Octane Render now Offers Free Student Licenses

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1. Mitsuma

   27 April 2014 at 10:09

   Only .edu emails are allowed. No love for people outside the USA.

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   1. Bart Veldhuizen

      27 April 2014 at 10:18

      Hmmm that’s not good. I’ll reach out to them and see if there’s an option for foreign students.

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      1. Mitsuma

         27 April 2014 at 10:23

         That would be nice. I have a full license for Octane but I would love to try out the interated plugin without buying it.

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      2. Blackbox Corp

         27 April 2014 at 10:34

         No – it isnt possible. In the past I sent a email to them to ask this question and it wasnt possible

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      3. benjiken

         28 April 2014 at 14:20

         I got in touch with them and they told me that it wasn’t possible at the moment, though they also said that they would be changing how the student license service works in the near future to schools without a .edu email

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2. Jan Schmitz

   27 April 2014 at 14:16

   I talked to the Octane team, there are trying to add support for all non-american students. my university is already on the list, the told me to be patient.

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3. SonlenofBlender

   27 April 2014 at 20:31

   How about high school students?

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4. Bart Veldhuizen

   28 April 2014 at 08:10

   I received the following response from Octane:

   Hi Bart,

   Thanks for contacting us.

   As commented by one user, we are trying to accommodate other student email domains outside the US.

   We have been addressing these on a case by case basis. If students email us from their university email account, and we can verify it as an eligible institution (university) then we will add the domain to the allowed list.

   One of your readers asked about high schools. The answer is no, sorry, we are not offering student licenses to high school students, only tertiary institute students.

   Thanks

   The OctaneRender Team.

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   1. benjiken

      28 April 2014 at 14:23

      Wow, almost the exact same email I got.
      Though in my case they didn’t tell me that my school was invalid even though it is a high school, next year I can have it :)

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   2. SonlenofBlender

      28 April 2014 at 22:04

      Too bad :/ Hope some others can enjoy it.

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