Yikes! I have 72hours to do this. moving map a la Indiana Jones

Yikes! I have 72hours to do this. moving map a la Indiana Jones

on Jan 14, 2013 at 4:31:10 pm

Hi all.
I have to recreate an interactive map just like the one in this link but have no idea where to start. :(
I am using Final cut studio 3 with FCP 7 and Motion 4 etc. on iMac OSX 10.6.8, 3.06Ghz 4GB Ram.

Iain MacKinnon
Video Editor
Splash Productions Music Complex

http://www.splashproductionscomplex.com

I used to spend my time wondering, now it's used up rendering

Re: Yikes! I have 72hours to do this. moving map a la Indiana Jones

by Grant Gomm

on Jan 14, 2013 at 5:45:28 pm

Well if you want the moving 3D globe like that motion isn't the right app. You'll need something like Maya, 3ds max, blender...

-Grant Gomm
http://www.grantgomm.com

Re: Yikes! I have 72hours to do this. moving map a la Indiana Jones

on Jan 14, 2013 at 5:56:01 pm

Hmm... i have blender but really dont know my way around it too well... i'll give it a bash. :)

Iain MacKinnon
Video Editor
Splash Productions Music Complex

http://www.splashproductionscomplex.com

I used to spend my time wondering, now it's used up rendering

Re: Yikes! I have 72hours to do this. moving map a la Indiana Jones

by Andy Neil

on Jan 14, 2013 at 5:56:39 pm

That kind of animation is actually very easy in Motion. You can create a line and that line can be animated with the Write On behavior, or just by keyframing the Start and End parameters at the bottom of the shape tab in the inspector. If you want there to be a little dot at the head of your animated line, that can be acheived by creating a circular shape and then animating it with the Motion path behavior so that it follows the line animation exactly.

Here's a tutorial showing how that might work.

As for the map move and all, that can be acheived with a 3D camera that follows the line over the map. The camera is moved using the Motion Path behavior as well.

Hope this helps,

Andy

http://www.timesavertutorials.com

Re: Yikes! I have 72hours to do this. moving map a la Indiana Jones

by Justin Mrkva

on Jan 14, 2013 at 6:07:27 pm

That's a straight preset from iMovie. :) Also I believe Aperture or iPhoto can do that as well, don't quote me on it though.

You could try recreating it, but given your time constraints, render out the globe graphic from iMovie, and presto. Then you can do whatever you'd like with it.

Re: Yikes! I have 72hours to do this. moving map a la Indiana Jones

on Jan 14, 2013 at 7:43:11 pm

i'll download imovie as soon as i get back to the suite. is it free?

Iain MacKinnon
Video Editor
Splash Productions Music Complex

http://www.splashproductionscomplex.com

I used to spend my time wondering, now it's used up rendering

Re: Yikes! I have 72hours to do this. moving map a la Indiana Jones

by Justin Mrkva

on Jan 14, 2013 at 8:08:17 pm

The latest version comes with new Macs, otherwise you'd have to get it from the Mac App Store... you might have to go back to your install discs, but I'm not sure what version you'd have.

If you can't use iMovie, the next thing I'd do is try the FXFactory plugin, then do it yourself as a last resort. Also, look up the MacBreak Studio podcast, there's one where they do a 3D globe, you could probably base it off of that to some extent.

Re: Yikes! I have 72hours to do this. moving map a la Indiana Jones

by AJ Robinson

on Jan 14, 2013 at 6:31:59 pm

Hey, for a 3D earth, you could download Fx Factory http://www.noiseindustries.com/fxfactory/
Then, enable industrial revolutions freebie one pack (F1). You'll get for free, CoverFlux, World (the 3d world generator), opposites, and rack focus.

Try out the 3D world generator. You can change a bunch of it's features. You can even change cloud cover and things like that.

Another thing you could do is to get a map and apply the sphere distortion effect to it and animate the map.

~AJ

Re: Yikes! I have 72hours to do this. moving map a la Indiana Jones

by Stephen Smith

on Jan 14, 2013 at 8:00:16 pm

If iMovie has it then that is the way to go. If you wanted the flexibility that iMovie doesn't offer then you do the line tutorial above and place it in a group with the map. Then add the Spear filter and move the glove around.

Stephen Smith
Utah Video Productions

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Re: Yikes! I have 72hours to do this. moving map a la Indiana Jones

on Jan 15, 2013 at 1:32:29 pm

Thanks again guys. fabulous help. Opened up iMovie and there it was. :D

Iain MacKinnon
Video Editor
Splash Productions Music Complex

http://www.splashproductionscomplex.com

I used to spend my time wondering, now it's used up rendering

Re: Yikes! I have 72hours to do this. moving map a la Indiana Jones

by Stewart Bourke

on Jan 20, 2013 at 11:55:40 pm

Slightly OT, but could you please identify the music that was used for the trailer - excellent piece of music and I really liked the editing of the video as well.

Thank you.

Re: Yikes! I have 72hours to do this. moving map a la Indiana Jones

by Josiah Graves

on Feb 10, 2013 at 3:53:59 am

Hey, I've been looking to do a similar sort of thing but I want to be able to highlight individual countries. I found an after effects project that has exactly what I'd like and I was wondering if anyone knew of a similar element for motion?

http://videohive.net/item/real-world-map-country-highlighter/3924359?sso?WT...