I'm a music artist. I got to the point where I got signed to a record label. I wouldn't be where I'm at if I didn't pirate all the tools I needed. Sucks but it's true, I never had money growing up. I actually thought it was normal to pirate stuff, all my friends did it.
The wonderful thing is that there are now a lot of DAWs available for free or as donation ware today. The not so wonderful thing is that, when I and a lot of other people started making music, that kind of freeware was very hard to come by. I don’t know many 14-year-old kids whose parents are going to drop $200+ for something like FL Studio or Logic Pro. I was lucky enough to receive a 2004-era iMac from a family friend because he found out I was interested in electronic music and MIDI programming, but most people aren’t that lucky. The only free DAW I can think of back then was Audacity, which wasn’t very helpful
only the mega rich who live in the US and Europe and can afford to pay thousands of dollar on licenses alone would be working lol, i guess everyone else is a criminal
Did I use a pirated version of zbrush? Yup. Confused the hell out of me and probably used all of about 20 minutes total. No sense to me. Then, when I finally decided to just bite the bullet and learn it...every "serious" 3d character artist was, so I forked over the cash for version 3. Thing with Pixologic? I have NEVER had to pay for it since. Pixologic is one of the most amazing companies out there. They truly do care about every single one of their customers. The $600 it cost me at the time? Worth every single penny, multiple times over.
Plum Fun if you want the zbrush exp you can use sculptris from pixologic and works great. Imagine if you want to sell your 3d models and people find the way to use it whitout pay...
@@redgreen6128 Absolutely true... the last work I had lasted 2 months, working every day on After Effects... If I had pay Adobe STUDENT License for those two monts, they would've taken 70% of my earnings of that job... it's pretty sh*tty man
Artist from France here. You technically can get punished for piracy, be it software, musics, movies or whatever. We even have/had a law specifically made for it a few years ago - but they failed so hard to enforce it and, generally, people use piracy so much, they almost dropped it. (Well it still technically exists but in 7 years, only about 70 people got condemned...) I've never heard of anyone getting into trouble for pirating any Adobe softwares, and most people I've been in school with pirated them. The school principal was even encouraging me to do it when I asked him about it. So pretty much the same situation as in Ukraine, I think, despite being a "first world country". I do think that as long as you're a student, it's fine to pirate stuff - as soon as you make a living through the use of those softwares though, you should pay for it. But usually, I feel like once people start working and not being student anymore, they also realize the value of money and getting paid for your work, and thus, the value of paying others for their work. So I think people naturally slide into the "paying" side of users as they grow up.
I feel ya, I'm from the US and I'm super fortunate enough to go to a school where we learn photoshop, illustrator, after effects, Solidworks, AutoCAD and that jazz all in 9th -12th grade and our school has paid licenses. I still pirated them on my home computer so I can do homework at home but I 100% agree that the instant you start making money using these softwares you should buy them. I already own a couple but I don't want to spend money on something I'm not sure I'm gonna use after school you know?
I like the Unity model, where you get the software for free, and only need to pay (subscription model) when you actually have some revenue (100k$ previous fiscal year). That helps lighten startup costs, which I presume makes for more durable income for Unity.
I felt so guilty about using pirated software. But at the same time I knew I have to get out of my father's house first. It feels better after watching this video. Thanks!
I used to buy my adobe licenses I needed but since they started doing the monthly subscription only, I as a hobbyist can't justify paying 50$ a month for basically the rest of my life when before I could buy the softwares I needed for 300$ and had them forever. For a company I can see that these monthly payments are nice as you get all the updates as they come out. I wish they would still offer the individual softwares as normal one payment purchases. Sadly more and more companies sell their software on a monthly payment which in my opinion as a buyer is only a bad thing. Even apps started doing that by asking for 1$ a month for the full version...
Well, you could pirate Blender if you...download it with a pirate disguise ? Nah, joking, some ppl yet don't know it! Let's not generate confusion : Blender is 100% free and legal guys, go for it. I do all my work with it since 2002... (former 3DS Maxer)
apparently you have no idea what Zbrush is if you even think about compare blender and Zbrush. Small example, Blender can handle 40mln points ? Answer is no. Have at least 50% of sculpting flow like Zbrush? Nope... Stop cat damnyt compare and try force me that is possible to make Zbrush work in blender. Its not possible.
i live in venezuela, if i dont pirate software, tutorials, books etc i starve, simple. Theres no material or options to learn and work available locally and salaries here are literally 2 $ a month, literally, so I choose to survive without thinking twice, i choose to pirate and study something on my own and work with pirated software rather than stay stupid and starve to death because of socialism who made everyone poor. Gringos who made 6 figure salaries can cry all they want about people pirating their shit, too bad for you, i wouldn´t have access to it otherwise so is not like you are loosing a customer anyways.
Really? So everyone who is not starving to death and lives in Venezuela is a digital artist? I find that quite implausible, I am sure there are other jobs available, they just don't appeal as much as being a digital artist. $2 a month? But what are your living expenses per month.? You can't compare the numbers to gringos in their gringo nation from a 3rd world country with 3rd world numbers.
No, is socialism, specifically socialism because this wont ever happen under any other system except marxism. Before socialism Venezuela was the richest country in Latam, and minumun wage was around 600$. Now a month of wage doesn`t buy a single chicken an all the industries were destroyed.
Daniel . you guys at least got rid of the cancer before metasthasis, you gotta keep fighting before it comes back and spreads more. Same with Argentina, they can not come back, for the sake of the future generations
in Brazil, photoshop (for example) costs 3000 Reais to give you a perspective, our minimum salary is 875 Reais... *per month so you have to work like 15 or 14 months, saving the little bit that you can (like 200 Reais, because it's expensive to live in a corrupt system) to THEN, buy your first software take me for example, i use 5 to 6 softwares to work... and i still am learning new ones to make it better in the brazilian work scene... it's a shame...
When I first started out with digital art I pirated PaintTool SAI, but now that I was able to afford it I purchased the official license. It feels good to support the people behind it. As for school, me and my classmates got Photoshop for free, this is in Norway, not sure about other countries.
I personally think it is ok to pirate Software when you are at the Learning stage but when you have any stable income then buy it for common courtesy, apart from that it would suck if giant rich companies sue you when you aren't earning much income.
Literally. I am still a student, learning editing and have downloaded cracked software. The thing is that I still suck at editing and I don't want my parents to pay for monthly subscription just for that because I think it's a waste of money. But I really did promised myself that when I finally had a stable job in the future, I would prevent downloading pirated software and just pay it and use it legally. Imagine this, if you were in Adobe's shoes wouldn't you be saddened if people use your app/software illegally?
@@ammo7204 Hey! I'm a Freelancer and I do have pirated versions of my softwares. And I was planning to make videos on mechanical softwares like MATLAB, Solidworks, AutoCAD, etc on RUclips. Like how to design a particular thing or how to write a code for a particular problem. All these softwares cost 1000s of dollars a year for individual/commercial license which obviously I can't afford. If you could help me out with a few questions, I would be really grateful of you!!! 1) When I apply for monetization, will I be asked whether I have commerical licenses of the aforementioned softwares by RUclips? 2) If RUclips doesn't ask for commercial licenses and after that my content is monetized, at what point can I expect these companies to send me a notice regarding the licenses? At 10k subscribers? 50k? 100k? 3) How much money do RUclipsrs with 10-50k subscribers from 3rd world countries like India get monthly? Any idea? 4) Is it really worth it? I mean I do have the skills and knowledge but I honestly don't think I would be able to afford these softwares until and unless I start earning 500-1000$ per month via RUclips.
@@memyselfandi4027 I decided not to go with that idea. It was way too risky and not worth the effort. Plus, it would take a lot of time to even reach 50-100k subscribers because the audience for it is relatively small as compared to other genres/topics.
Well, I used to pirate all my software. Until at one point I realize how hard it is just to make your software to work. Now I use all free/open source software I could use. Even my OS are open source. If we can't respect other people creation, then why should other people respect our creation?
100% agree, Ubuntu, Krita and Blender are plenty good enough for the majority of aspiring artists and freelancers and the skills you learn in them are easily transferable to more mainstream solutions
Good luck getting a job at any company that requires you to know and use Adobe, or Autodesk, etc. software. Those open-source programs are good for hobbyists, not professionals. If they were just as good every company would use them instead of paying thousands of dollars for licenses.
Pope Suavecito XII nah... opensource is just a license. Any closed source app can be opensource but not the other way around. Professional artist using open source: David Revoy, YanSculpt, GDQuest, etc. Both license have their own market. If you have a lot of money, Why not try both and compare? Great artist doesn't let it creation limited by tool. Instead they work with it not against it.
I live in a 3rd-world country. I used to pirate software in the early 2000s. However, around 2009 to present, I've made the complete switch to open source software, just to avoid the hassle and guilt of using pirated software. I use Linux, Inkscape, Gimp, Krita, Blender, Scribus, Openshot, Audacity and more open source software to run my design company. One of the best decisions I've made.
@@PrincetoonsYT actually, no. It might be a little more difficult. Learning is about developing new skills. I've used Industry standard software like Adobe for years before using any Open Source alternatives. I learned to use them, make an alternative workflow, and I was never held back. I actually got more advanced by ditching Adobe. If you're working on your own, or build your own agency, you can set the rules, you create the workflow and your employees have to follow.
@@csmemarketing the reason why I pirate is because once I upgrade to the Adobe from a free alternative it will take a long time to learn a new software
@@PrincetoonsYT hey, I understand. I was in your position, but think about this... Whatever design software you use, the fundamentals are the same in each alternative. So if you know Illustrator, you can learn Inkscape quickly, same for Photoshop to Gimp or Krita, same for InDesign to Scribus. Use what works for you.
