aflack Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I've had a few good ones recently all on the same job. Can you change the style of the girls hair they all have long hair. Can you make that guy look about 5 years older. And my favourite....... Can you remove that guys hand it looks weird. I always find that architects only care about what the building looks like where as developers care more about the people/colour of the grass and types of trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronll Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Something I've always found interesting is that traditionally, most architectural photographers have gone to great lengths to get clear blue skies and no people in their photos of buildings. However in photorealistic renderings, the clients seem to always ask for more clouds and more people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasteen Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 A client disputing my estimated turn-around time. "How hard could it be? All you have to do is press some buttons." The most absurd comment I've ever heard from a client. "Our printing service bureau needs you to courier the digital image to them because the Internet turns images yellow when you e-mail them." At least with the second one it was clear that introducing reason would be a waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Hunt Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Had a great one today, We are colaborating with three other firms on a project. My role is to get the models from the other firms, merge them into one file and send it off to someone else who is doing the rendering. All fine and good until today One of the firms is refusing to give me the model because "We are using some new software, the facade is several layers of flat planes and the software determinds what is transparent and what isnt. You dont have that software". Basically he just cant be asked to send me the jpgs for the opacity maps:confused: JHV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horhe Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 One of the firms is refusing to give me the model because "We are using some new software, the facade is several layers of flat planes and the software determinds what is transparent and what isnt. You dont have that software". JHV Sounds like a simple mutli/subobject material with ID maps applied to the mesh, determining each material for seperate parts of the mesh. And sounds like the firm doesnt want you to get your fingers on their precious model. Sad really. What kind of professional uses "some new software" to describe the soft they use to another professional??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Hunt Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Hit in one, sad thing is I dont really care how they modelled it, just as long as I can flick it onto the guys doing the actual rendering. Its not even as complicated as a multi-sub, just a bunch of separeate planes Ah well I'll just let them make it more complicated and difficult than it really needs to be, and then sit back while they try to explain their "new sftware" to the client. JHV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horhe Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Ah well I'll just let them make it more complicated and difficult than it really needs to be, and then sit back while they try to explain their "new sftware" to the client. JHV "Ummm, well our new software basically looks like a big refrigerator ...umm.. no wait, thats hardware... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAcky Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 On an elementary school rendering, I had what I thought was a charming picture in the foreground of a man with his small son walking hand-in-hand toward the school. The client comment was, "The man with a small boy could be a child molester. Could you keep the boy but change the man to a woman?" I was so irritated that I searched the web and found a picture of an infamous woman teacher that had been in the news a lot recently because she had had sex with one of her male students. I dutifully made the substitution in the rendering. Her back was to the camera so I was the only one who knew the true identity of the woman. The client was happy, so was I . Genius. haha thats awesome. Ah well I'll just let them make it more complicated and difficult than it really needs to be, and then sit back while they try to explain their "new sftware" to the client. What a Jerk. I reckon supply it to the client as hot pink flat planes and when he asks wtf is going on tell him he needs this super duper new software the modeller is using to view it but no one knows what it is and he wont tell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muchhal.sandeep@gmail.com Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 one of my client made some basic view in ACAD and said "make it look like this" and he has everything wrong in that still. if u have to use that one what the hell I am doing. "Please show me the final image every time." if its already final what the hell everytime doing there means for discussion stages he want final product. "Your competitor is charging less for the same" many more to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freaker_ca Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 all too funny. i've had a couple that just makes me wonder how they can tie their own shoes. "Can you make that green look like a color?" i still don't know what the client meant by that one. i got this one on a friday afternoon around 3:30...a winery just got a new bottleling line and wanted to know if i could model it in 3d for them for a presentation. i said sure i can. the next thing out of this guys mouth was, "Great! The animation needs to be about a half hour long to match the script we have. The presentation is just after lunch on Monday and our budget is about $500.00. That won't be a problem will it?" Can I get that by 5 today? That won't cost extra will it? off topic but still a very funny questions... i was working in a ski resort town and two of my favorite questions i was asked... "When do the deer turn to elk?" usually the first week of october... "What do you do with the moguls in the summer?" we take them to the lake and use them as boats... