OK, so now a daily license makes sense! Use it, learn it, and when your ready, pay for only what you will render final.
License per day
EUR € 6.50
GBP £ 5.00
USD $ 8.50
An interesting way to do things. Don't know that I have seen this in a 3D soft before. Also, since my copy of Maya is a student edition, I don't have to worry about spending money on something I don't fully have rights to but I can still learn it. I would definitely buy a package first, before thinking about Arnold or Vray of course. but this makes things much more friendly to my situation.
Yes indeed, Walli, pretty cool. Took me a min to see why they would do that. I guess it makes perfect sense now though. Rather clever way to deal with a lot of issues actually. Will people risk installing a hack, or will they pay 8 bucks when they actually need to render clean?
Sorry Oshyan, only had a second at a time to read through it. Yes, it is clear now.
I looked at vRay prices too. The number I saw was around 1,200 dollars making Arnold pretty competitive. And they did a pretty good job of their pre release marketing. They already have great word of mouth.
Kadri, is right though, this stuff is not cheap for part timers, students and hobbyists. But as Martin said, its nothing for a studio. Wish I was rich.