HI guys, Heres my dilemma so to speak. Right now im using softimage mod tool7.5. Now mental ray renders have a watermark on them, can i still put those in my portfolio? I dont have the money to buy a commercial versoin whether it be maya or sofimage. Im also no longer a student so getting the educational version is out of the question. And pirating the software is also out of the question, not saying anyone here would suggest that

So i guess what im asking is it ok to use my work in a portfolio even if it has a watermark on it? If not do you guys have any suggestions? thanks in advance

Well would guys reccomend houdini appretice HD, its only 99 dollars, no watermark i thin i can afford that. I also checked out blender, and i cant stand the interface. Though im willing to spend up to 500 dollars, and that is even stretching it