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Hunt Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Good one WAcky freaker_ca - lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodT Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 "if you work on your own, it is important to have your contract set up " Could anybody post a model of "contract" of that kind,please? Maybe we can discuss the pros/cons of the clauses? Thanks. http://www.3dats.com/tutorials.asp#week4 a good contract to carve up for your needs............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodT Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Not strictly 3D visualisation but... Client : "I want a single 2d plan, showing varying concentrations of varying contaminants at varying depths over the site." Me : "I sorry there aren't enough spacial dimensions in this universe." shudder, quake, moan, you just stated how i got into this industry, doing visualizations of plumes of contamination........... "can you spread the contamination levels over a wider area?" to ensure additional work...... slimey guy that......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodT Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Keppin the thread alive...... This one burns me up....when your employer presents your work to the client and says...."isnt it amazing what computers can do!" a better one: your work, bosses meeting with client, boss: "I'm glad you like the image, i worked really hard to make sure you got it in time" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cuongnet Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Welcome to our free comparison shopping site! We'll help you: 1. Find the biggest selection from the Web's top-rated stores. 2. Compare product features, prices & review 3. Get the best deal every time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 I had a client that wanted .tiff files in order to print. I made .jpeg rednerings for him at 4000x3000. He wanted to use these at a maximum resolution 2500 x whatever the ratio would come out at constrained proportions. He got the renderings in those jpegs. I recieved his call and he kept telling me for 10 mins that he wants .tiff files for print out. So I converted those .jpegs to .tiff in photoshop and then off they went to his mail. He was happy The funny part is that he was compositing them in Photoshop onto a poster and from what i know ended up flattening the layers and saving the whole poster with the render as a .jpeg file........ actually, i think the client was right in this case. i use jpeg a lot, but it does degrade the image, and if he was spending money to have it printed in a publication that has premium printing and premium paper, it would show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horhe Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 actually, i think the client was right in this case. i use jpeg a lot, but it does degrade the image, and if he was spending money to have it printed in a publication that has premium printing and premium paper, it would show. I know that .tiff is better quality than jpeg for output, but not the case when i made a 4000x3000 jpeg and he wants to print it out at a 2500xsmth resolution. It wouldnt matter if i sent him jpeg or tiff - the fact that he could scale down to a much smaller resolution would preserve the image quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 jpeg strips information from an image that can not be recovered. the amount of information it strips depends on the compression level, but even at the highest level, it strips information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horhe Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 jpeg strips information from an image that can not be recovered. the amount of information it strips depends on the compression level, but even at the highest level, it strips information. At such a high resolution, (when not printing at that full resolution) at a high compression level the loss of detail and information is not noticable to the eye. The size is 10 times bigger at tiff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horhe Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 P.s. Happy holidays and Merry Christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Buchhofer Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 "Can you turn the rendering on?" as he's standing behind me, after we nudge the length of a few pieces of geometry. At the end of a job, one client came to us complaining about costs.. "I paid for a rendering, not for a model!" I love the one where i had the architect sitting behind me, and we're choosing color schemes for a hallway. (By modifying some layers I had rigged up in photoshop with hue/saturation adjustment layers.) after going through something like 6 schemes on 4 views.. a few days later the interior designer comes over with the print, asking me if i can tell her which pantone colors we had ended up going with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skala67 Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Client: Is that Mustang in the foreground really the right shade of white according to factory colors? Me: The sky, sun and reflections will have an effect on the color somewhat, but it is a white car so the color should be close to factory white. Client: I don't think so. Could you take all the effects off the car so it looks like the white from the factory. Me: ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotten42 Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 this is one I hear from my boss (day gig) all the time. "I'm just not loving it". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now