How much time to ask for a pic ?

[Mike]

Hi All... After some jobs in cgarchitecture world, it seems to be hard to evaluate correctly how much time you need to make such or such image or model...And it seems to be a capital factor in th quality of th renderings....

 

If you, by the experience you have, can guide me through this interrogatioon, it would be nice ..

 

 

Bye

 

Mike Kaplan

[Craig Ramsay]

You will be able to judge it better with experiance

[STRAT]

how long is a piece of string????

 

there is only one guide line -

 

trial and error as to what suits you. Experience is the only answer. There are hundreds of different factors involved in estimating the time line, but without experience in doing a few jobs first you'll never be able to answer this question

[nisus]

Hi Klasz,

 

Sketch out your job first. Make two simple axonometric views (from both sides) and you'll have a lot less problems calculating the production time of the model. Devide the whole design into parts of a few hours, next make the count.

When on a job record the time you spent on each part! Study your own results, learn from them, optimize them.

Finishing jobs only won't make you much wiser, try to study your experience.

 

rgds

 

nisus

[John Dollus]

A good example:

 

I have finished three 5-7 minute animation projects in the time one particular client has been spending on 6 still renderings! Unless you are into assembly line rendering work, each project/client will be very different.

[Mike]

Thanx for answers.....