternatives?

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Originally Posted by Mazin
BTW, has anybody here actually bought a real commercial license of max, instead of using bootleg copies or the school's educational licenses? Last time I checked, 3ds max 8 was $3.5K. For $3.5K, I would be willing to learn a new interface.
That's a good point. Fortunately Autodesk was kind enough to donate copies of any one autodesk product to teams that had won an animation award at nationals. The three or so guys we had written down as animation team mentors all chose 3ds max. That of course helped us out a lot this year.
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