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Also, the first stage for any project is to establish deliverables and deadlines. For a project to run smoothly, we ask for an open and honest dialogue. The next step is to start gathering the project documents. We will send a quick list of the docs to require before the commencement. Once accepted the quotation, and after payment of the retainer fee before the start of a design project. It can be pre-paid or paid with a 50-50 system – before and after results. A retainer is an amount of money paid by the client to the company and applied to the balance due at the termination of the project.

The cost depends on your project requirements, budget, and finalized scope.  Of course, each fee proposal is a one-off, and we take into a number of factors that can allow for discounts of up to 20% across different workflows.

To learn the exact cost for your project, please request a quote in the form below.

Wave Break Design is the market leader in high-end visualization. That means primarily that we are committed to quality. This in combination with an excellent service. Communication is extremely important to us and we like to involve customers in the entire process. Our company has 16 professionals who ensure that you will receive your project within the set timing.

The most basic references are drawings, architectural or design sketches, and mood boards. If you have the exact idea for a project, you can send us everything you have.

Ideally, we prefer to work with the following formats of files:

• for plans and drawings – CAD format, PDF or any other vector format;
• for ready 3D models – STL, .3DS, .MAX, .OBJ.

We guarantee that any information about your company and projects will not become public according to our Privacy Policy, which includes NDA;

• We offer standard and extended copyrights for the visual materials you get as a result;
• We take payments via transparent international systems.

Thanks to our user-friendly CRM system, all you need is to start your project, send a brief, and keep contact during the process. On the CRM platform, you can get regular updates on progress, intermediate results, make revisions and approve the final outcome.

A typical commission of 15-20 images normally takes between 6-12 weeks assuming all designs and FF&E are finalized, with additional animations, cinemographs, VR etc. running within the same workflow so typically adding a few weeks production time.

We are normally able to prioritize a number of images / cinemographs for a soft launch to be completed within around 4-6 weeks if we have fully signed off the design and FFE etc.

Depending on the rendering software, the number of light sources can sometimes significantly affect rendering times – thus, exterior scenes can render quite quickly. Another factor is the detail of the scene. The industry term for this is poly-count, which refers to the number of polygons used to model the scene.

A common element that significantly increases detail, and therefore rendering time, is foreground vegetation, background vegetation should be optimized with a technique of using billboards or sprites. Additionally, curved surfaces tend to require much more detail.

The biggest single thing you can do to reduce rendering time is to reduce the number of required revisions by giving detailed plans and specific feedback. Every time you require a revision, some or all of the image needs to be re-rendered, so fewer revisions result in less total rendering time.

The other largest factor in rendering times is resolution. With the constant improvements in computer hardware and the changes in rendering software, rendering time for still images is becoming a minor factor in price. However, the rendering time for animations is still a very relevant factor in their production cost.

There are three major costs to a 3D animation project, the modeling and setup labour and the time it takes to compute the animation.

– Moving parts, people, and vehicles

Animations are generally made up of a moving 3D camera, moving people, moving vehicles with a stationary set. The more complex the moving parts become, the more you can expect to pay for a render.

– Length of animation

The duration of an animation is a significant factor in the price. As animation length increases, the price will increase. As a general rule, longer animations are needed to show more elements and generally require more labor and render time.

‘Quality’ in 3D animation is defined by two components: resolution and realism. Resolution is pretty straight forward. Simply put, it is the dimensions of the animation: the difference between DVD quality and HD quality and now as high as 8K. The general rule is the higher the resolution of the animation the crisper and clearer the image quality will be and along with that the longer rendering times.  Having high resolution can impact the overall price of your project.

– Render time

‘Quality’ in 3D animation is defined by two components: resolution and realism. The resolution is pretty straight forward. Simply put, it is the dimensions of the animation: the difference between DVD quality and HD quality and now as high as 8K. The general rule is the higher the resolution of the animation the crisper and clearer the image quality will be and along with that the longer rendering times.  Having high resolution can impact the overall price of your project.

Most animations have a frame rate of around thirty frames per second. If each frame requires ten minutes to render, adding just one second of animation can require an additional five hours of rendering. Adding one minute of animation could add twelve and a half days of rendering time on one computer. The same extrapolation can be done when factoring rendering resolution as well.  Animations are rendered on clusters of computers to address long computing times, but the purchase or rental of these computers adds expense.

Realism is somewhat more complicated and it might help to first explain how it is created. Realism is achieved through a combination of the 3D rendering software settings, along with the setup of the 3D scene. In other words, realism really depends on the setting utilized, and the skills of the artist, to create the desired realism of the scene. Putting aside the setup of the scene, one thing to keep in mind is the more realistic the settings, the longer it will take to compute the animation. The software is simulating the real-world flow of light, which is extremely complicated. Simulating the interaction of light between objects takes very complex calculations and takes the computer a long time to complete.