freelance 3D rendering
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- spl33nidoru
A friend with 2 years or so of experience is going to start doing some freelance jobs on the side for archiitecture firms in NYC.
How do you guys usually charge for 3D rendering jobs ? It obviously depends on the kind of job but do you usually charge per hour or project, and if per hour how much ?
Thx
- tavin0
rendering can take long..and even longer if you have a shitty system..if someone is dumb enough to pay you hourly for rendering..then hell charge them..for something like that id pay per project...but ive charged 70 per hour..before..and 2000 for a two day project..good 3d artists are as rare as a trusty mechanic...just do what a mechanic would do.
- spl33nidoru0
thanks a lot tavin, i'll forward that to her.
- tkmeister0
it really depends the skill. i used to do that a while ago. i was charging on the project base. i guess if you are good, u can charge $70-120/hr. i usually wrote a contract based on how many renderings they want and how complex the project is. also the amount u can charge varies on the client base. if you are doing it for multi-national arch firm u can charge a lot more compare to the small arch firm where they try to sqeeze every penny.
- spl33nidoru0
Right, that's what i told her, being a freelancer myself (flash stuff though), you can't just have one rate.
Thanks for the additional info tk
- mbr0
I usually estimate the hours if it's a complex project. For simpler ones, I give fairly standard prices.
Depends on the skills how much you charge. In the end, all the client cares about is the total cost. I used to show specific hours, but now I show set fees. The only time I think you'll find someone willing to pay you a good hourly rate is if it's beneficial for them to make changes (I've worked with several firms doing this, and it can work out well for both the client and you).
2 years is a good amount if it's pure 3D. If it's architecture, then chances are it's not much 3D and specifically not much rendering.
Also, she/he needs to have the resources to get the jobs done. This includes fast machines (at least one good dual processor would be highly recommended), good software (I use Max with Final Render), then all the accessory models and photographs to collage (I've got thousands I've accumulated, taken/built or bought - it adds up to big $$ fast).
- tommyb0
Having done this for 3 years, I'll say this. I did renderings for large shopping centres of over 1M sf and we delivered 1800 frames and charged $50K routinely for a job that took 2 months. How we came to that? I just made up a scheme that looked good on paper. Also, respower is an online renderfarm that KICKS ASS and is rel. cheap so that you can render FAST. check em out at respower.com if you don't have a render farm.
- spl33nidoru0
thanks a lot guys, that helps a lot