SketchUp Enhancement - How much is it worth?

[heni30]

Prospective client wants to do enhancements to his SketchUp renderings.

 

This quick sample (just moving 1 tree around) I did for him has a little Max work - tile and a vray render of model.

 

Ideally the situation would be working on client's SU bitmap render in Photoshop without

having to fool with the model at all.

 

What % of the price of a normal rendering do you think this is worth?

 

I guess 3 options could be offered:

 

Basic - ecomony

High quality

Super -Duper deluxe

 

Edited July 28, 2014 by heni30

[notamondayfan]

Surely it's quicker, easier and better to just build upon the SU model, re-render and comp? I could understand working solely in PS if the shot was very complex, and the model was only a small part of the shot (ie a tower block).

 

Dean

[heni30]

I was thinking more of offering a quick touch-up service that would be VERY inexpensive and attractive to architects using SU. Maybe something you do just before the renderings are going out the door. I don't want to set the expectations too high.

 

Doing a re-model and re-render, even though it would be easier for us, would produce a full-fee looking rendering which should require a finished rendering price.

 

Like here's one i did a couple of months ago. Someone did re-render the building using the architect's own max/vray model but you can see that just by adding landcaping, people, a new street, cars etc, the rendering is taken up a notch.

 

Edited July 29, 2014 by heni30

[Reitveld]

If you have the chance to get the model, then you can do wonders to make the rendering far better. However if you are just enhancing an existing SU rendering, then I would base it on hours spent. For example, just adding a few people, trees, shadows and sky could take an hour and so could cost $100.

Don't forget to factor in the phone time while they tell you about the project and what they need done.

Also, make sure you add a 'scope creep' clause. Architects may ask for more and more than what was initially bid... so additional changes cost additional fee.