Unlimited Revisions - What does that mean?

At LiFang we believe in allowing the client to get the rendering/animation right without having to be limited by the number of revisions.

Unlike other rendering firms, we don’t have a set number of revisions. Here at LiFang we’re offering unlimited good-faith reviews but DOES not include major changes that require substantial rework (please read our blog about additional workload for more information).

Whats NOT included in the Unlimited Good-Faith Review?

Modeling Stage

• Major Model Design changes

• Custom design such as furniture, lighting fixtures, etc

Rendering Stage

• Lighting changes

• Changes that require to remodel

We offer clients free access to our extensive Furniture Model Database to choose from for their projects.

Any changes NOT included will incur additional workload, please refer to our blog about additional workload for more information.

At LiFang we’re offering our clients the highest quality photo-realistic renderings standard at 4K (4096 x 2160) resolution and standard 720p (1280 x 720) for all our animations. For more information please visit our Interior Rendering, Exterior Rendering, 360 Tour or Animation Services pages.

OrtBerg House- Interdisciplinary Architects

We have had the pleasure of working with Tim Gorter of Interdisciplinary architects on multiple projects in the past year, and each project seems to be more beautiful and meticulously designed as the last. This project in particular we were able to work on some interior spaces as well as landscape exterior.

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Tim Gorter is a license architect with over 15 years experience in architecture and construction, he earned his master of architecture from UCLA and has received certificates in Real Estate development, construction management, and project management ever since. We are honored to work with such a capable client.

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Ortberg House is one of the many high end and beautiful residential homes that Interdisciplinary architects and Lifang have worked on together. One can visualize a beautiful and calm life in this vacation like home, a lifted pool looking into the living room with floor to ceiling windows. All in a landscape that is in most of our vacation dreams.

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The interior design is a simplistic but modern rustic marriage of open rooms, natural light, and spread of canned interior lighting fixtures. We love adding these types of modern and welcoming designs added to our interior render portfolio, and we hope you will check out more of our projects here.

What is additional workload?

At LiFang we believe in allowing the client to get the rendering/animation right without having to be limited by the number of revisions. We encourage clients to make all the necessary revisions before moving on to the next stage during the Rendering or Animation process.

For the majority of our clients, there wouldn’t be any additional workload, but in the cases where additional workload does occur, here are some of the most common reasons:

• Major changes in model design AFTER model stage will lead to additional hours of remodeling.

• Primary lighting or other aspect changes requiring hours of rendering, for example, day to night time.

project cost breakdown

In the Rendering or Animation project, the cost of the projects can be broken down to 40% Modeling and 60% Rendering.

For example, an $700 rendering, $280 (40%) cost is attributed to the modeling cost, and the remainder $420 (60%) is related to the rendering cost.

Additional Workload Cost Breakdown

The cost of the additional workload depends on at which stage the cost occurred.

Modeling (40%)

Example: During Rendering Stage, the client requested to change a significant number of furniture, requiring a 20% additional remodeling workload.

• 40% of the project cost x 20%* additional workload

• ($700 x 40%) x 20% = $56 additional remodeling workload

Rendering (60%)

Example: During the Rendering Stage, the client requested to fully open the window blinds to let in the sunlight, requiring a 30% additional rendering workload due to lighting changes.

• 60% of the project cost x 30%* additional workload

• ($700 x 60%) x 30% = $126 additional rendering workload

* The % of additional workload varies from project to project due to the complexity of each project.

We hope this breakdown will give you a better understanding of our process when we are evaluating and calculating costs for the projects we work on with you. We believe open communication and transparency is the best method for efficient project management.

Marriot, Marina Del Ray -Greige Studio

We had the pleasure of working with Jodi Barnett from Greige Goods Studio on a the M-club renders for Marriot on Marina Del Ray. Greige Goods Studio is an interior design firm located in Hermosa Beach California. It is a full hospitality deisgn lead by the 17 + Year experienced Ms. Barnett. They are inspired by “the artist, architects, and surfboard shapers who reside on the Cypress Avenue Address”.

