

The Cinema 4D Student Version is almost identical in features to the $3,695 Studio edition of the software, but lacks support for network rendering and plugins dependent on serial numbers. Autodesk, NewTek, Side Effects Software, Adobe and The Foundry all charge for educational licences: from $99 for Houdini Apprentice HD to low-to-mid hundreds of dollars for the Autodesk and Adobe product suites. The pricing – or lack of it – is unusually aggressive for a non-watermarked version of a commercial 3D tool. Maxon is to release a free Student Version of Cinema 4D, intended for non-commercial use. The developer has just launched a free 18-month Student licence of the software, which provides access to most of the features of Cinema 4D R13 Studio.

Maxon’s current promo video for Cinema 4D.