@@csmemarketing wait so you mean I don't have to pirate to learn those software cuz the free alternatives have similar features to the Adobe software? So it wouldn't be hard for me to learn once I change to using the Adobe suite from free alternatives.
I am from India. Majority of the population is living under poverty. It is simply not possible to pay such huge sums to acquire a software unless you are a corrupt government official or a Bollywood star.
I think that's why Blender is cool. The owner basically said they allow us to use the software free, so it will become needed in the future by the big companies.
Burtons Place the creator of blender is a huge supporter of open source. Its not only free but created by the community and the code can be viewed and altered by anybody.
I think that's because of my comment in the last video xD but, in my opinion, it's ok to use pirate software if you can't pay for it yet, but as soon as you can, buy it
To some extent it doesn't make that much logical sense to say 'I'm poor so therefore I'm using a $5000 worth software package illegally'. It's like saying you steal a joyride in a Ferrari every Friday, but pretend it's okey because you're poor, you don't damage the car even though you could never afford neither owning one yourself or getting it fixed in case of a crash. It's still theft. Having said that, I absolutely think software companies would be helping their own very industry by providing more capable 'almost free' options. And then I don't mean trial versions that can't save. I mean versions of their industry leading software packages that through an additional license and only a handful of limitations becomes affordable to people willing to learn who'd otherwise out of 'seemingly' necessity would pirate software.
1. i am not stealing, its just a COPY , not a physical thing. 2. The creators make the same ammount of money , because without piracy people like me would not buy their product anyways. They profit just the same ammount with or without piracy and there is no limited stock of digital copies getting stolen, it literally does not matter. 3. I am not pirating for a "joy ride" , because this software allows me to study and work and produce wealth that will drastically improve my quality of life and will help me out of poverty. Withou these tools i starve to death, and the rich fat developers that made the software are still rich and fat and will continue to make a profit.
you contradict yourself and you sound like a privileged kid who doesnt understand the struggle of real life from the perspective of others. BTW stealing a Ferrari and joy riding it doesnt make you a Ferrari engineer, where as pirating a software and studying it does make you an expert...its not the same thing , not even close.
1 - Install without internet 2 - Block with Firewall 3 - Scan with Malwarebytes, if detect some Virus, find another version or other similar. 4 - Use Lite versions of Windows With telemetry features and unnecessary services disabled. 5 - Put UAC on Max level 6 - Learn basic hackers skills 7 - Use virtual Keyboard for internet banking 8 - Use AIDA software to monitor your CPU temperature, if there is suspicious high usage, look at the processes with the "PC Hunter" program and delete or take care of it. 9 - If possible use the desired portable program or Symlink. 10 - If you can afford to use one computer for business, and another for pirated software only, but remember, it's always nice to be mindful, and to help developers, they have families, and it's not an easy game when it comes to program.
Thank you for providing insight from someone who is out of US and Europe. I've always been for situational piracy (being if you can afford it, you should buy it) but it's always interesting finding arguments to support the alternative.
I live in Germany and you mentioned Germany in a specific context, so no comment on whether or not I 'cracked' my software. But as long as you don't make money with it, might as well use it to get good, and eventually use the money you earned with the program to pay itself off. just like you said
3rd world country here. I'm not even considered an individual human being by many companies. my country's totally sanctioned. even if i buy a licence it won't be issued in my name. I hate piracy but i have no other choice.
I don’t know if in Spain pirating is illegal, but if it is, I’m pretty sure the people who need to check that always make “la vista gorda” when they find someone, I’m not even sure if they even check it, it could be one of those laws that we have that aren’t correctly enforced. But that’s just what i have seen happening in my surroundings, I don’t really know what happens in other regions of my country.
And nowadays there are also the open source stuff. Specially talking about 3D, there is Blender, which has come to a professional level. You can even sculpt high poly models there. I know it is not the same as Zbrush, but it has very powerful tools for sculpting. You can definitely work around with it. For the starting freelancers, there is another version of Zbrush (Zbrushcore), which has the essential set of tools for sculpting. It costs $150,00. For digital painting, Photoshop is not the only option anymore... There is Krita, Artrage, Paintstorm Studio, Sketchbook Pro, Painter (see what Sinix can do with it)... What I mean is that today we have many more options, other than pirated software. We only need to understand that what makes good art is not the software, but the artists themselves. Great video, Borodante!
In Australia they had a big lock down on piracy, and some sites are even blocked by the government, unless you manage to bypass with a VPN :p But I'm in the same position as you mentioned - I was a music student, and we tended to get assignments that were impossible to finish on time if you didn't have the program. Unfortunately, either program cost $800+ AUD. So of course, by the second year, our class of fifty all had pirated copies. Now that I'm graduated though, and starting to get work, I'm very much planning to buy the licence legitimately. For me it's almost like a try-before-you-buy, but... the whole program. (I mean some legit trials DO exclude features) But yeah, Australia's pretty strict with it. It doesn't really stop us though XD
I live in America, I've always bought licenses for my drawing software because you can get fined for the piracy (and the fine would come out to costing more than actually buying the software). but for anyone who needs to use a program like photoshop, I recommend finding older versions of photoshop (such as cs6 or cs5). But personally, I like to use photoshop elements because It has 80% of the functionality but it is not a monthly subscription and it is cheaper (like 70-100 american dollars, or even 30ish if you look on ebay). And as someone who doesnt make money from art, this is very usefull.
I'm American, studied art in university. I took some digital painting classes one semester, and my teacher told us that if we couldn't afford Photoshop to pirate it, since it's the industry standard, we wouldn't get a job if we didn't know how to use it.
there is certain concern to any individual needing to reach piracy content for obvious reason (student, unemployee, etc), and im sure you will eventually want to pay your stuffs. Plus nowdays there are plenty options with a great deal, allowing you not to need to piracy certain softwares. Great talk =)
I pirated Paint Tool Sai when I was really young, after using the software for quite awhile I decided only recently that I really wanted to support the creator and officially bought it. Did it cost a pretty penny for me? Yeah but I'm grateful that the program exists and wanted to support it.
There's also the fact there's a whole slew of free applications out there that do more or less the same thing. I use Krita, for example. I'm only learning, but it does everything I need it to to get started at least. And I personally think I could continue using it into the future, too. I feel like a lot of things you can learn about digital art, you can learn using programs other than PS or any other big expensive applications. And a lot of those programs are free, and people make amazing art with them, and people get paid for such art using them. So it's fine, wanting to get a particular program; there's nothing I can see that's wrong with that. But if you have the option of pirating that program because you can't afford it or you aren't able to buy it in your country or whatever... and the option of using one of the many free programs out there that will at least get you started... I'd recommend choosing the later.
Finally somebody speaks the truth, I have a very similar story except I'm in the US and it is mainly because I just don't have the $ to buy anything but the minimum. What I try to do is buy anything that I start to use in my main workflow and I also buy or obtain legally any samples, loops, or sounds in any of my music. If I had the $ I wld buy everything. I also buy anything that I plan to make $ off of because it's only right and because if you don't there will be legall problems now or later!
One aspect that never gets discussed is how piracy is also a big part of what keeps products so expensive that people feel the need to pirate them. You see, often there are free alternatives out there that may not be exactly the same or as powerful as their commercial counterparts but can get you a good portion of the way (yes, yes they often do exist. At least look for them before you asume they are not). Or there may be people willing to try to create those alternatives. But the large number of people who are willing to pirate remove pressure and potency for the free alternatives to grow, because rather than using those, finding workarounds, making patches, tools, and creating and finding paths and telling others about them, they just join the market share of the more expensive commercial options. If three quarters of the market would use free or cheap alternatives, the premium options would feel the need to come up with cheaper deals to win over some of those people. But as it is, they know that they are pirating their software, so they are becoming locked in to their system anyway and at some point they will start to pay or at least not be willing to form or join the ranks of a competitor. By pirating one overpriced product that has a near monoploy, you are systematically, one person at a time, emptying the user base needed for other products to challenge that monopoly. I understand very well how inconvenient and sometimes near impossible it is to go legit and it may mean some avenues will not be open to you any time soon. But don't forget that even if you are not paying, you are still supporting or voting for a certain choice and you may be doing more damage than you realise. You may be a part of the reason that stealing is the only option, and that that will remain the case all the longer because you won't refuse to do it. And one last thing. If you work hard and learn your skill, you work harder and longer and build your product or brand, and then start to make a living and somebody goes ahead and rips you off or steals your work, then please don't cry. It's only fair, right? They just decided that you were too expensive, and so it's alright to take your stuff. That's up to them, right?
I used to use mostly pirated software. I was a kid/teen, and at that point there was no good freeware or open source software, and I grew up where the people had the attitude that files and things that could be copied were free for the taking. This included software, dvd's and music. In recent years I've replaced almost all of my art software with legal freeware like Inkscape, Krita, Medibang... I'm very greatful for the donation based freeware... I learned a lot from having photoshop and paint tool sai and other things... Also, some things are just ridiculously overpriced like all the sims games and coreldraw...
Boro, I'm not sure if you should be admitting on film that you have used pirated software and then uploading it to the internet, the only reason I say this is because *this is my favorite channel and I don't want to see it disappear!*
Drew_Porter he mentioned windows, and possibly photoshop, can't remember. Maybe I'm being over cautious, I just worry because I spend most evenings watching this channel.
