what should i do?

[Muster]

Hey i made many models on my friend's pc A:M software long time ago and I want to buy the software. how can i do that like what is difference between 299$ and 1 year subscription 50$ beside the reference and other add-ins. Also can i get a 1 year subscription if i don't have an A:M software installed previously on my pc?

[bighop]

You can get the one year script without having the program installed. You have to down load the Data zip, no charge, too. So far I like the download. If you average the cost you are getting almost three years of updates for the $49.99 per year. I think you only get one year's worth of updates for the $299.00. I also have nothing but good things to say about HASH's tech support. They have answered every email when I had a concern. It's a great way to try the program!

 

Hope that helps.

[Rodney]

Also can i get a 1 year subscription if i don't have an A:M software installed previously on my pc?

 

Sure can. The websubscription is $49 to everyone regardless of their previous installations.

 

I wouldn't use the word 'trial' here though. There is no 'trial version' of A:M.

Both CD and websubscription are the same full featured A:M with all the bells and whistles (20 years worth of features!).

 

You can even download the Tech Ref and Manual that you'd get on the CD in digital format (PDF).

[brainmuffin]

Here's the deal:

 

For $49.95, you get a license to use 1 installation of A:M for one year. It's a good deal. Even if you wanted it on two PCs (i.e. your laptop AND desktop) it's still probably the better way to go, especially if you're a beginner or just a tinkerer.

 

Let's say you get good at it, and decide you're going to seriously hunker down and create a highly detailed short. If you have a render farm (Several computers you're going to render on) and you estimate that it'll take rather a bit longer than a year. Then it might be prudent to opt for the $299.00 CD version.

[Muster]

tnx guys, i guess i'm going to stick with the 49.99$ and btw i really like this software for its simplicity and unimaginable power. also tnx for editing my topic title "shuold, should*"

[Rodney]

i really like this software for its simplicity and unimaginable power

 

I was looking through the Tech Ref today(Will Sutton's edited version) and I was struck again by the genius behind the programmers at Hash Inc. They've made a whole lot of considerably complicated processes amazingly accessible... even easy to implement. As I turned page after page it reaffirmed why A:M continues to be the best 3D program available at any price. But the price... woo boy the price... that makes A:M even better.

 

$49... for Animation:Master? Ya gotta be kiddin' me.

If I had to pay $299 every year I'd gladly do it for what I find in Animation:Master.

(But thanks Martin... Thanks you Thank You THANK YOU... for not going there.)

Who knows the number of lives you've enriched or who you've inspired by reducing A:M to $49.

 

Martin, you've always been wiser than I've been able to give you credit.

...and you've never ceased to amaze me yet.

Is $49 still a price an artist can afford... you betcha!

 

Hash Inc, you've been creating magic for over 20 years now.

I'm looking forward to spending the next 20 years exploring and creating a little magic of my own with Animation:Master!