Stunning Architectural 3D Animation
Animation is a step forward in terms of experience than renderings. It express architecture and related activities, so that the audience can experience the spatial feeling of architecture. Building appearance, interior decoration, garden landscape, people, animals, weather, etc. can be viewed at any angle through animation. Animation is an art architectural movie.
- Immersive Walkthroughs & Flythroughs
- Explore interiors and exteriors with smooth camera movements.
- Realistic Visualization
- Simulates natural and artificial lighting, materials, and reflections.
- Dynamic Storytelling
- Highlights key design features, spatial relationships, and environmental context.
- Customizable Scene
- Adds landscaping, furniture, people, and weather effects for a lifelike experience.
- Time-lapse Simulations
- show the construction process or changes over time (day-to-night transitions).
- Comprehensive Project Visualization
- Provides a clear, intuitive representation of the completed design.
Architectural Animation Production Workflow
Step 1. Modeling and Camera Path Setup
Based on the provided materials, the 3D model of the project is created, along with the camera movement path according to the client's requirements. A white model animation is rendered for review. The main tasks include:
- Creating the primary architectural model, surrounding models, and terrain.
- Defining and confirming the camera path and duration of each shot.
You need to review and confirm the completeness and accuracy of the model, material, and the camera movement and field of camera view.
Step 2. Single-Frame Rendering
The essence of 3D animation is a sequence of still images. Single-frames (also called key frames) are selected from each shot, fully rendered with details. In this phase, we refine the scene and lighting while rendering single-frame images from various lenses and perspectives. The main tasks include:
- Adding materials, lighting, landscapes, interior furnishings, people, vehicles, and other details.
- Incorporating background music.
You can review and comment on all details in the single-frames until you are happy with the result.
Step 3. Rendering Output and Post-Production
The animation is rendered and finalized with post-processing adjustments. The main tasks include:
- Rendering the full sequence frame by frame at the required resolution and frame rate.
- Exporting frames into a sequence and compiling them into an animation.
- Applying post-processing effects such as color correction, motion blur, editing, adding text, voice overs, etc.
Step 4. Final Delivery
Exporting the animation in the required resolution and formats (MP4, MOV, or AVI).
Delivering the final animation to the client.
Our Architectural 3D Animation Works
Frequently Asked Questions
3D architectural animation is a high-quality, computer-generated video that showcases a building or space in motion. Unlike static 3D renderings, architectural animation allows viewers to experience a realistic walkthrough or flythrough of a design before construction begins.
As much information as possible is helpful. You are in great shape if you have following project information list which is a good guard for you to understand what we may need. However we will check after receiving your project files, and will ask if need more information.
- Architecture Structure( CAD drawing, or 3D model, or reference images).
- Site (master plan, location).
- Terrain (CAD drawing, or 3D model).
- Interior (Plans & elevations in DWG, or 3D model, or reference images, furniture style/list).
- Material schedule.
- Landscape plan and plants schedule if you have.
- Script/Path/Storyboard.
- Reference video showing us the style/quality level you would like to achieve.
Just send us what you have. We can work off just about anything, but the more information you can provide, the better to promote understanding of it by us.
The cost of an architectural 3D animation depends on many factors, such as the length of the video, the scale of the scene, quality requirement of the animation, and the overall workload. Please contact VIZPAW’s project manager via email to get a free quote for your project.
We never know the answer. However, please bear in mind that the time needed to complete an architectural 3D animation project depends on its workload. For example, how complex is the structure in the scene? How to deal with the surrounding context? But we normally complete 60 seconds animation in two or three weeks.
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