When to do it: 1) can't buy it cause it's unavailable like Simpsons hit and run for PC, Beetle crazy cup... 2)Don't want to support the product,like star wars battlefront 2 from EA
I personally think that if you can’t afford a certain software then you should try to find an alternative. What matters is that you sharpen your skills as an artist, no software is going to magically make you a good artist, it’ll give you some shortcuts, but it’s never going to be beaming the image into the computer screen telepathically. Personally I’ve had a harder time with the hardware. Even if I wanted to pirate the adobe programs I couldn’t because my old as dirt computer can’t run anything for beans. You can’t just go and pirate the whole computer ... unless you were the other kind of pirate. “YAR HAR HAR! SURRENDER YEE MOTHERBOARDS!”
The issue is many paid programs have quite the advantage. Meaning these free alternatives can easily begin holding you back and really getting in the way of you improving at a decent pace. With that said, you are mostly right though.
As much as I want to download some cracked and pirated adobe programs, it is definitely a must to go for some alternate programs. Not only are you promoting movements against piracy but you are also promoting that program. As an artist, I started using free applications like Medibang and I have seen great quality in free stuffs!
Well.. I tested out pretty much every free drawing program out there, but not a single one had a good combination of good UI, tools and stability. There is always something I really need that is missing in a free program. Some may have a lot of features, but don't have a well made UI/ UX. I'm using Clip Studio Paint (when I'm on desktop) currently and it's the the best for my workflow. Medibang was a good program for my android tablet, but after a while I went back to Sketchbook Pro, because it just felt more natural, closer to traditional media and had a much better UX :^) So it really depends on what you need.
I was born and raised in the USA, still live here, and I've been an artist all my life. It is not free, easy, or affordable to be educated in the creative arts. Software can be affordable, but you're on your own to learn it. Which explains why I'm learning Clip Studio through the University of RUclips. ^^
Totally agree with everything you said. If you are beginner or a student, you cAn use pirated software for studying and learning. But when you start getting money for your work, you need to pay for it. Luckily adobe now have a subscription option which allows you to get full package of software for affordable price.
There's nothing wrong in using pirated software, but only for personal/creative/learning/studying/non-commercial use. I wondering why all major software companies still don't have a fully "Free" license for personal/non-commercial users and learners. There should be only two type of licenses, Commercial and Non-Commercial.
Using pirated software to learn seems an interesting grey area that in a way can benefit the user and the creators. But I just don't find it to be something as necessary today, it's not like there aren't some already completely free alternatives that can be as good or almost as good as expensive professional software (Gimp, Krita, Inkscape, Blender, KDEnlive, etc) that you can get pretty darn good in if you learn it (most of the people that say they won't use them are already professional in some software and won't bother learning something different) and will still cost you nothing generally when you start using them to do actual work (but at least try donate to the team sometime)
You presented an interesting point of view and pretty close to my own experience, since I am Polish. Piracy was on a very similar level here, if not the same. Then we connected with the rest of the world through the internet and services like Paypal, but all the western prices were far out of our reach due to currency exchange rates and different economic situation. All in all I've had pirated software, games and movies without even knowing it, as a kid. Luckily there are many free alternatives to nearly everything these days! Krita, Clip Studio, FireAlpaca, Sculptris, Blender, OpenToonz, free-to-play online and mobile games, independent games and software, free music streaming services... Being a beginner in art right now is different than all those years ago and it's beautiful.
Great video. I'm sure most people recognise the goods in actually buying a software over pirating, I for instance would love to have access to all the benefits that comes with an Adobe licence. But most of the best softwares come from developed countries, in dollars, in euros. If you live in a country where the money is worth a lost less and taxes are abusive, piracy is going to happen. It's inevitable.. Sometimes a thing is already expensive in the original currency offered, when you convert that to the local currency.. it gets absurd.. I live in Brazil and sometimes the cheapest things in the US can cost up to 6 times its original pricing here, depending on the niche. It'd be unfair to tell people who weren't born in wealth to simply accept their miserable fate. These people are the ones that once succeeded, are definitely going to invest money in things they couldn't before because they had no choice.
I used to use a pirated PS before I moved from my laptop to a desktop. When I got my desktop, I decided I only wanted legit software and to stay as far away from adobe's trashy subscription based system as I could, so I switched to working in only free or affordable systems that used a one time pay model. I feel like typically the better alternative to pirating software is to use a similar free system to learn the basics and then upgrade to the paid one once you feel comfortable in the free software and see things only the paid alternative can offer. If you're that new and unfamiliar with a system that you're not sure you can make it as a professional without pirating, the free alternatives should be more than sufficient to get moving.
Hi, I’m from one of the poorest states in America, South Carolina. I started out since I was a kid with pirated software. I felt really bad about it because I count afford it but now I have bought the softwares as I got older and have more money. For example, Ableton, Native Instruments Komplete Ultimate, Lightroom and Photoshop. I thank pirating for giving me the skills and let me practice and now that I know something and have more money I’m very glad to repay back the favor. Thank you for all these cool videos
You missed one point though. Now a days, there are open source alternative for almost any program. Which can be used to polish skills as basic concepts of skills remains same in all softwares.
5:17 It's unlikely but if you get big enough, you can. Technically you can be sued and/or fined up to $150,000 USD PER INSTANCE for distributing content made with the pirated software (aka RUclips videos) but as far as I'm aware this has never happened to an individual. What HAS happened though is creators have been forced to take down any and all existing offending content. This happened recently with a specific channel, I forget the name. He was a well-liked youtuber who was apparently open about using pirated software and was unfortunately destroyed by Adobe or Sony (I forget which) by being forced to take down basically his entire youtube channel. Point is, although you may not be sued, these companies can deal irrevocable damage to your career and online presence if you're ever found out.
I'm not sure how it is in Ukraine, but in Brazil, back in 2012 I was able to use my public University e-mail to get the educational license from Maya, and my university doesn't even use it (it uses Blender). Well, it was good for a couple of days until I decided to go back to Blender. With that aside I was totally against the use of pirated software for professional use some years ago, but after I got to a point where dabbling with Zbrush and Houdini became necessary for getting some jobs I (conveniently, I know) changed my views. But I try to make buying the softwares I use a priority (just bought Substance package, and will probably buy Zbrush, Houdini Indie and 3DCoat next. Coupled these with Blender and I have no need for any other software).
I use free and/or opensource software (Krita, FireAlpaca, Hitfilm, Davinci Resolve ETC ETC) With the advent of accessible development; free software will get better and better. Soon there will be no excuse to pirate paid software in my opinion (also given that a lot of paid software will let students use their stuff for free) That's not to say that paid software doesn't have advantages, more often than not they are more stable and have more industry use.
Personally I don't think the pirating software really hurts anyone, If anything so many people learning the popular paid stuff will make the established company's more money in the future
also i have a rule about piracy for myself: you can only pirate the software for non commercial use and if the software is discontinued and no longer available to purchase
somehow agree with you, but what the companies say about that regarding learn with piracy and only pay when you start earning or go to big companies, because living in 3rd world country like myself , even the company i joined were using pirated adobe softwares. because in my country the yearly subscription costs almost 183,000 which seems really really huge amount for an individual license because even after getting a job after graduating, our starting salary for software engineer is somwhat Rs50,000 or Rs60,000 for bigger companies and Rs 30,000 and Rs40,000 for middle class companies and even less for smaller companies startups. What should us 3rld world country people do? and ironically they dont even sell adobe directly to our country as well as i had a talk with their customer support and they simply ignored me by saying that they dont sell in my country and ask a reseller to purchase and the reseller was even selling in more price than that on adobe website.
I dropped Maya and Photoshop back around '06-07 in favor of stuff like Blender, Gimp, MyPaint and Krita. Also swapped from Windows to Linux around the same time. I got to a point where I wanted to legitimize my workflow, purge all the pirated stuff and focus on using open-source software so I could eventually make a living from my creative ventures with a clear conscience. BTW, Blender is a pretty good alternative to ZBrush these days if you have a solid rig and can limit yourself to several million tris. Hopefully it will get even better on the sculpting front with the 2.8 overhaul in progress that should be available later this year. But I use Blender for sculpting almost daily and it fits all my needs just fine. Here's a good intro tutorial for those interested: ruclips.net/video/tZnUgt659oI/видео.html
I don't mind pirating. i used pirated copies of art software when I was younger. But since I can afford the monthly subscription, I think it's important that I pay for what I use. It's also really nice getting software updates and the new version of Photoshop automatically when it comes out. There were also a lot of bugs in my old pirated software that caused crashes and I would lose hours of work. Definitely don't miss that!
It is a great piece of software. I do ALL my 3D projects with it. :) (and I've worked at companies forced to use Max, I know that one deeply, too) . It has got a point where one can be sure it offers top level for freelancing. Very top. And 2.8 is gonna be outstanding. A real peak in the curve.
I did it before you put me on to paintstorm, because corel painter is incredibly expensive and you never stop paying for photoshop these days. but I paid and want others to pay for PSS because they don't charge very much for a lifetime licence and I want the devs to get paid so It keeps getting updated
I bought Clip studio paint pro last Black Friday, It was aproximately 20$ and It really worth it, I live in El Salvador (central america) and Its difficult to buy programs like photoshop and of course Maya, even professionals use pirated versions, but I think if you have the money you should be buying that software you love.
This is why the use of open source alternatives must be supported, encouraged, and taught so that the app development can reach the same or beyond functional capabilities for the demand either professionaly or educationally and become the new industry standard. Because honestly it's already impossible for the big commercial companies to lower the price just to match, let alone making it free. Just a thought
Learn blender, the open source (free) software that is on par with Maya, you can still sculpt with blender as a matter of fact there is a RUclipsr called yansculpt that teaches specifically this. Although blender is a bit hard to learn, the shortcut based workflow is super efficient once you learn it. The message to preach is the support for open source software and not pirated software because there’s only so far that the latter would take you before leading to trouble.
