Flash-Based Shoe Designer

[tox0tes]

How much would you charge for a flash program that does the following:

There is a picture of a blank white shoe at the right with different sectors. To the left, there are drop down menus each with a line to a certain sector of the shoe. These drop down menus allow you to choose a color for the corresponding sector. Basically, it is a shoe customizer. You can pick the colors for your shoe, and then it generates a code based on what colors you pick. Then you enter the code during shopping cart checkout.

This will definately take me a long time to do, but I know that I can do it if I stick to it. What do you all think, and how much would you charge?

[JacobHaug]

I think it would be a great project for you to learn flash on. This project...if hired out would probably run you about $250 - $500 depends on the animation and amount of ActionScript that needs to be used.

[tox0tes]

thanks, i think im going to start on it tonight. And i can always ask you for help since you are the flash expert

[JacobHaug]

hahaha...sure thing, that is what Webforumz is here for...to help other people...lol

[Urban Pigmy]

this brings up a nice point, what is the average people charge for a flash website, say an about page, a gallery, contact page, and a links page? I charged $300 NZD for this, what do you lot charge?

[JacobHaug]

It all depends on how much animation and complicated ActionScript that website contains. Normally I won't do a flash website if I don't make at least $1000 USD on that website.

[tox0tes]

Hey I started on this, but I am having trouble using droptarget in actionscript. Can someone look at my .fla file to see why it's not working?

http://www.danedesigns.com/colorchanger.zip

[tox0tes]

nevermind i got it working. here is the start of the flash based shoe designer: http://www.danedesigns.com/colorchange.swf.

How would i make it so that when the color is dropped, it reverts back to its original position?

[Urban Pigmy]

The concept reminds me of the house painter prgrame they have at dulux paint stores,

and about charging cost for this sites etc.....is there a grid or algarythim anyone uses to determain how much to charge as something like this would really help out a small freelancer like myself.

[tox0tes]

Ok guys, my next problem is cleanly splitting the shoe into sectors. I have a large picture of the shoe right here: http://www.danedesigns.com/shoe.jpg

Does anyone have any ideas on how to separate the shoe into sectors right along the seams? I have Fireworks 8 and Photoshop CS2.

[Urban Pigmy]

I'd remold it in swift 3d, then do it like one of those flash colouring in books