3d view of earth
by baclontz
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Dec 18, 2007 at 6:09:51 pm
I'd like to create a shot of the earth with some stars and galaxies in the background, and I want the camera to circle around it a bit. Not a huge camera movement, like a full 360 or anything like that, but just a small movement that can give it a 3d look.
I've used CC Sphere to create the earth, but I'm a little stumped as to what to do next. It doesn't look like CC Sphere can use a camera, but I guess I can manually adjust the rotation on the plugin to fake it. Is there a way I could maybe tie the plugin to a camera through an expression or something though? And how about the stars in the background? What would be my best bet for creating something like that?
Re: 3d view of earth by Kevin Camp on Dec 18, 2007 at 6:24:36 pm
checkout tutorials 41a and 41b at videocopilot.net, andrew shows how to link the cc sphere parameters to a comp camera to get better control of those variables...
Re: 3d view of earth by Dave LaRonde on Dec 18, 2007 at 6:25:22 pm
Go search Andrew Kramer's AE tutorials, either here on the COW or on Andrew's web site. He's got a trick to fool a camera into thinking a 2D layer with CC Sphere looks 3D.
Re: 3d view of earth by Matjusm on Dec 19, 2007 at 8:30:32 pm
You could use something like Zaxwerks 3D Invigorator/Pro Animator to create a 3D sphere and then make its surface texture into that of a world map. This way you
