Congratulations to Patrick Lynch from Lynch Architecture. They are this months winner of our FREE 3D render competition.

Following a huge response to our competition the lucky winner is Patrick Lynch from Lynch Architecture. They now have two weeks to submit their project to us for evaluation. We are looking forward to seeing what type of project they want to have visualised in 3D.

Our last competition winners Adam Architecture submitted a fantastic interior scene of a grand hallway which we are close to completion on. As soon as it is finished we will show you what its like.

Again congratulations to Patrick and Lynch Architecture.

At the start of this year we published a poll on a number of 3D architectural visualisation groups to find out what the sentiment was for the year ahead. With the recession biting hard all over the globe and the architectural industry on its knees it was time to find out how our own profession is coping with the dramatic collapse of the property market.

We have to be honest and say I was NOT expecting much in the way of positivity considering all the negativity that is being thrown around at present especially by the media.  There was one simple question asked with the choice of 4 answers. So how do you think it went?

Well the results show that there is great resolve in our 3D architectural industry which I believe is made up of great resilient people. It was great to see such optimism depsite all the constant bad news and negativity. As of from today here are the results. Role on the rest of 2012!

Very 38.7%

Slightly 46.2%

Not Really 11.3%

Not at All 3.8%

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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.

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.

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

If this works as it says it does then its a pretty amazing website. We were sent the link this morning by our colleagues in we-studio.ch. Unfortuntely (or rather fortunately) we could not check it out properly as we have not had any of our camera equipment stolen before. You can drag and drop photos taken with your camera into the home page and it will be able to gather the embedded data from it and search the web to see if anyone has posted photos with the same details. We think it might work best if your camera is reported stolen on their site also. Definitely work checking out and would love to know if anyone who had a camera stolen uses it and is successful. http://www.stolencamerafinder.com/

Between Tweeting this, blogging that and Sharing the other, it’s time that we get someone to help us out with all the content,  discussing and sharing we want to achieve in 2012. With this in mind we are looking for an ‘all round’ intern to work in our office.  If you love the web, web design, social media, blogging, tweeting, posting, retweeting, sharing, making videos and graphics and want to gain tons of experience looking after a number of different ventures within 3rd Dimension then send us an email info@3rddimension.ie with your CV and any questions you may have.

You do NOT need to have worked as a social media guru before but do need to know just a little about it! This is a great opportunity to gain experience in a number of different fields (and no not farmer fields!)

So if you’re interested get in touch and if not but know someone that might be then simply share this post on your network.

PS You will be vetted by the most important part of our team……..

In between the copious amounts of food and drink over the festive period we did a little work on our site. Following the inspirational words & advice of @krishnaDe last month at the #dceb Christmas conference we set about adding share buttons to our website.

At first we tried AddThis which seemed like a pretty popular choice.  However after messing around with it for a while and getting our heads in a spin (could have been the wine) we removed the plugin and installed Share This (http://www.sharethis.com/)

Our site is Word Press so the installation of the plugin was dead simple. Simply go to plugins, install and search for share this. Once the installation is complete it will appear in settings where you can cange the look and behaviour of the buttons. You can add or remove as many buttons as you like. From reading a bit about share tools it is advisable to make sure you don’t over do it on the buttons. Who are your target audience and what platforms do this use?

For us the most beneficial ones were LinkedIn, Twitter & Facebook along with email.  We have even included a FB like. You will see the buttons at the end of every post and page which people can simply click if they like the content they have read or viewed. We still have some mucking about to do with it and would like to have the buttons at the top of each page and post.

So go ahead and try it and simply share us with your network!