The render we recently completed with Jodi was a white lit dining/club area in Marriot Marina Del Ray hotel. The bronze aesthetic and complimenting brown and gray chairs present an open and high energy space for those who enter it. The unique lighting designs prime examples of her inspirations of the artist surrounding her. We love to add beautiful designs like this to our portfolio with fruitful collaborations such as these.

Jodi has also worked on other well known locations for her interior designs such as Hyatt Centric, Hyatt Residence, Hilton, Trump international, and other smaller restaurants. You can see her works on her portfolio. But to see more of our interior and club deisgn renders please also check out our porfolio.

Animation or 360 tour? Which is better for my project?

Thinking of using an Architectural walkthrough for your latest project? But can’t decide on whether an Animation or a 360 tour is the best option? Let us help you clarify and find the best option for your project.

Both the animation and the 360 Tours are suitable for showcasing Interior or Exterior designs. The comparison below highlights some of the key differences between the two options.

Animation

• Controlled camera path showcasing a larger area at a glance.

• Lighting condition change from Day / Night or vice versa.

• It can be view on any digital display screens, such as Phone, Tablet, Computer, & TV.

• Standard 720p (1280 x 720) Resolution.

• $6000 per minute.

• Free 3x Screenshots (within animation flight path & same resolution as the animation).

360 Tour

• 360 Degree view at a specific point of view for greater depth of detail.

• Choose either Day or Night lighting condition.

• Can be view on any digital screens + the extra level of immersion with VR headset such as Google Cardboards.

• Standard 4K (4096 x 2160) Resolution.

• $1200+ per point of view.

Animation Flythrough

360 Walkthrough

At LiFang we’re offering our clients the highest quality photo-realistic renderings standard at 4K (4096 x 2160) resolution and standard 720p (1280 x 720) for all our animations. For more information please visit our Interior Rendering, Exterior Rendering, 360 Tour or Animation Services pages.

Understanding more about Screen Resolution(PPI) vs Printing Resolution (DPI)

With all the various screen resolutions such as 480p, 720p, 1080p, 1440p, 2K, 4K, 8K, and the list is only getting longer. How do I know whats the best resolution for me and my project? We’ll attempt to explain why screen resolution and print resolution is relevant in the context within the Architectural Industry.

The two common concepts we have to understand are the Screen Resolution which is measured in pixels (Pixel Per Inch), and the Print Resolution which is measure in DPI (Dot Per Inch).

The screen resolution is usually expressed in measurements of width x height, for example, 1080p is actually 1920 pixels across and 1080 pixels down, this is crucial when you need to display the rendering or animation in a digital screen.

The Print Resolution or DPI measures the number of dots in printed inch, this is crucial when you need the renderings in physical format regardless is for marketing, presentation, or billboard.

Rendering Projects

How does Screen Resolution impact your Rendering?

It does not, With a standard 4K rendering, there is no limit on what kind of devices or digital display screen for viewing such as smartphone, tablet, computer, or TV displays.

How DPI affects Renderings, ie Printing the Rendering?

A resolution of 300 DPI gives you the maximum size that you can use for your photo for printing. The standard 4K rendering we’re offering is only at 72 DPI, without getting into the mathematical calculation, but you will be able to print on letter size (8.5 x 11) paper at 300 DPI, which is suitable for most marketing purposes.

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Animation Projects

How does Screen Resolution impact your Animation?

At LiFang we offer various resolution sizes for Animations, our standard resolution is 720p (1280x720). Which resolution is best for your project heavily depends on the type of digital display media and size.

• 720p is best for smaller devices such as smartphone, tablet, and computers with closer viewing distance.

• 1080p is best for larger TV screens and projectors with view distance between 5 to 15 feet.

• 4K the highest quality resolution is great for the large or small screens, at a closer viewing distance within 10 feet.

How DPI affect Animation?

In most cases DPI will have no impact on Animations unless you want to print rendering of the animation out for marketing purposes, then please read How DPI affects Renderings?

The free screenshots from our animation are only at the resolution of the animation itself.

At LiFang we’re offering our clients the highest quality photo-realistic renderings standard at 4K (4096 x 2160) resolution and standard 720p (1280 x 720) for all our animations. For more information please visit our Interior Rendering, Exterior Rendering, 360 Tour or Animation Services pages.

