I’m a little confused by the licensing and subscription model thats now available.
I’ve just run Zupgrader to from v 2022.0.6 which has upgraded me to 2022.0.7
I see that v 2023 is actually available so I was wondering why Zupgrader didnt upgrade to this version?
I suspect I know the answer to this one but just wanted clarification.
Is 2023 only available to those using the new subscription model?
(I come from a perpetual license background before Maxon took over)
Cheers
Correct.
The free updates of the ‘old’ ZBrush V 2022.x are over since 01. Jan 2023.
(Sure you can update/upgrade your ‘old’ perpetual ZBrusg version to the last 2022.0.7 version for free as you already did)
If you want a V2023.x Version then you must buy a new perpetual version of it or follow the subscription model.
There are many other threats about this here in the forum.
BTW: I will stay at the 2022.x version as hobby user.
CU
Cheers Harry. As suspected, that answers my question
The ZUpgrader app included with the legacy Pixologic versions of ZBrush was only ever for upgrading to the latest point release of that version of ZBrush( ZBrush 2022 to ZBrush 2022.0.7). It is not possible to upgrade your installation from one major version (ZBrush 2020, 2021, 2022, etc) directly to another. These install as completely separate programs. In those cases you need a full installer.
Thank you!
Thank you for the clarification fellas.
Could you tell me the upgrade price from 2022 to 2023 please?
It’s like $650, LOL.
Don’t worry; I was even more clueless. I was going back and forth on getting a perpetual license sometime in 2021. I was like, man, it’s been so long; they will charge as soon as I do it, I know it. So, I read over all this license info and background, searching around and digging stuff up. Will I or won’t I…
The timing passed. Then I saw a preview thing around ZBrush 2023. It’s November 2022. I have no use for ZBrush in the coming three months, but it’s finally time. I won’t get the 10+ years of updates these other guys got, but what odds I don’t at least get a couple? I could make it till 2026.
Anyway, no reason to wait till early 2023 to pull the trigger; if there is one thing I’m confident of, if I buy this thing for $850 in like Nov, the odds of me being left out on 2023 with this company are slim to nil, so I didn’t even think about it. Take my $850. It’s a lot for my little hobby, I hardly need the thing, but I couldn’t stand paying a subscription and not using it often month after month, and these guys are so great about these upgrades. I’ve sat on it for a year. Let’s do it.
Haha, you know the story from there. Apparently, in the interim, someone bought ZBrush, I was hemming and hawing over a new model Porche for top dollar, and then I waltzed in and laid out the money, and they gave me a 3-year lease on the last generations base, and I turned and walked out with a huge smile and jump in my step.
So yeah, then, at some point, I felt like an absolute idiot.
And I know it’s like $650 because when I finally loaded up the Maxon App again for the first time in over a month, it said I had an update for ZBrush, which seemed huge. And I was like, no way, these guys would never bump the people who bought right before the new version. I’ve messed with Cinema 4D before. No way. My lucky stars. It won’t be as absolutely terrible as I thought. At least I got something that will carry me further than a single bug fix. Haha, no. They just upgraded my 2022 because they figured having just shelled out $850, a couple of play-around uses later, I’d be more than willing to shell out another $650. Why even ask. Good morning Brother, you have an upgrade, and it’s coming!
Haha. Priceless. I know, it’s not humorous enough for the cost, but given how much the average Dude who would recently shell out $850 on ZBrush likely follows these things, it does make me giggle just a little as I Lee Roy Jenkins in.
So yeah, it costs $650 to upgrade the perpetual. Even if it’s brand-spankin’ new. Don’t quote me. But it’s close enough to correct, not to matter.
(Ah, also, by coincidence, I saw someone selling a perpetual license in a recent thread. Turns out I’m taking offers on one myself. I haven’t looked up the Maxon cut yet, but if’s not crazy, I imagine it will be a decent discount.)
Cheers Mark
Its a tough one. Its okay if you are an artist that only users a couple of apps but I’m a generalist that is looking at a very substantial yearly outlay on subscriptions in order to do my job.
I do still think some of the companies could have a more flexible payment structure that would still tick the boxes for everyone (both companies and users).