3D MODELS
Andrew Kramer on June 21st, 2007 1:09 am
I was experimenting tonight with a fast way to create those fun Cosmic Earth Zooms. I even used the 3D fractal to create some of the clouds that get passed by. Although it could be done with still images and render a lot faster and look just as good. In fact, I wasted my time rendering those clouds. What is wrong with me! This project was 720p too!
Oh well, just be careful, if we do this effect too much we could travel back in time like Superman. I’ll probably get a tutorial together soon.
I try to view it in slow mo and i still dont get it.
keep up the great work
Is this what you did too?
um trying out this technique and its really working..thnx fr sharin.
and also um.. could you giv a lil advice on sth.. um making vfx for a storm scene.. a huge tornado comes with rain.. we can only see the tornad when there is a ligjtning..
anyways thnx
Thx
Will
Bordeaux, France
Nice work!
Grischa
Anyways, this effect is like the one that I wanna learn most after seeing Pierre's work in trapcode.com.. Tutorial would be awesome Andrew, AWESOME! hope u make it quick I just cant wait!!
But please do it without the 3d fractals in the tutorial :P
p.s i used it once in a project and had to record google earth :-)
p.s i used it once in a project and had to record google earth[/quote]
heheheh same here :D
make tutorial andrew (L)
Peace in the middle east,
Craig
For that effect i had seen this tutorial : http://www.blog.nx6design.inf o/index.php/2006/10/30/37-tuto-video-after-effects-n3-clip-funky
Sorry it is in french but it look pretty good :D
Enjoy
Regards,
Martin
Google.... What is this? They have maps? Internet? Computers? Where am I?
Bones
Is that the effect CC Radial Blur?
Is this the place where you live?
Sergei
Clinton Jones
I'm speechless this time.
Thanx 4 everything.
Warm Regards
Sandy
Keep on rockin!
Dan aka Gonads, 16
United Kingdom
So are we looking down on Andrew Kramer's den in this video?
Really like the video. Thank you
Michel
Iliès, cg student
Belgium
Thanks for the post Bones, and yes my daughter is going to be an AE wiz, if she wants to ; )
Cheers,
Andrew
thx for ur tutorials. :)
that's awesome!
Looking forward to see a tutorial of this effect.
Cheers,
Marc
Paris, France
No planet rotation, and a big fat glare on the earth, as if it were a snow globe.
Loved the star field, here's a good tutorial for making the globe without making it 3D and it rotates, with moving clouds...
http://www.xtreme-is-back.com/tutorials_speffects.html
Looks pretty nice, guess I’ll jump on the band wagon and say, “Can’t wait for the tutorial!†but I also must say “what happened to Andrew Kramer ‘taking it to the next level’?â€
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I'm pretty sure the "next level" will come with the tutorial ;)
Iliès, cg student
Belgium
Bones
Check out my site: http://www.et-films.net
I'm turning 16 in a few days and I can't wait until I
get my iMac!!!!!!!!
I downloaded Andrew's Zoom QT file and gave it a tweak in AE 7, and sent it back to him.
Maybe if he thinks the suggestions are good enough, he'll incorporate them into his tutorial - and take it to the next level.
Here's hoping!
Best,
James Wicks
Executive Producer
www.wicksfilms.com
West Palm Beach, FL
TUtorial would be so helpful..
** Also I actually love the portrution(spelling?) of the land on the globe..I think I can achieve that with photoshop using bevel/contour edges...( I dont know how to work any 3D appl :P )
With all the latest/greatest tutorials that you've released I'm just wondering what you could possibly have in store for us if/when Serious FX 2 comes out. :)
Jamie
Would love to see this one because I just did this scene and honestly, mine looks like ummm, KeeeeeRAP! I've already thanked you, but thanks again for the tutorials. Best I've seen...
Andrew kept giving me ideas and tips directly and indirectly so big thanks to him!!
... the earth is ROUND?
jeez.
Keep up the good work. Helping me out so much.
What I envisage for my own use for this though is to start with soemone on the street. zoom into to a closeup of the face. zoom into the eye. the pupil of the eye becomes/fades into the planet scene. fast zoom in on the planet down to street level to the same person on the same street.
great work. Keep it all up and good luck with decorating that nursery!
I did a zoom in effect using Yahoo maps - their colors are way more consistent than Google's.
I color corrected them all and kept scaling down each one to fit into the next larger, aligning and adding feathered masks as I went.
I added some Trapcode clouds, a couple of Fractal layers for clouds, then an Exponential Scale. A nice touch on the zoom in effect is to take it all and precomp it into a 3D layer and add a camera tilt/orbit at the end.
Here's a great reference for anyone who doesn't know it:
http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/
Jim W.
Was this a clue? He even says, Oh, what’s this as he highlights the Riot Gear 2 Folder. Very random but nice way to give a possible clue of what in the works amongst other things... Can't believe no one else has mentioned this on the blog.
RIOT GEAR 2!!!!
J - Michigan
in previous blog entries...
Oh, and what the hell.. I'll bandwagon.. Another vote for a tutorial.
Tutorial requested!!!!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EeaaIx_D3NY
Keep em coming A.K!
Cant wait to see what little things you came up with to make this effect look the way it does ;]
Where did you get the satellite images? I had to get some low res picts on maps.google.com :(
Thank you NASA!
I just started playing around with making this effect and it's actually a really fun effect to make and quite doable. Mine is looking pretty sweet already but of course when the tutorial comes out I will hit myself as I find all the many better ways it could have been done and all the little short cuts.
Hey man... please.. if that is your site.. I beg of you to have it have english as well as French..
Morten.
chao
Thanks for your time, Andrew.
haha the best of everything to you master!
barry barrera
jbsynchrovision video
philippines
We need it!!!
Andrew 4 Predz
Here's an idea (you may as yet not have considered), why not make a tutorial that exlplains how you did it?
It's so crazy it just might work... =)
Can you PLEASE make a tutorial to exlplains how you did it
Thank you
the effect is awesome I was trying to the something like this. can you please put a tutorial ? Pleaseee :)
I greatly appreciate all of your tutorials. Great job!
With Earth Zoom however I have some problems trying to reproduce it with pictures referring to my area. The point is that I can zoom back until a certain point, but after that the size of he first picture goes negative.... Is there a ratio to follow i.e. the various pictures have to be 50% of the previous one?
I would greatly appreciate some help.
Thanks again for your great tutorials.
Claudio, Italy
Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts !...
I loved your blog so much I decided to go back to the beginning and read every post so I dont feel so left out!