The 3D Rendering Process

As an Architectural Visualization company our clients are generally trained architects, interior designers, and or people with 3D rendering backgrounds, but all clients in search of renders are welcome. In order to help avoid any misunderstandings or miscommunication we would like to walk through the process with a heavy concentration on the importance of the modeling process.

To begin a render project we prefer to receive a fully detailed 3d model either done in 3Dsmax, Revit, Rhino, or Sketchup (although we accept CAD and elevations as well). From there, our team will model and send a draft for confirmation of accuracy to our clients. In order to move past this stage properly it is vital that the project design in fully realized so that there will not be any later revisions. See Model draft 1 in a project done with our client Interdisciplinary Architects. 

Model Draft 1

As you can see at this primary stage, the building is mostly blocks and has hints of materials if necessary such as with brick walls and glass. The client is allowed good faith reviews in which they can mark up this draft and our team will send new rounds given that the view angle does not change drastically and the general model is the same. If you see the final model draft below, you can see how many changes occurred in this project before it was confirmed to be accurate in order to move onto the render stage. 

Model Draft 6

The main changes done to the design are  material, minor designs such as pool being in place of the grass patch, modified doors, some elevations, and furniture was added. From this point our team took the materials provided in a compiled folder and rendered the image in low resolution with lighting. See below image. 

Render Draft 1

To understand the changes that can occur during this stage without leading to additional costs we can compare it to the final render drafts. 

Render Draft 6

As you can see there were more material changes in the far building and the stone wall as well as umbrella colors and the people who inhabited the render were switched up. The common things that will be revised in render stage are; materials, colors, and basic lighting changes that don't require a new light source. It is important to note, that in this stage if there were any major modeling design revisions it would lead to additional workload as well as any major light changes such as time of day. The reasoning behind this is because we would need to discard efforts made on the current render draft to go back to stage one, and then revise it again.

We hope that the general overview of our rendering process above with the beautiful designs of Tim Groter helps you better understand how you can work with our team as well as any other rendering teams. Please feel free to check out more of our renders on our portfolio.

Karaburun House, Turkey

Lifang enjoys working with smaller Architectural firms which have such creative concepts such as Maer Partners. All of their works on their portfolio show a sense of expert understanding of color as well as architectural design. This view in particular that our team aided them in visualizing is the Karaburun beach house, located in Karaburun Turkey. Karaburn Turkey is a traveling hotspot, hosting many air bnb and apartments available on prime locations on the beach throughout.

Maer Partners is a workshop and architectural firm located in Tarlabasi District and Istiklal avenue, Taksim in Istanbul, meaning even though it is smaller it has a great metropolis location! They work on the entire process of a project from physical model to crafting the buildings themselves. They have also worked on Cultural competitions, fine art faculties, municipalities, hotels, schools, and residential buildings. With such promise and great portfolio they have a great future ahead of them and Lifang was grateful to have worked with them.

To see more smaller exterior projects done by our team of 300 + Architectural visualization experts please check out our portfolio.

The Meridian: Luxury Condos in Key, FLA

Premier Develop group, Developers Meridian reality, and Wilson Associates Architects with the visual aid of our rendering team helped create these renders for 15-story Luxury condominium in Perdido Key, FLA, The Meridian. The Building is set to sit upon 300 feet of private peach isolated with White Stucco and glass, having a roof inspired by the culture of Bermuda. 40% of the residences have already been sold as of June 2017.

Premier Development group and Meridian Realty also completed production of $60 Million Vista Del MAr Luxury condo in Gulf Islands National Shore. Both locations are family friendly atmospheres, and half an hour east from downtown Pensacola. The Meridian has 41 four-bedroom residences, ranging in sizes of 3658-5045 square feet, private elevators, terraces, pristine kitchens, and floor to ceiling windows overlooking the gulf. Other Shared amenities are outdoor and indoor pools, cabanas and bungalows, catering, and fitness centers.

With such profitable and beautiful accomplishments, Lifang has thoroughly enjoyed adding their designs to our rendering portfolio. We enjoy producing renders for large high end developments such as the Meridian as much as we enjoy smaller residential and rustic projects. If you would like to see more travel and vacation renders see our portfolio.