How to get Maxon products as a student for only $10

Do you wish you could work from home but don’t have the correct software? SCAD provides us students with Maya and Houdini for us to download on our personal computers. But there are other software such as ZBrush, Cinema 4D, and Redshift that SCAD does not provide us with. The company Maxon, which owns all three of those listed, provides us students with the tools at a hefty discount. You can get all three software for only $10 when it typically costs you $500. 

To begin, first, go to this link: https://onthehub.com/shop?search=maxon&&pr=true 

Then, click where you see it says “Student” and then the “Get it Now!” button.

This will bring you to another link where you again click the “Student” “Maxon One” button.

Add the product to your cart.

From here, you will then need to create a Maxon account. Click on where it says “Register” to make it. 

Enter your SCAD email address so it knows that you are a student.

After you enter your SCAD email, it will send you an email verification. Make sure to check your SCAD junk email folder because that’s where it usually gets sent. Once you verify your email, on the same page, it will give you a discount code. Make sure to copy that code;  from there, the checkout will be pretty straightforward. 

After you pay your $10 for the programs, it will lead you to a link that will give you instructions on how to download the Maxon app and the student license that comes with your purchase. Make sure to follow the instructions that it gives you step by step!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING REDSHIFT AND RENDER FARM:

 If you are going to use Redshift and put it on SCAD’s render farm, make sure it is the correct update. At the current time of writing this article, the correct render farm version of Redshift is 3.5.10. Make sure, if you’re using Redshift in Houdini, that your Houdini is at version 19.5.303 in order to be compatible with the farm. 

Utilize your student perks as much as you can while you’re studying here at SCAD. Being a student comes with many benefits such as student discounts and other free software that you can find. Now that you know how to get this amazing software for only $10, there’s no stopping what you can start creating!