Charging for Processes- Appropriate Practices?
For good or ill, I let a project escalate from high-end PowerPoint graphics to HD Video... be that as it may, the client seems OK with paying for my time and research efforts. However, I have a mild quandary when coming to billing them.
RENDERING Digital Video files, is among the most processor intensive things you can do with a computer. And even though I CAN run other apps while it processes in the background, it goes better and faster if I let it be and use as much of the machine as possible.
Hence the quandry. Is it appropriate to bill the client at my normal rates for essentially watching the progress bar? Or sleeping, since I try to run the renders overnight. I can do some other stuff with the computer, or offline tasks, but 85% of our work in this digital age requires our workstations. And of course, if I run other apps on my gear, it slows down the render. And its just plain insane to even try to come up with a (even exorbitant ) flat fee for such open ended work. The world of HD video is still largely the Wild West in many ways.
Like some opinions on how to bill out this part of the work fairly.
A 12 hour render is still just a half hour of set-up, clicking "Save" and then... waiting.
Thoughts? Experiences? Standard Practices?
RENDERING Digital Video files, is among the most processor intensive things you can do with a computer. And even though I CAN run other apps while it processes in the background, it goes better and faster if I let it be and use as much of the machine as possible.
Hence the quandry. Is it appropriate to bill the client at my normal rates for essentially watching the progress bar? Or sleeping, since I try to run the renders overnight. I can do some other stuff with the computer, or offline tasks, but 85% of our work in this digital age requires our workstations. And of course, if I run other apps on my gear, it slows down the render. And its just plain insane to even try to come up with a (even exorbitant ) flat fee for such open ended work. The world of HD video is still largely the Wild West in many ways.
Like some opinions on how to bill out this part of the work fairly.
A 12 hour render is still just a half hour of set-up, clicking "Save" and then... waiting.
Thoughts? Experiences? Standard Practices?