@@belovedsantoryu4568 Hey! I'm a Freelancer and I do have pirated versions of the softwares. And I was planning to make videos on mechanical softwares like MATLAB, Solidworks, AutoCAD, etc on RUclips. Like how to design a particular thing or how to write a code for a particular problem. All these softwares cost 1000s of dollars a year for individual/commercial license which obviously I can't afford. If you could help me out with a few questions, I would be really grateful of you!!! 1) When I apply for monetization, will I be asked whether I have commerical licenses of the aforementioned softwares by RUclips? 2) If RUclips doesn't ask for commercial licenses and after that my content is monetized, at what point can I expect these companies to send me a notice regarding the licenses? At 10k subscribers? 50k? 100k? 3) How much money do RUclipsrs with 10-50k subscribers from 3rd world countries like India get monthly? Any idea? 4) Is it really worth it? I mean I do have the skills and knowledge but I honestly don't think I would be able to afford these softwares until and unless I start earning 500-1000$ per month via RUclips.
So your suspicions about how companies view this kind of thing is kind of partially confirmed when you look at how certain companies have started changing their licensing practices, like Unity for instance. They've recognised that if use of the software is limited to only companies that can pay the licensing up front, then their market is also limited. Whereas allowing individuals free access to their software, while they are not profiting off it, can lead to growing their market as it gives new users opportunities to develop their skill sets to a point where they are profiting off the software and can afford to pay for the licensing. The ethics of piracy with forms of entertainment is a little more complex though. There are certainly situations where it can be justified, but that's a completely different road to go down.
Libraries in my area have something called an innovation lab. You take an hour long introductory class that shows you what they got, and then you can use whatever they have there for free. The closest one to me has Photoshop, Illustrator, Animate, as well as a 3D printer, and such. Also, my community college has computers with the Creative Cloud that I can use for free because I'm a student there. So there are ways of getting to use certain software legally for free.
Super expensive software packages are precisely the reason why I have so much love for free and open source projects. There are cases where they perfectly do the job you need done, and the principles you learn can be transferred to industry standard software as well if you need to use them in the future. I used to do all my 3D work in Blender, but am starting uni soon and now also use Maya with an educational license. It all does the same stuff in the end, with different interfaces and behaviours. If there's an educational version available, I will use it to learn the industry standard and maybe personal projects. For commercial projects and official stuff, if there is no budget, I look into alternative cheaper packages (recently picked up Affinity Photo and Designer as Photoshop and Illustrator alternatives), or go straight up open source. It's insane how many great tools are out there nowadays. I think the only software without a good free and/or open source alternative is TVPaint
Thanks for the interesting video. In my opinion , if you make money using any software, buy it! Simple as that! If you don't have the money to buy it, or do not wish to pay that much, use the free/way cheaper alternatives, which are equally good if not becoming better in some cases, like Blender, Fusion, DaVinci, Affinity Photo etc. Any company that will probably want to hire you, initially will look at your skills and how you do things, not the software you know. That comes second... Alternatively you can download a trial, or use any free learning edition of the software if it is available. As far as I know in US , Netherlands , UK and some European countries companies punish individuals if they get caught with pirated software.
I very much agree!! I don’t think anyone should make money using pirated software, and it should only be used when necessary. I have only pirated a program once, and it was because of a project for a teacher at my high school. I was in a graphic design class, and the choir teacher needed a program very last minute. Aside from then, I do all my art on free programs, since I don’t need to use professional programs at home since i’m taking classes for them already. But if someone’s location was to inhibit what they had available, I think they should have access to those pirated programs to teach them something they’d otherwise be unable to learn.
In my experience, I've never asked money for games from my parents. Money is not easy to acquire, but cracked games are. There are disadvantages like no multiplayer and stuff, but it's better than nothing.
I have Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator and Flash because is what the artschool uses, but in the end the software I mostly use is Clip Studio Paint, which is my favourite and it came with the pen tablet, but I am looking to upgrade to a EX license, CSP also has sales and you can get the coolest version for literally 90$, so that's what I am going to do ^^" I am also from Spain
Wacom used to package older versions of the Photoshop or Corel Painter programs with their tablets - I'm not certain if they still do that anymore. Now, we have free digital art programs that can be downloaded such as GIMP, Krita, Sculptris, Blender, ect. The creators of those programs are also grateful for whatever monetary donations are made for their efforts. Adobe might still provide a discount for college students that take digital art courses and wish to use the Creative Cloud software. Hopefully, all of what I typed above might be of help to somebody.
Piracy is no big issue in 3rd world countries like Nepal (I am from Nepal). Cyber laws here are crap so even professional people use pirated software. I have a huge bunch of pirated software installed in my pc like Photoshop, Illustrator, Animate, Premiere Pro, AutoCAD, Arc GIS etc. Had our economy been strong and if I had a well paying job (I am a student btw) I would have purchased these all but Adobe being a huge jackass makes these software subscription based so, I have no choice but to pirate these software. Anyways great content. You have earned a new sub. :D Edit: AutoCAD 2007 is pirated, the latest ones are downloaded for education purposes from Autodesk.
All I can say is, I wouldn't be where I am today without pirated software. I probably would have never got a graphic design job, probably would have never found my passion for digital painting, probably would be living on the streets. Thank you kickass torrents and pirate bay, you saved me... PS I love the new adobe subscription, it makes it so affordable now.
My personal take is this: If as an individual pirate a business application for educational purposes uses ONLY! Then it is ok. If you are using it to run a business, then absolutely not.
@borodante: Hi! I'm a big fan. In one of the video you said you are self-taught. Can you please make a video on "how to learn/develop painting skills (layers in your mind)" without going to expensive universities? Also it'll be helpful if you can show different levels of skill. To get an idea where we currently are and what to target next.
The problem is: it is difficult even for schools to teach those super expensive softwares because not many people would be able to pay an expensive course. I live in Brazil and I know only one school in the biggest city here that teaches Zbrush, there may be more, but I don't know. And $900 dolars are equivalent to R$3384, to have an idea, the minimum wage here is R$954, so it costs more than three times the brazilian minimum wage... I'm not saying that piracy is ok, but...
If people didn't pirate software to test it out over a long period of time, would they even make a profit in the long run? The steps of business: pirate, experiment, get good, later feel guilt about pirating it, buy it. I bet that's why they make the prices so high. They expect piracy at this point
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I'm a music artist. I got to the point where I got signed to a record label. I wouldn't be where I'm at if I didn't pirate all the tools I needed. Sucks but it's true, I never had money growing up. I actually thought it was normal to pirate stuff, all my friends did it.
You are correct I guess. Sorry.
I guess its ok to pirate a software until you can afford it with the money you got from using this software
The wonderful thing is that there are now a lot of DAWs available for free or as donation ware today. The not so wonderful thing is that, when I and a lot of other people started making music, that kind of freeware was very hard to come by. I don’t know many 14-year-old kids whose parents are going to drop $200+ for something like FL Studio or Logic Pro. I was lucky enough to receive a 2004-era iMac from a family friend because he found out I was interested in electronic music and MIDI programming, but most people aren’t that lucky. The only free DAW I can think of back then was Audacity, which wasn’t very helpful
only the mega rich who live in the US and Europe and can afford to pay thousands of dollar on licenses alone would be working lol, i guess everyone else is a criminal
Exactly!
video about piracy
content 10/10
presentation 5/10 (no arrhing, pirate hats, but at least the skull of Jerry)
Bohdan Lvov content 9/10 as it isn't entirely accurate
@@tsushibu3493 thats subjective, obviously
Damn 900$ for the zbrush licence , umm im just going to stick with play doh
Dr. Clean try to use blender. Sculpt tools now are better than 3 or 2 yeas before
Did I use a pirated version of zbrush? Yup. Confused the hell out of me and probably used all of about 20 minutes total. No sense to me. Then, when I finally decided to just bite the bullet and learn it...every "serious" 3d character artist was, so I forked over the cash for version 3. Thing with Pixologic? I have NEVER had to pay for it since. Pixologic is one of the most amazing companies out there. They truly do care about every single one of their customers. The $600 it cost me at the time? Worth every single penny, multiple times over.
Plum Fun if you want the zbrush exp you can use sculptris from pixologic and works great. Imagine if you want to sell your 3d models and people find the way to use it whitout pay...
yeah..Those prices sound pretty steep!!
nice
I have 2 choices - paying for my home and food, or paying for my software lol
Сейм. Если купить все лицензии, придется жить под мостом со своим лицензионным софтом.
@@redgreen6128 Absolutely true... the last work I had lasted 2 months, working every day on After Effects... If I had pay Adobe STUDENT License for those two monts, they would've taken 70% of my earnings of that job... it's pretty sh*tty man
@@belovedsantoryu4568 what did he say? I'm not a Russian.
Dude why softwares even cost something
@@swampyfn1380 because it costs money to create the software, if they gave it out for free they wouldn't make any profit.
Zbrush SEND THIS MAN A LICENCE!
Si hombre
For real he should be rewarded for promoting purchase of the actual license.
Artist from France here. You technically can get punished for piracy, be it software, musics, movies or whatever. We even have/had a law specifically made for it a few years ago - but they failed so hard to enforce it and, generally, people use piracy so much, they almost dropped it. (Well it still technically exists but in 7 years, only about 70 people got condemned...)
I've never heard of anyone getting into trouble for pirating any Adobe softwares, and most people I've been in school with pirated them. The school principal was even encouraging me to do it when I asked him about it. So pretty much the same situation as in Ukraine, I think, despite being a "first world country".
