Warangel opened this issue on Mar 10, 2007 · 61 posts
jc posted Mon, 12 March 2007 at 11:55 AM
I would pay about $10 to $15 per static image of say 1024 x 768 at 72DPI (for web use) and twice that for an image that could be printed at about 11" (27.9 cm) X 14" (35.5 cm). I don't do animation.
I buy copy protected content to save money and most of my scenes depend on those items, so that kind of lets me out of this renderfarm game.
(@ Iloco) I was never a fan of copy protection, but didn't see a big problem with it either, never complained and did enjoy the benefits of getting a larger variety of products for a lower price than would have been the case without the participation of those 3D modelers concerned about protection. And the few models i've brokered myself are never copy protected.
Now i see that it is causing this big problem for users, besides the inconveniences and bugs during upgrades, etc., as well as a whole lot of extra work for e-on and C3D staff. It's not looking as beneficial now, even though it has indeed saved me money and probably provided more products to choose from.
4. To Frederic: Charge what you need to charge, not what people think they are willing to pay (though i realize you are only doing market research right now).
5. Also, i think hobbyist users are going to give you more negative publicity, require more handholding and generally be more of a losing proposition than pros - simply because most won't have the level of technical expertise to really understand the rendering and protection issues. And many won't want to learn that much either. Of course, there are very serious hobbyists who want to learn as much as they can, but i expect that group is a fairly small proportion of the Vue hobbyists.
You might want to offer a big discount for the first X number of renders, to make it inexpensive to try out the service and make the (inevitable?) first mistakes and corrections cheaper. And a quantity discount or free render every X renders might be good (if you're not already doing that).
I sure agree with Chipp that there is a lot of great info in the Vue manuals and help files.