Optimal speed for an Walkthrough

[gputhige]

Hi

 

I am doing an interior walkthrough for a decent sized villa and the customer requires about 5 - 6 mins of animation. I was wondering if there is a ball park speed of the camera movement (like x number frames per (1) foot / meter) so that the animation is not too slow or too fast.

 

I know it is more like 'play by ear' (or more relevently 'go by eye') but some benchmark might help. Also, what is the best practise to test the animation to run by the customer before you start off the renders? I have tried the Make Preview option, but this is something the customers do not understand and accept. I have tried a low-res AO pass but found this taking up a lot of time.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Rgds

GP

[shauncarollo]

Check out Power Preview script for quick 'test renders' of camera paths.

 

http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/powerpreview-high-quality-nitrous-previews

[gputhige]

Thanks Shaun

have downloaded the script. Will check this out.