I do think that as long as you're a student, it's fine to pirate stuff - as soon as you make a living through the use of those softwares though, you should pay for it. But usually, I feel like once people start working and not being student anymore, they also realize the value of money and getting paid for your work, and thus, the value of paying others for their work. So I think people naturally slide into the "paying" side of users as they grow up.
Kayseur I'm a French artist too and I 100% agree
What about mp3 concerters??
I feel ya, I'm from the US and I'm super fortunate enough to go to a school where we learn photoshop, illustrator, after effects, Solidworks, AutoCAD and that jazz all in 9th -12th grade and our school has paid licenses. I still pirated them on my home computer so I can do homework at home but I 100% agree that the instant you start making money using these softwares you should buy them. I already own a couple but I don't want to spend money on something I'm not sure I'm gonna use after school you know?
@@starboi2099 good idea
PIRATE EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME AND DONT FEEL BAD DOING IT
I like the Unity model, where you get the software for free, and only need to pay (subscription model) when you actually have some revenue (100k$ previous fiscal year). That helps lighten startup costs, which I presume makes for more durable income for Unity.
I felt so guilty about using pirated software. But at the same time I knew I have to get out of my father's house first. It feels better after watching this video. Thanks!
I used to buy my adobe licenses I needed but since they started doing the monthly subscription only, I as a hobbyist can't justify paying 50$ a month for basically the rest of my life when before I could buy the softwares I needed for 300$ and had them forever. For a company I can see that these monthly payments are nice as you get all the updates as they come out. I wish they would still offer the individual softwares as normal one payment purchases.
Sadly more and more companies sell their software on a monthly payment which in my opinion as a buyer is only a bad thing. Even apps started doing that by asking for 1$ a month for the full version...
Check out Affinity Photo. It does everything Photoshop can do for a fraction of the cost.
pirate it until you get in a company
xD
Well yeah, im from Venezuela where a single dollar equals 1.000.000 Bolivares, it's basically impossible to not download pirated software
very sad man. How is your president keep winning?
That's what we call dictatorship my guy
that's deep man, well, gotta start working on my "legal version" of my 3d software that i use
wow, that seems to be worse than here in Philippines 1 USD equals 50 pesos.
Im on Uruguay, ALL freelancers use pirate software, and some small studios too.
*whispering*
blender!
Bohdan Lvov I don't think he knows that blender is free and has a sculpting mode
nah, you underestimating good ol' Boro!
Another thing that it has a quite heavy threshold due to the alienating interface.
Fingers crossed for 2.8.
Bohdan Lvov Don't pirate Blender
Well, you could pirate Blender if you...download it with a pirate disguise ? Nah, joking, some ppl yet don't know it! Let's not generate confusion : Blender is 100% free and legal guys, go for it. I do all my work with it since 2002... (former 3DS Maxer)
apparently you have no idea what Zbrush is if you even think about compare blender and Zbrush. Small example, Blender can handle 40mln points ? Answer is no. Have at least 50% of sculpting flow like Zbrush? Nope... Stop cat damnyt compare and try force me that is possible to make Zbrush work in blender. Its not possible.
i live in venezuela, if i dont pirate software, tutorials, books etc i starve, simple. Theres no material or options to learn and work available locally and salaries here are literally 2 $ a month, literally, so I choose to survive without thinking twice, i choose to pirate and study something on my own and work with pirated software rather than stay stupid and starve to death because of socialism who made everyone poor. Gringos who made 6 figure salaries can cry all they want about people pirating their shit, too bad for you, i wouldn´t have access to it otherwise so is not like you are loosing a customer anyways.
Really? So everyone who is not starving to death and lives in Venezuela is a digital artist? I find that quite implausible, I am sure there are other jobs available, they just don't appeal as much as being a digital artist. $2 a month? But what are your living expenses per month.? You can't compare the numbers to gringos in their gringo nation from a 3rd world country with 3rd world numbers.
Daniel I think you will find that it is not socialism but simply business as usual. It comes down to money, whatever -ism you want to pin to it.
cream bum, anyone who doesn`t have income in foreign currency in Venezuela starves because there is socialism and salaries are 2$ a month.
No, is socialism, specifically socialism because this wont ever happen under any other system except marxism. Before socialism Venezuela was the richest country in Latam, and minumun wage was around 600$. Now a month of wage doesn`t buy a single chicken an all the industries were destroyed.
Daniel . you guys at least got rid of the cancer before metasthasis, you gotta keep fighting before it comes back and spreads more. Same with Argentina, they can not come back, for the sake of the future generations
in Brazil, photoshop (for example) costs 3000 Reais
to give you a perspective, our minimum salary is 875 Reais... *per month
so you have to work like 15 or 14 months, saving the little bit that you can (like 200 Reais, because it's expensive to live in a corrupt system) to THEN, buy your first software
take me for example, i use 5 to 6 softwares to work... and i still am learning new ones to make it better in the brazilian work scene... it's a shame...
When I first started out with digital art I pirated PaintTool SAI, but now that I was able to afford it I purchased the official license. It feels good to support the people behind it.
As for school, me and my classmates got Photoshop for free, this is in Norway, not sure about other countries.
I personally think it is ok to pirate Software when you are at the Learning stage but when you have any stable income then buy it for common courtesy, apart from that it would suck if giant rich companies sue you when you aren't earning much income.
Literally. I am still a student, learning editing and have downloaded cracked software. The thing is that I still suck at editing and I don't want my parents to pay for monthly subscription just for that because I think it's a waste of money. But I really did promised myself that when I finally had a stable job in the future, I would prevent downloading pirated software and just pay it and use it legally. Imagine this, if you were in Adobe's shoes wouldn't you be saddened if people use your app/software illegally?
@@ammo7204 Hey! I'm a Freelancer and I do have pirated versions of my softwares. And I was planning to make videos on mechanical softwares like MATLAB, Solidworks, AutoCAD, etc on RUclips. Like how to design a particular thing or how to write a code for a particular problem. All these softwares cost 1000s of dollars a year for individual/commercial license which obviously I can't afford. If you could help me out with a few questions, I would be really grateful of you!!!
1) When I apply for monetization, will I be asked whether I have commerical licenses of the aforementioned softwares by RUclips?
2) If RUclips doesn't ask for commercial licenses and after that my content is monetized, at what point can I expect these companies to send me a notice regarding the licenses? At 10k subscribers? 50k? 100k?
3) How much money do RUclipsrs with 10-50k subscribers from 3rd world countries like India get monthly? Any idea?
4) Is it really worth it? I mean I do have the skills and knowledge but I honestly don't think I would be able to afford these softwares until and unless I start earning 500-1000$ per month via RUclips.
@@vivekmehta6833 Hi bro. I am from India too. Now what are you doing? Did your effort worked out?
@@memyselfandi4027 I decided not to go with that idea. It was way too risky and not worth the effort. Plus, it would take a lot of time to even reach 50-100k subscribers because the audience for it is relatively small as compared to other genres/topics.
@@vivekmehta6833 Good decision man. You have to do what feels right to you.
Well, I used to pirate all my software. Until at one point I realize how hard it is just to make your software to work. Now I use all free/open source software I could use. Even my OS are open source. If we can't respect other people creation, then why should other people respect our creation?
100% agree, Ubuntu, Krita and Blender are plenty good enough for the majority of aspiring artists and freelancers and the skills you learn in them are easily transferable to more mainstream solutions
Thats why I want to use Krita, but my tablet just doesn't work with it, so, I just HAVE to use pirated photoshop for painting. :^(
Good luck getting a job at any company that requires you to know and use Adobe, or Autodesk, etc. software. Those open-source programs are good for hobbyists, not professionals. If they were just as good every company would use them instead of paying thousands of dollars for licenses.
Pope Suavecito XII nah... opensource is just a license. Any closed source app can be opensource but not the other way around. Professional artist using open source: David Revoy, YanSculpt, GDQuest, etc. Both license have their own market. If you have a lot of money, Why not try both and compare? Great artist doesn't let it creation limited by tool. Instead they work with it not against it.
By the way, Tunic game model was made in blender. See it for yourself on his update blog: ruclips.net/video/zvmxlIh8o7Q/видео.html&t=26
In Mexico everything is pirate xD
bruh
in my country evreything is FREE
lol
In asia everything is made of chinese
Arhgg
LMAOOO
in middle east, nothing is bought
I live in a 3rd-world country. I used to pirate software in the early 2000s. However, around 2009 to present, I've made the complete switch to open source software, just to avoid the hassle and guilt of using pirated software. I use Linux, Inkscape, Gimp, Krita, Blender, Scribus, Openshot, Audacity and more open source software to run my design company. One of the best decisions I've made.
the only con of these free alternatives are that if you want to learn even more stuff these software might limit you
@@PrincetoonsYT actually, no. It might be a little more difficult. Learning is about developing new skills. I've used Industry standard software like Adobe for years before using any Open Source alternatives. I learned to use them, make an alternative workflow, and I was never held back. I actually got more advanced by ditching Adobe. If you're working on your own, or build your own agency, you can set the rules, you create the workflow and your employees have to follow.
@@csmemarketing the reason why I pirate is because once I upgrade to the Adobe from a free alternative it will take a long time to learn a new software
@@PrincetoonsYT hey, I understand. I was in your position, but think about this... Whatever design software you use, the fundamentals are the same in each alternative. So if you know Illustrator, you can learn Inkscape quickly, same for Photoshop to Gimp or Krita, same for InDesign to Scribus.
Use what works for you.
@@csmemarketing wait so you mean I don't have to pirate to learn those software cuz the free alternatives have similar features to the Adobe software? So it wouldn't be hard for me to learn once I change to using the Adobe suite from free alternatives.
