Photoshop for students?
polycounter lvl 4
Hey guys, I was looking at buying the Quixel suite, I was surprised at how cheap it was for students, for Photoshop.. the complete opposite.
Is there any way to get Photoshop cheaply or for free (legally)?
I don't have £10-20 spend on Photoshop every month
Thanks in advance
Is there any way to get Photoshop cheaply or for free (legally)?
I don't have £10-20 spend on Photoshop every month
Thanks in advance
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I found this site about cheap Photoshop, dunno how helpful it is http://johnlamansky.com/tech/buy-cheap-adobe-photoshop/
On the plus side, last I looked you're allowed to use the student license for commercial work for as long as you're still meeting the student eligibility requirements.
Learning photoshop and using it is probably your best bet. It is a worthwhile investment, an industry standard, and I highly doubt that will change any time soon at all. Plus, everything you need works with it, including the Quixel Suite.
If it also allows commercial uses I could always put some stuff on the unity store to make some money off the investment.
This
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/3689-adobe-photoshop-cs2.html
The Substance packages and the Quixel Suite are amazing pieces of software, but they definitely hinder your ability to learn techniques by hand because they automate a lot of the tasks that need to be done. I only say this because I'm guessing you are new to texturing since you don't already have Photoshop or one of the alternatives, if you do happen to have experience though, then I would say it's still a fair price for what you get, and like you said, selling assets on the Unity asset store can probably make up most of your initial investment back pretty quickly.
It sounds like you are trying not to spend money, which is understandable. If thats the case, get your skills up with Krita: http://kritastudio.com/desktop.html
And use something like Bitmap2Material http://store.steampowered.com/app/325910/ to bump out normal maps.
If thats still to much you can try something like mindtex for example: http://store.steampowered.com/app/269450/
If you need it all to be free then Mapzone: http://www.mapzoneeditor.com/
It's made by the same people behind bitmap2material, substance painter/designer. In a way, its the precursor to all their commercial products.
Babysteps.
Ill try out mapzone for a bit
Once you get your skills up to a certain point, and maybe take on some small jobs, that $10 a month for photoshop will seem well worth it
So hopefully Krita works well. I am going to try doing the noob challenge this month, the concepts seem quite interesting.
I agree, once you know how to make something, the software doesn't matter too much. Painting skills would translate over from Krita to Photoshop.
I am hoping to go to university and study this stuff, so that would give me the opportunity to become familiar with industry standard software.
Thanks for the help
As cheaper apps, Open Canvas, Clip Studio Pro EX, Paint Tool Sai, etc. are very good options. Any student can afford them because they cost like a videogame, or less in sale.