In this frightening tutorial you will learn a powerful technique called "Reverse Motion Tracking" to perform demonic facial reconstruction.

This was going to be on a tutorial DVD but I'm a nice guy ; )

Here is another example of this same technique:

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Dan Ebberts wrote a cool script to make the "Blue Planet Tutorial" more 3D. In fact you can actually use a comp camera to fly around the earth and orbit as well.

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In this tutorial, learn how to replace a blown out sky with a nice sky image. You will also learn to create a procedural matte and perform position and rotation motion tracking.

UPDATE: Here is the footage

NOTE: This technique can also be used on blue skies as well. Instead of creating a matte, just use the Keylight plug-in instead.

Create a blue planet in After Effects, complete with lighting effects, atmosphere and a nice glow. Orbit the planet 360 degrees and create a solar eclipse. You can even use the result for the ending of your Earth Zoom effect.

Create the entire solar system with planet maps found at this great site: www.planetpixelemporium.com Please list others sites if you find them!

Create a Cosmic Earth Zoom in Adobe After Effects.

UPDATE: Click on satellite view.
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https://maps.google.com/
https://maps.yahoo.com
https://maps.live.com/

https://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/features.html

Longest tutorial in Video Copilot history; Sadly, I had to cut out some really great jokes, some because of time constraints, others because this site is rated PG-13 ; )

Thanks to James Wicks for the rotation tip!

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