3D VISUALISATION OF THE MONTH!
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This image was produced as part of a planning /presentation package for a proposed commercial development in Cashel. The interior image was great to work on because of the full heigh glazing in the image which allowed for a great deal of natural light to be illustrated in the space. The viewpoint was also key for the client to demonstrate the ease of access to the anchor tenant on the floor below. A second image was produced looking up from the mall below along witha number of exterior 3D renderings and photomontages. The project was as always fully modelled in AutoCad before bringing in 3ds Max and Vray.
LOOK INSIDE THIS BROWN BAG!
We came across this video online and thought we would share it with you. It’s a nice little look behind the scenes at Brown Bag films who have to be congratulated on theri recent nomination. The video is an interview with #martinking of TV3′s morning show. Definitely worth a look.
Oh and we would also like to wish Ciaran Dempsey all the success with BB. He was one of our talented 3D artists who secured a job recently as a character animator and we have no doubt he will go far. It would appear there are exciting times ahead with the new #disney contract.
HOW CHEAP CAN YOU GET A JOB DONE
Following on from our previous post about the devaluing our industry and the ridiculous prices freelancers are quoting for work these days, we came across this video titled PeoplePerHour. Thanks to Justin for the link and with it a very good blog read http://www.digitalfusionmag.com/blog/industry/are-freelance-job-portals-ruining-industries. We totally agree with the author of the blog and IN OUR OPINION the video should be called ‘see how cheap you can get someone to do the work for you and don’t worry about paying’ . I know if we commissioned our website to be redesigned for as little as a few hundred dollars we wouldn’t be happy with the outcome and if we were there would be something seriously wrong with the setup on the freelancers side.
SURE WHILE YOU’RE AT IT THROW IN THE PEANUTS FOR FREE!
Before anyone gets on their high horse about this post we are not having a pop at the website itself. Afterall it is just a facilitator for these projects. However what has happened to our industry over the past number of years can be contributed to the 60 odd individuals/companies that are bidding on this project. To be bidding an average of $1000 for the level of work that is required in this project is simply MADNESS!
Lets just summarise what is being asked for, Oh an by the way we love that not only does the client want photorealistic renders and different options of each but wants it all done in 10 days! Sure while you’re at it you may as well ask for an animation.
So this is what is required: 1) The complete modelling and photorealisitic visualisation of 6No rooms. Each room to be fully populated. 2) To redo these rooms with alternative furniture styles and layouts 3) To have it complete in 10 days.
To have it complete in 10 days means approximately $100 per day at the avergae bid price. To produce this work in this space of time will require at least 10-15 hrs per day to complete – That is of course if it is being produced to the high quality that the client is requesting. Then again the at these rates we wouldn’t be expecting much and if high quality work is being produced for this then the sweatshops must be pretty hot!
So 10-15 hrs per day for 10 days yields $6-$10 per hour!!!!! Is this where are industry and profession is at? $6-$10 per hour. Where is the value on 3D Visualisation at these prices. Do they think they will ever make money at this rate? Work for Free (or close to it) and you will never be idle. And if the individuals or companies think they will make money eventually by keeping their prices low and volume high they can think again. The only winners are the people who are making huge money of your work!
COP ON and support your industry and profession not destroy it.!
http://www.freelancer.com/projects/Graphic-Design-Rendering/Interior-photorealistic-renders-from-CAD.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
CAN YOU HELP? NGG Video Extend Problem
New Year & New Bugs to fix!! Is there anyone out there that can help with an ngg video extend issue we are having?
We are having huge problems with the ngg video extend. We have got it working in two different ways but not the correct way. If you look at http://www.3rddimension.ie/gallery/3d-animations/ and click on the 1st and 3rd thumbnails on the top row you will see what we mean. One is opening full screen within the same browser window and the other is opening but above it the still of the thumbnail has opened as a full size image.
We have the NGG Gallery & Shadowjs plugin installed and activated. We think the problem is in the ngg extend code otherwise it wouldn’t work at all.
This is the code for the 1st thumbnail (opens full screen in same window)
[nggvid] http://player.vimeo.com/video/31074307?title=0&portrait=0” width=”400″ height=”303″ frameborder=”0″ webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen>[/nggvid]
This is the code for second thumbnail (opens with large still image)
<object style=”height: 390px; width: 640px”><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/jzUJ1EIZ_Os?version=3&feature=player_detailpage”><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”><param name=”allowScriptAccess” value=”always”><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/jzUJ1EIZ_Os?version=3&[youtube]feature=player_detailpage” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowfullscreen=”true” allowScriptAccess=”always” width=”640″ height=”360″></object>
If we include the nggvid code in this code it throws up a 404 error when the thumbnail is clicked. I have also used the embed code from both vimeo and youtube
We have tried everything and require some expert help on this
Thanks