I am from India. Majority of the population is living under poverty. It is simply not possible to pay such huge sums to acquire a software unless you are a corrupt government official or a Bollywood star.
"when is it OK to use pirated software?" always
That's right brother!
I sense force strong with this one
dealing with adobe
I think that's why Blender is cool. The owner basically said they allow us to use the software free, so it will become needed in the future by the big companies.
Burtons Place the creator of blender is a huge supporter of open source. Its not only free but created by the community and the code can be viewed and altered by anybody.
Raised some seriously good points that even the corporate world would benefit from hearing! Thanks Borodante
I think that's because of my comment in the last video xD but, in my opinion, it's ok to use pirate software if you can't pay for it yet, but as soon as you can, buy it
To some extent it doesn't make that much logical sense to say 'I'm poor so therefore I'm using a $5000 worth software package illegally'. It's like saying you steal a joyride in a Ferrari every Friday, but pretend it's okey because you're poor, you don't damage the car even though you could never afford neither owning one yourself or getting it fixed in case of a crash. It's still theft. Having said that, I absolutely think software companies would be helping their own very industry by providing more capable 'almost free' options. And then I don't mean trial versions that can't save. I mean versions of their industry leading software packages that through an additional license and only a handful of limitations becomes affordable to people willing to learn who'd otherwise out of 'seemingly' necessity would pirate software.
You can't compare a digital copy to a real car, if I download pirated photoshop I'm not stealing it from anyone
1. i am not stealing, its just a COPY , not a physical thing.
2. The creators make the same ammount of money , because without piracy people like me would not buy their product anyways. They profit just the same ammount with or without piracy and there is no limited stock of digital copies getting stolen, it literally does not matter.
3. I am not pirating for a "joy ride" , because this software allows me to study and work and produce wealth that will drastically improve my quality of life and will help me out of poverty. Withou these tools i starve to death, and the rich fat developers that made the software are still rich and fat and will continue to make a profit.
you contradict yourself and you sound like a privileged kid who doesnt understand the struggle of real life from the perspective of others. BTW stealing a Ferrari and joy riding it doesnt make you a Ferrari engineer, where as pirating a software and studying it does make you an expert...its not the same thing , not even close.
but trials last only for 30 days, sometimes less
1 - Install without internet
2 - Block with Firewall
3 - Scan with Malwarebytes, if detect some Virus, find another version or other similar.
4 - Use Lite versions of Windows With telemetry features and unnecessary services disabled.
5 - Put UAC on Max level
6 - Learn basic hackers skills
7 - Use virtual Keyboard for internet banking
8 - Use AIDA software to monitor your CPU temperature, if there is suspicious high usage, look at the processes with the "PC Hunter" program and delete or take care of it.
9 - If possible use the desired portable program or Symlink.
10 - If you can afford to use one computer for business, and another for pirated software only, but remember, it's always nice to be mindful, and to help developers, they have families, and it's not an easy game when it comes to program.
Thank you for providing insight from someone who is out of US and Europe. I've always been for situational piracy (being if you can afford it, you should buy it) but it's always interesting finding arguments to support the alternative.
I live in Germany and you mentioned Germany in a specific context, so no comment on whether or not I 'cracked' my software. But as long as you don't make money with it, might as well use it to get good, and eventually use the money you earned with the program to pay itself off. just like you said
Uh, I use pirated software when I'm broke.
me too, that's smart lol. be careful, some contains malware and viruses.
Adobe products are something i can say is okay to pirate, especially since they are ridiculously expensive & the industry standard.
Yea. Purchase the PS touch subscription for $$400 a month. Yep worth downloading a pirated one.
3rd world country here. I'm not even considered an individual human being by many companies. my country's totally sanctioned. even if i buy a licence it won't be issued in my name. I hate piracy but i have no other choice.
piracy is also indirect future customer or future recommender
I don’t know if in Spain pirating is illegal, but if it is, I’m pretty sure the people who need to check that always make “la vista gorda” when they find someone, I’m not even sure if they even check it, it could be one of those laws that we have that aren’t correctly enforced. But that’s just what i have seen happening in my surroundings, I don’t really know what happens in other regions of my country.
It's the exact case of WinRAR.
Yeah, WinRAR say you SHOULD buy it, but purposely designed it so payment isn't necessary
these software companies are the true mvp.
Every company should learn from WinRAR
And nowadays there are also the open source stuff. Specially talking about 3D, there is Blender, which has come to a professional level. You can even sculpt high poly models there. I know it is not the same as Zbrush, but it has very powerful tools for sculpting. You can definitely work around with it.
For the starting freelancers, there is another version of Zbrush (Zbrushcore), which has the essential set of tools for sculpting. It costs $150,00.
For digital painting, Photoshop is not the only option anymore... There is Krita, Artrage, Paintstorm Studio, Sketchbook Pro, Painter (see what Sinix can do with it)...
What I mean is that today we have many more options, other than pirated software. We only need to understand that what makes good art is not the software, but the artists themselves.
Great video, Borodante!
P.S.: Corel Painter is also very expensive though...
In Australia they had a big lock down on piracy, and some sites are even blocked by the government, unless you manage to bypass with a VPN :p
But I'm in the same position as you mentioned - I was a music student, and we tended to get assignments that were impossible to finish on time if you didn't have the program. Unfortunately, either program cost $800+ AUD.
So of course, by the second year, our class of fifty all had pirated copies.
Now that I'm graduated though, and starting to get work, I'm very much planning to buy the licence legitimately.
For me it's almost like a try-before-you-buy, but... the whole program. (I mean some legit trials DO exclude features)
But yeah, Australia's pretty strict with it. It doesn't really stop us though XD
I live in America, I've always bought licenses for my drawing software because you can get fined for the piracy (and the fine would come out to costing more than actually buying the software). but for anyone who needs to use a program like photoshop, I recommend finding older versions of photoshop (such as cs6 or cs5). But personally, I like to use photoshop elements because It has 80% of the functionality but it is not a monthly subscription and it is cheaper (like 70-100 american dollars, or even 30ish if you look on ebay). And as someone who doesnt make money from art, this is very usefull.
@@divi1223 you should be okay im pretty sure it's only illegal if you make money using the software for free but I recommend buying it if you can
I'm American, studied art in university. I took some digital painting classes one semester, and my teacher told us that if we couldn't afford Photoshop to pirate it, since it's the industry standard, we wouldn't get a job if we didn't know how to use it.
in my opinion they should only charge if you use the software commercially and make it free for personal use, or at least make it really cheap
there is certain concern to any individual needing to reach piracy content for obvious reason (student, unemployee, etc), and im sure you will eventually want to pay your stuffs. Plus nowdays there are plenty options with a great deal, allowing you not to need to piracy certain softwares. Great talk =)
I pirated Paint Tool Sai when I was really young, after using the software for quite awhile I decided only recently that I really wanted to support the creator and officially bought it. Did it cost a pretty penny for me? Yeah but I'm grateful that the program exists and wanted to support it.
There's also the fact there's a whole slew of free applications out there that do more or less the same thing. I use Krita, for example. I'm only learning, but it does everything I need it to to get started at least. And I personally think I could continue using it into the future, too.
I feel like a lot of things you can learn about digital art, you can learn using programs other than PS or any other big expensive applications. And a lot of those programs are free, and people make amazing art with them, and people get paid for such art using them.
So it's fine, wanting to get a particular program; there's nothing I can see that's wrong with that. But if you have the option of pirating that program because you can't afford it or you aren't able to buy it in your country or whatever... and the option of using one of the many free programs out there that will at least get you started... I'd recommend choosing the later.
Couldn’t agree more, it’s fine unless you are making a profit.
Finally somebody speaks the truth, I have a very similar story except I'm in the US and it is mainly because I just don't have the $ to buy anything but the minimum.
What I try to do is buy anything that I start to use in my main workflow and I also buy or obtain legally any samples, loops, or sounds in any of my music. If I had the $ I wld buy everything.
I also buy anything that I plan to make $ off of because it's only right and because if you don't there will be legall problems now or later!
One aspect that never gets discussed is how piracy is also a big part of what keeps products so expensive that people feel the need to pirate them. You see, often there are free alternatives out there that may not be exactly the same or as powerful as their commercial counterparts but can get you a good portion of the way (yes, yes they often do exist. At least look for them before you asume they are not). Or there may be people willing to try to create those alternatives.
But the large number of people who are willing to pirate remove pressure and potency for the free alternatives to grow, because rather than using those, finding workarounds, making patches, tools, and creating and finding paths and telling others about them, they just join the market share of the more expensive commercial options. If three quarters of the market would use free or cheap alternatives, the premium options would feel the need to come up with cheaper deals to win over some of those people. But as it is, they know that they are pirating their software, so they are becoming locked in to their system anyway and at some point they will start to pay or at least not be willing to form or join the ranks of a competitor.
By pirating one overpriced product that has a near monoploy, you are systematically, one person at a time, emptying the user base needed for other products to challenge that monopoly.
I understand very well how inconvenient and sometimes near impossible it is to go legit and it may mean some avenues will not be open to you any time soon. But don't forget that even if you are not paying, you are still supporting or voting for a certain choice and you may be doing more damage than you realise. You may be a part of the reason that stealing is the only option, and that that will remain the case all the longer because you won't refuse to do it.
And one last thing. If you work hard and learn your skill, you work harder and longer and build your product or brand, and then start to make a living and somebody goes ahead and rips you off or steals your work, then please don't cry. It's only fair, right? They just decided that you were too expensive, and so it's alright to take your stuff. That's up to them, right?
