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Hello, I have a client who is asking me to render stills at 14,000 x 8,000 pixels. this seems ludicrous to me and I tried to explain to him that he's fine using 3840 x 2160 renderings. he tells me that this is to be used for video mapping which I know nothing about. Has anyone rendered for video mapping and care to enlighten me on the subject? Thanks!

cheap Mexican labor huh? lol...

That helps a lot Scott thank you. I do know I want to work for a visualization house, not only because of the pay but because I want to learn more and get better.

Thanks Scott, Lazlo I don't want to sell myself short, that's why I need to at least have an idea on what to ask for. I checked salary.com but couldn't really find anything, what are we called anyway? Looked under 3d artist and 3d visualizer and nothing.

Hello all, I havnt posted in years... Been working all this time here in the Mexican south east. I am relocating to the Denver area within a few months and I am just looking into how the market is, looking up job posts n such. I am currently a freelancer but when I go back to the states I plan on working for a firm, trouble is I have no idea on what to ask for a salary so this is where you guys come in. Would like to hear from you based on my experience and work what would a "ball park" figure be for what I can realistically expect to earn in a visualization firm. Thanks all for your input

ok, taking the quality of the components out the equation, would the mac still be a lot faster than this costco pc? I have actually bought systems off the shelf and made upgrades like getting a better video card, ssd and has worked fairly well for me. I've purchased several machines that way and are all still up and running. -EDIT- That said, I very, very rarely have a crash or any hardware issues on these machines.

Yes, I agree that if you only want a laptop for doing routine tasks then it might be better to get a mac, makes you look better too.

I've been doing some reading and the prices for macs are just ridiculously high for me, a mac pro with a 3.2 cuadcore w 16gb ram costs $3,674 at the apple store, I can get a 3.4 i7 cuadcore with the same 16gb of ram at costco for $900. I really dont see the value of having a few less crashes and an aesthetically pleasing box for $2,700 more than the pc. wow, is all I can say...

thanks for your input Andrew...

thanks for enlightening me and sharing your vast knowledge

Hi, I am just curious to know how many of us use pc's vs macs. Now I've used pc's all my life, was taught on a pc and have used pc's at work dating back to my mechanical engineering days. I believe most graphic design and sound/media peeps use macs but is a mac really that much better? do they like macs because of its OS or or because its processing power is better. please enlighten me, I would like to know.

Thanks for all your input guys, really useful stuff! Thanks again Dimitar!

thanks for the help, I messed with it some more but got nowhere... thanks for the advice Matt. Dimitar, thank you much! I would love to be able to use that model you made. Can you also just sort of briefly mention how you did it if you can?

Hi all, I'm trying to model this lamp but my modeling abilities are lacking... Have experimented using the bend and twist modifiers but I can't get what I want. Please help. Using max thanks

if I could chime in I would suggest getting some exercise on top of what has already been mentioned. I pretty much work the same hours as you do and I find working out or doing some cardio will really help in more than one way. my two pesos =)