General information
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We also offer these free products that do not require a license:
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Maxwell | Photoshop
Maxwell | Multilight
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All the commercial licenses are perpetual (educational versions are not), which means it’s yours forever and won’t expire, however, they only entitle you to download the installers of that major version (for example, any 5.x version that is released).
Node Locked license
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Each Node Locked license is composed of a GUI and a node parts.
The facts
A Node Locked license is tied to a particular computer. It cannot be moved to a different one and cannot be shared in a network.
Node Locked licenses are easier to use as they don't require the RLM License Server to be installed on your machine.
Node Locked licenses go with your computer and don't require an internet connection to work (it is needed only at activation time), so you can travel with your computer and your license will go with you.
Node Locked licenses allow for two activations, so you can activate them both in your workstation and your laptop. If you exceed the number of permitted activations, you will receive a pop-up notification saying that the license is in use and you won't be able to activate it anymore. If you need to re-install after exceeding the limit, please fill this form and send it to us explaining the situation.
Each Node Locked license contains a "GUI" and a "node" part. The GUI or seat part allows you to use the product you chose (a particular plugin or Maxwell Studio) for setup, editing and exporting to the render engine, and the node part allows you to compute the render (with Maxwell engine), save output and use the network tools. All processes are limited to one computer only per license, although you can open as many instances of the plugins, Studio or Maxwell as you wish on the same computer.
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The benefit of this method is that it is easier to license a big amount of computers and you can have Maxwell installed in more computers than licenses you have; the drawback is that the licenses stay with the License Server and if you move a computer out of your local network it won't get a license. The installation is a bit more complicated as you must install the RLM License Server (included in the installers) in one of your computers.
Render Node license
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Rendernode licenses only have the node part.
The facts
Maxwell Render Nodes are floating licenses which allow you to distribute a render job over a number of machines in a network or farm to quickly obtain all the frames needed for a sequence or to calculate a very large image.
Render Nodes can be shared across a network (via the RLM License Server application). They can be requested by any computer in the network (where Maxwell Render is installed).
Render Nodes must be used in conjunction with at least one floating or node-locked GUI license in the network.
Render Node licenses will allow you to use the Maxwell Render engine and the network manager tools as shown in the diagram above, but cannot be used for editing scenes.
Maxwell Render Node licenses are floating and work per concurrent machine: a license can be installed on as many machines as you like, but it can only run on one machine at any one time. Render Node licenses do not have number of CPUs, GPUs or cores limitations. One machine, one license
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