I used to use mostly pirated software. I was a kid/teen, and at that point there was no good freeware or open source software, and I grew up where the people had the attitude that files and things that could be copied were free for the taking. This included software, dvd's and music. In recent years I've replaced almost all of my art software with legal freeware like Inkscape, Krita, Medibang... I'm very greatful for the donation based freeware... I learned a lot from having photoshop and paint tool sai and other things...
Also, some things are just ridiculously overpriced like all the sims games and coreldraw...
Boro, I'm not sure if you should be admitting on film that you have used pirated software and then uploading it to the internet, the only reason I say this is because *this is my favorite channel and I don't want to see it disappear!*
He can't get sued if he didn't tell which software it was.
Drew_Porter he mentioned windows, and possibly photoshop, can't remember. Maybe I'm being over cautious, I just worry because I spend most evenings watching this channel.
Commander 64 Ohh okay. I doubt it though, since he never explicitly said he pirated those, so I think he'll be okay (I hope) :D
When to do it:
1) can't buy it cause it's unavailable like Simpsons hit and run for PC, Beetle crazy cup...
2)Don't want to support the product,like star wars battlefront 2 from EA
I personally think that if you can’t afford a certain software then you should try to find an alternative. What matters is that you sharpen your skills as an artist, no software is going to magically make you a good artist, it’ll give you some shortcuts, but it’s never going to be beaming the image into the computer screen telepathically. Personally I’ve had a harder time with the hardware. Even if I wanted to pirate the adobe programs I couldn’t because my old as dirt computer can’t run anything for beans. You can’t just go and pirate the whole computer ... unless you were the other kind of pirate. “YAR HAR HAR! SURRENDER YEE MOTHERBOARDS!”
The issue is many paid programs have quite the advantage. Meaning these free alternatives can easily begin holding you back and really getting in the way of you improving at a decent pace. With that said, you are mostly right though.
As much as I want to download some cracked and pirated adobe programs, it is definitely a must to go for some alternate programs. Not only are you promoting movements against piracy but you are also promoting that program. As an artist, I started using free applications like Medibang and I have seen great quality in free stuffs!
Well.. I tested out pretty much every free drawing program out there, but not a single one had a good combination of good UI, tools and stability. There is always something I really need that is missing in a free program. Some may have a lot of features, but don't have a well made UI/ UX.
I'm using Clip Studio Paint (when I'm on desktop) currently and it's the the best for my workflow. Medibang was a good program for my android tablet, but after a while I went back to Sketchbook Pro, because it just felt more natural, closer to traditional media and had a much better UX :^)
So it really depends on what you need.
But when you want to study animation, god... You really need THE software. Sure, you can start with the cheap stuff but just for the begging
If people didn't pirated ms office, they wouldn't even get hired for secretary
I was born and raised in the USA, still live here, and I've been an artist all my life. It is not free, easy, or affordable to be educated in the creative arts. Software can be affordable, but you're on your own to learn it. Which explains why I'm learning Clip Studio through the University of RUclips. ^^
Totally agree with everything you said. If you are beginner or a student, you cAn use pirated software for studying and learning. But when you start getting money for your work, you need to pay for it. Luckily adobe now have a subscription option which allows you to get full package of software for affordable price.
There's nothing wrong in using pirated software, but only for personal/creative/learning/studying/non-commercial use. I wondering why all major software companies still don't have a fully "Free" license for personal/non-commercial users and learners.
There should be only two type of licenses, Commercial and Non-Commercial.
Using pirated software to learn seems an interesting grey area that in a way can benefit the user and the creators.
But I just don't find it to be something as necessary today, it's not like there aren't some already completely free alternatives that can be as good or almost as good as expensive professional software (Gimp, Krita, Inkscape, Blender, KDEnlive, etc) that you can get pretty darn good in if you learn it (most of the people that say they won't use them are already professional in some software and won't bother learning something different) and will still cost you nothing generally when you start using them to do actual work (but at least try donate to the team sometime)
but professional studios all use adobe products and if you want to become a professional free alternative won't be enough.
You presented an interesting point of view and pretty close to my own experience, since I am Polish. Piracy was on a very similar level here, if not the same. Then we connected with the rest of the world through the internet and services like Paypal, but all the western prices were far out of our reach due to currency exchange rates and different economic situation. All in all I've had pirated software, games and movies without even knowing it, as a kid. Luckily there are many free alternatives to nearly everything these days! Krita, Clip Studio, FireAlpaca, Sculptris, Blender, OpenToonz, free-to-play online and mobile games, independent games and software, free music streaming services...
Being a beginner in art right now is different than all those years ago and it's beautiful.
I love the attitude in every video. Its just so warm and great and enjoyable to watch and listen to :D
those few seconds animation thing was so friggen nice i love those chars...........can we see them somewhere?
Great video. I'm sure most people recognise the goods in actually buying a software over pirating, I for instance would love to have access to all the benefits that comes with an Adobe licence. But most of the best softwares come from developed countries, in dollars, in euros. If you live in a country where the money is worth a lost less and taxes are abusive, piracy is going to happen. It's inevitable.. Sometimes a thing is already expensive in the original currency offered, when you convert that to the local currency.. it gets absurd.. I live in Brazil and sometimes the cheapest things in the US can cost up to 6 times its original pricing here, depending on the niche. It'd be unfair to tell people who weren't born in wealth to simply accept their miserable fate. These people are the ones that once succeeded, are definitely going to invest money in things they couldn't before because they had no choice.
I used to use a pirated PS before I moved from my laptop to a desktop. When I got my desktop, I decided I only wanted legit software and to stay as far away from adobe's trashy subscription based system as I could, so I switched to working in only free or affordable systems that used a one time pay model.
I feel like typically the better alternative to pirating software is to use a similar free system to learn the basics and then upgrade to the paid one once you feel comfortable in the free software and see things only the paid alternative can offer. If you're that new and unfamiliar with a system that you're not sure you can make it as a professional without pirating, the free alternatives should be more than sufficient to get moving.
Hi, I’m from one of the poorest states in America, South Carolina. I started out since I was a kid with pirated software. I felt really bad about it because I count afford it but now I have bought the softwares as I got older and have more money. For example, Ableton, Native Instruments Komplete Ultimate, Lightroom and Photoshop. I thank pirating for giving me the skills and let me practice and now that I know something and have more money I’m very glad to repay back the favor. Thank you for all these cool videos
You missed one point though. Now a days, there are open source alternative for almost any program. Which can be used to polish skills as basic concepts of skills remains same in all softwares.
Bro hope you are good there , as the situation is there is very bad... May the war stop and things go back to where they were earlier ...
5:17 It's unlikely but if you get big enough, you can. Technically you can be sued and/or fined up to $150,000 USD PER INSTANCE for distributing content made with the pirated software (aka RUclips videos) but as far as I'm aware this has never happened to an individual. What HAS happened though is creators have been forced to take down any and all existing offending content. This happened recently with a specific channel, I forget the name. He was a well-liked youtuber who was apparently open about using pirated software and was unfortunately destroyed by Adobe or Sony (I forget which) by being forced to take down basically his entire youtube channel.
Point is, although you may not be sued, these companies can deal irrevocable damage to your career and online presence if you're ever found out.
I'm not sure how it is in Ukraine, but in Brazil, back in 2012 I was able to use my public University e-mail to get the educational license from Maya, and my university doesn't even use it (it uses Blender).
Well, it was good for a couple of days until I decided to go back to Blender.
With that aside I was totally against the use of pirated software for professional use some years ago, but after I got to a point where dabbling with Zbrush and Houdini became necessary for getting some jobs I (conveniently, I know) changed my views. But I try to make buying the softwares I use a priority (just bought Substance package, and will probably buy Zbrush, Houdini Indie and 3DCoat next. Coupled these with Blender and I have no need for any other software).
I use free and/or opensource software (Krita, FireAlpaca, Hitfilm, Davinci Resolve ETC ETC)
With the advent of accessible development; free software will get better and better. Soon there will be no excuse to pirate paid software in my opinion (also given that a lot of paid software will let students use their stuff for free)
That's not to say that paid software doesn't have advantages, more often than not they are more stable and have more industry use.
Personally I don't think the pirating software really hurts anyone, If anything so many people learning the popular paid stuff will make the established company's more money in the future
I LITERALLY thought about when you will upload new video while working on your previous tutorial assignment! :D
also i have a rule about piracy for myself: you can only pirate the software for non commercial use and if the software is discontinued and no longer available to purchase
somehow agree with you, but what the companies say about that regarding learn with piracy and only pay when you start earning or go to big companies, because living in 3rd world country like myself , even the company i joined were using pirated adobe softwares. because in my country the yearly subscription costs almost 183,000 which seems really really huge amount for an individual license because even after getting a job after graduating, our starting salary for software engineer is somwhat Rs50,000 or Rs60,000 for bigger companies and Rs 30,000 and Rs40,000 for middle class companies and even less for smaller companies startups. What should us 3rld world country people do? and ironically they dont even sell adobe directly to our country as well as i had a talk with their customer support and they simply ignored me by saying that they dont sell in my country and ask a reseller to purchase and the reseller was even selling in more price than that on adobe website.
I dropped Maya and Photoshop back around '06-07 in favor of stuff like Blender, Gimp, MyPaint and Krita. Also swapped from Windows to Linux around the same time. I got to a point where I wanted to legitimize my workflow, purge all the pirated stuff and focus on using open-source software so I could eventually make a living from my creative ventures with a clear conscience.
