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Mahlon

11-15-2002, 09:59 PM

I don't have much experience in charging for animation, but a project has come up which might land, and I need to give them a quote:

...that said, assuming a person of proficient ability (not in L.A., but in Memphis where there are not a whole lot of 3d peeps floating around) and a normal turn-around time, would some of you give me an idea of how much you would charge for the following: (these are the cliet's parameters and description)

10 second photo-real animation takes place under water

You are a water particle and the camera-view is always your perspective. There are sand particles swirling around you as you move through a pipe-like waterway, travel through a steel mesh grid, take a 90 degree angle up another pipe and pass through a turbine fan (not sure about how complicated that model is yet), and then fade to black.

So modeling and texturing would include:
Water
Sand
Steel Mesh
Pipes
Turbine

Animation/Lighting would include what I've described.

If you have ideas of what you would charge for something like, it be great to hear from you.

Thanks,
Mahlon Bouldin

halo

11-16-2002, 02:34 AM

what type of output? web, video, film?

JBruckner

11-16-2002, 02:38 AM

1000 USD. No more no less, that would take quite some time. Good luck. And factor in render time in there.

Gonzo The Great

11-16-2002, 03:26 AM

US $1000..... I don't know. I work in Australia... but

He has never done work for a client before.

Its sound like a project that doesn't need low-level animation (i.e. keyframing). Sounds like a great project for a first client. You could probably finish a mock up with the quote to attract them it sounds that easy. Everything can be done through Simulation.... Particled water, bubbles. Spline/Path animate camera. I see a "Fight Club" brain sequence myself (only travelling forwards).

Something that simple could be done in 2 days and majority of the time would be placed in rendering.

10 second photo-real animation takes place under water

Raytrace and Refraction.... if you have Brazil.... I'd go with some radiosity too.

Download the DarkTree shader plugin for 3dsmax 3, 4 or 5. Its free. You can get great instant tweakable procedule textures, for rusty/dirty metals, beautiful water textures, a great sand texture. They all come in one zip file.

Mahlon

11-16-2002, 05:39 AM

Thanks for the replies. It's NTSC video.

Mahlon

Anton Andriesh

11-16-2002, 09:08 AM

Gonzo, can you share the link to Dark Tree please?

Reality3D

11-16-2002, 01:23 PM

http://www.darksim.com
Download Simbiont Max for free

Mahlon

11-16-2002, 04:44 PM

Yeaj, thanks for the tip on Darktree. Sweet.

Mahlon

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