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Glenn, I don't understand the percentage method. Percentage of what? Anyway, most people don't like to talk about it but I don't mind giving some general ideas. Animation is often quoted by the finished second, that is to BetacamSP tape. The range is typically $50-$1000 per finished second depending on complexity and your overhead. The low-end might be just a simple text based logo doing very little and the high-end might be lots of intense keyframing, human or animal characters; and/or lots of special effects. However, it all boils down to what the market will bear. The Yost Group gives a sampling of rates in their IPAS boutique brochure which you can probably get ahold of if you are interested in buying any of their fine routines. I believe the rates are for comparable effects on workstation based software (e.g. Wavefront) layed frame-by-frame to BetaSP tape.