At Siggraph 2019 Autodesk announce a piloting trial of an Indie subscription for people starting out with Maya or 3DS Max. If you meet the criteria, instead of paying $2170 (AUD) you only will need to cash out $354.79 (AUD). At this stage, this price is at a trial. If it does become successful, Autodesk may expand the scheme to include other countries.
Who is eligible?
Your annual gross revenue from your work must be less than (USD) $100,000 / year.Only one license can be used per user or organisation.Offer is only eligible to those based in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK or the US.Note: To ensure you do not get charged the full license price the [...]