BTW, Blender is a pretty good alternative to ZBrush these days if you have a solid rig and can limit yourself to several million tris. Hopefully it will get even better on the sculpting front with the 2.8 overhaul in progress that should be available later this year. But I use Blender for sculpting almost daily and it fits all my needs just fine. Here's a good intro tutorial for those interested: ruclips.net/video/tZnUgt659oI/видео.html
I don't mind pirating. i used pirated copies of art software when I was younger. But since I can afford the monthly subscription, I think it's important that I pay for what I use. It's also really nice getting software updates and the new version of Photoshop automatically when it comes out. There were also a lot of bugs in my old pirated software that caused crashes and I would lose hours of work. Definitely don't miss that!
Great video like always
Will you make video/tutorial with Blender? It would be awesome
BORODANTE
Maybe you should wait until 2.8 released
It is a great piece of software. I do ALL my 3D projects with it. :) (and I've worked at companies forced to use Max, I know that one deeply, too) . It has got a point where one can be sure it offers top level for freelancing. Very top. And 2.8 is gonna be outstanding. A real peak in the curve.
I pirated Clip Studio Paint, Photoshop and SAI to see which one I liked the most. I ended up getting CSP in a sale, and I don't regret it at all.
I'm from Romania and what you say is very accurate for me :)
I did it before you put me on to paintstorm, because corel painter is incredibly expensive and you never stop paying for photoshop these days. but I paid and want others to pay for PSS because they don't charge very much for a lifetime licence and I want the devs to get paid so It keeps getting updated
I bought Clip studio paint pro last Black Friday, It was aproximately 20$ and It really worth it, I live in El Salvador (central america) and Its difficult to buy programs like photoshop and of course Maya, even professionals use pirated versions, but I think if you have the money you should be buying that software you love.
WOW!! I don't find alot of videos that are this much educational
This is why the use of open source alternatives must be supported, encouraged, and taught so that the app development can reach the same or beyond functional capabilities for the demand either professionaly or educationally and become the new industry standard. Because honestly it's already impossible for the big commercial companies to lower the price just to match, let alone making it free.
Just a thought
Learn blender, the open source (free) software that is on par with Maya, you can still sculpt with blender as a matter of fact there is a RUclipsr called yansculpt that teaches specifically this. Although blender is a bit hard to learn, the shortcut based workflow is super efficient once you learn it. The message to preach is the support for open source software and not pirated software because there’s only so far that the latter would take you before leading to trouble.
Hello, I am new here. I am from Romania. We have the same problems here. I like your channel. Keep up the good work!
Is it OK to make paid freelancing with pirated software when you're in the process of getting THAT money to pay the software?
Did you get the money?
I feel you bro, and I felt called out xD... I'll say I hope you got the money!
Yessss I'm also curious about thisss
@@hephaestus5365 Yeah bro I do have the same issue.
@@belovedsantoryu4568 Hey! I'm a Freelancer and I do have pirated versions of the softwares. And I was planning to make videos on mechanical softwares like MATLAB, Solidworks, AutoCAD, etc on RUclips. Like how to design a particular thing or how to write a code for a particular problem. All these softwares cost 1000s of dollars a year for individual/commercial license which obviously I can't afford. If you could help me out with a few questions, I would be really grateful of you!!!
1) When I apply for monetization, will I be asked whether I have commerical licenses of the aforementioned softwares by RUclips?
2) If RUclips doesn't ask for commercial licenses and after that my content is monetized, at what point can I expect these companies to send me a notice regarding the licenses? At 10k subscribers? 50k? 100k?
3) How much money do RUclipsrs with 10-50k subscribers from 3rd world countries like India get monthly? Any idea?
4) Is it really worth it? I mean I do have the skills and knowledge but I honestly don't think I would be able to afford these softwares until and unless I start earning 500-1000$ per month via RUclips.
Just by watching this video
my pc has crached
No, mister FBI nothing to see here...
I love to see the like to dislike ratio on Boro's video. Literally no one disagrees with him.
Seriously though, the only person I've ever known to not pirate anything is a rich person.
So your suspicions about how companies view this kind of thing is kind of partially confirmed when you look at how certain companies have started changing their licensing practices, like Unity for instance. They've recognised that if use of the software is limited to only companies that can pay the licensing up front, then their market is also limited. Whereas allowing individuals free access to their software, while they are not profiting off it, can lead to growing their market as it gives new users opportunities to develop their skill sets to a point where they are profiting off the software and can afford to pay for the licensing.
The ethics of piracy with forms of entertainment is a little more complex though. There are certainly situations where it can be justified, but that's a completely different road to go down.
Libraries in my area have something called an innovation lab. You take an hour long introductory class that shows you what they got, and then you can use whatever they have there for free. The closest one to me has Photoshop, Illustrator, Animate, as well as a 3D printer, and such.
Also, my community college has computers with the Creative Cloud that I can use for free because I'm a student there.
So there are ways of getting to use certain software legally for free.
Super expensive software packages are precisely the reason why I have so much love for free and open source projects. There are cases where they perfectly do the job you need done, and the principles you learn can be transferred to industry standard software as well if you need to use them in the future.
I used to do all my 3D work in Blender, but am starting uni soon and now also use Maya with an educational license. It all does the same stuff in the end, with different interfaces and behaviours.
If there's an educational version available, I will use it to learn the industry standard and maybe personal projects. For commercial projects and official stuff, if there is no budget, I look into alternative cheaper packages (recently picked up Affinity Photo and Designer as Photoshop and Illustrator alternatives), or go straight up open source. It's insane how many great tools are out there nowadays. I think the only software without a good free and/or open source alternative is TVPaint
Thanks for the interesting video. In my opinion , if you make money using any software, buy it! Simple as that! If you don't have the money to buy it, or do not wish to pay that much, use the free/way cheaper alternatives, which are equally good if not becoming better in some cases, like Blender, Fusion, DaVinci, Affinity Photo etc. Any company that will probably want to hire you, initially will look at your skills and how you do things, not the software you know. That comes second... Alternatively you can download a trial, or use any free learning edition of the software if it is available. As far as I know in US , Netherlands , UK and some European countries companies punish individuals if they get caught with pirated software.
I very much agree!! I don’t think anyone should make money using pirated software, and it should only be used when necessary. I have only pirated a program once, and it was because of a project for a teacher at my high school. I was in a graphic design class, and the choir teacher needed a program very last minute. Aside from then, I do all my art on free programs, since I don’t need to use professional programs at home since i’m taking classes for them already. But if someone’s location was to inhibit what they had available, I think they should have access to those pirated programs to teach them something they’d otherwise be unable to learn.
Can you do a reviwe on Autodesk sketchbook Pro? I'd like to know what you think about it
It is quite good, and now, free.
ehm....maybe start with a larger canvas ?(ie 5.000 x 5000 pixels)
Good taste. Clip Studio Paint and Art rage are my favorites. CSP simply rocks big time in every area.
In my experience, I've never asked money for games from my parents. Money is not easy to acquire, but cracked games are. There are disadvantages like no multiplayer and stuff, but it's better than nothing.
I have photoshop but only to learn about it to do something to win a proffit or something like that i use free programs that can do a good job too
Im from Spain
I have Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator and Flash because is what the artschool uses, but in the end the software I mostly use is Clip Studio Paint, which is my favourite and it came with the pen tablet, but I am looking to upgrade to a EX license, CSP also has sales and you can get the coolest version for literally 90$, so that's what I am going to do ^^"
I am also from Spain
Wacom used to package older versions of the Photoshop or Corel Painter programs with their tablets - I'm not certain if they still do that anymore.
Now, we have free digital art programs that can be downloaded such as GIMP, Krita, Sculptris, Blender, ect. The creators of those programs are also grateful for whatever monetary donations are made for their efforts.
Adobe might still provide a discount for college students that take digital art courses and wish to use the Creative Cloud software.
Hopefully, all of what I typed above might be of help to somebody.
What if you download a cracked software but eventually uninstall it, would you still get in trouble?
Piracy is no big issue in 3rd world countries like Nepal (I am from Nepal). Cyber laws here are crap so even professional people use pirated software. I have a huge bunch of pirated software installed in my pc like Photoshop, Illustrator, Animate, Premiere Pro, AutoCAD, Arc GIS etc. Had our economy been strong and if I had a well paying job (I am a student btw) I would have purchased these all but Adobe being a huge jackass makes these software subscription based so, I have no choice but to pirate these software. Anyways great content. You have earned a new sub. :D
Edit: AutoCAD 2007 is pirated, the latest ones are downloaded for education purposes from Autodesk.
All I can say is, I wouldn't be where I am today without pirated software. I probably would have never got a graphic design job, probably would have never found my passion for digital painting, probably would be living on the streets. Thank you kickass torrents and pirate bay, you saved me... PS I love the new adobe subscription, it makes it so affordable now.
3:10 yup. same activation mechanisms for 20 freaking years just with changing encryption keys.
My personal take is this: If as an individual pirate a business application for educational purposes uses ONLY! Then it is ok. If you are using it to run a business, then absolutely not.
@borodante: Hi! I'm a big fan. In one of the video you said you are self-taught. Can you please make a video on "how to learn/develop painting skills (layers in your mind)" without going to expensive universities? Also it'll be helpful if you can show different levels of skill. To get an idea where we currently are and what to target next.
The problem is: it is difficult even for schools to teach those super expensive softwares because not many people would be able to pay an expensive course. I live in Brazil and I know only one school in the biggest city here that teaches Zbrush, there may be more, but I don't know. And $900 dolars are equivalent to R$3384, to have an idea, the minimum wage here is R$954, so it costs more than three times the brazilian minimum wage... I'm not saying that piracy is ok, but...
If people didn't pirate software to test it out over a long period of time, would they even make a profit in the long run?
The steps of business: pirate, experiment, get good, later feel guilt about pirating it, buy it.
I bet that's why they make the prices so high. They expect piracy at this point
thanks! i listen to your video while im working, great video!