Software for Animation Students
Students may buy Lightwave, Flash, Dreamweaver, Premiere, Audition, etc. from academic resellers at a considerable discount over the retail price. You must prove that you are a student (using your student id). Academic versions are supposed to be used for learning the programs and not making money. If you start freelancing and making a significant amount of money, you should purchase the retail professional version.
Lightwave: $250.00
www.kurvstudios.com (direct link to software)
Wes Beckwith lives in McKinney and runs Kurv Studios. He also works for Wordware Publishing in Plano. The publish several instructional books on Lightwave and other applications. Wes said if you let him know that you are from Dale Jackson, he can probably beat the $250.00 price.
www.3dgarage.com
This is run by Dan Ablan. We sometimes use the thick Ablan Lightwave book for exercises in class. Dan is one of the leading Lightwave instructors as well as a professional animator from Chicago.
www.sharbor.com
Safe Harbor has been around a long time as a distributor of video and animation software.
Lightwave, Flash, etc.
www.journeyed.com
Journey Ed is located in Carrollton and is an academic reseller. They prefer to do their work online and through the mail. They do not really have a store front for walk-in customers. They have several froms on their site for you to complete to prove that you are a student.
other sites
www.campustech.com
www.academicsuperstore.com
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