…i didn’t see a few answers to some simple questions i thought i would ask here before i made a mistake on letting go of $800, which is a lot of money ‘for me’ (i’m blue collar and don’t make much). Could someone tell me about the purchasing transaction? Does Pixologic send you a serial via email immediately after the purchase? Are there any kind of ‘hidden usage fees’ (like Magix, whereby if you activate one of their ‘download versions’ over 3 times you have to literally call up support on the phone and maybe even pay a fee for reactivating too many times?), etc, etc, or anything i don’t know about that everyone here knows is ‘common knowledge’ regarding the purchase (this is my first ‘non-demo’ purchase).
I did read there’s a 30 day return policy with a 5% deactivation fee (or something like that). I can’t afford to throw away $40 just because ‘it didn’t work’ on my system - like some users (or even many from what i’ve read) on the Autodesk forums are experiencing. And lastly, do you ‘own’ ZBrush once you buy it (i.e. will it always install and run, like 3 to 4 yrs later, if you uninstall it now and decide to reinstall and use it again at a much later date?). Sorry for being so nit-picky and a ‘perfectionist’, but this is a big move for me. Many thanks for any answers to any of these (paranoid) questions!!
Also, if i make everything in ZB, will the app ‘put everything together well’ so whatever i export will load correctly in either Blender or Maya (since i’ll probably rent Maya just to animate in)?
Since i’ll probably be heading to the store after i get a few answers, i also want to say hello to everyone and it’s great to be part of the ZB gang!
Tim
Specs: i7 Quad, 24GB, GeForce GTX 660, Intuos 4