I had vacation time I had to take. I didn’t really want to go anywhere, for a variety of excuses. I also didn’t want to spend it just playing video games or something along those lines, and I have no major home projects I’m working on. I decided that it would be the perfect time to learn new software that I want to learn instead of software for work.
Now, I’m on the first of my vacation times. I have, today, tomorrow and the weekend left and then in two weeks I’ll have another ten days or so, including weekends. I spent yesterday trying out Mudbox and seeing how I like it. Which, it’s ok. Today, in addition to playing more in Mudbox I made a phone call. I called Pixologic to see what options I had for resolving my Zbrush dilema. I really want to try Zbrush.
At the moment, my only real option is to purchase the software in order to try it. I was told, when I called, that they do have a 30 day return policy. This is what leads me to my dilemma.
Do I go ahead with my plan of using the vacation time to learn the software through evaluations (i.e. free trials) and abandon the desire to try Zbrush? Or do I purchase Zbrush and use that dedicated time in those first 30 days to decide if I’m going to keep it? I need to decide soon. Lunch first.