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2D “Spinning World” graphic in AE
Hello,
New guy here. I would consider myself an intermediate level user of After Effects, getting by on tutorials and whatnot. I have run into something I would like to do that I cannot find any info on. I would like to animate a vector globe that is contained within a logo. The logo can be found here https://www.connectedworldmag.com and it is the red world in the “O” in the Connected World logo that I am referring to. I want it to look like it is spinning, but not like a 3D sphere. I want it to look like a flat 2D graphic still. I have tried using CC Sphere + Motion Tile in AE, but it contains light and shadows for a 3D effect, and you can see through to the backside. I do, however, want it to be transparent where the globe’s water is so you could see a background color behind it.
Just to cover my bases, I did try and use the “full map” (which I applied Motion Tile to for the spin) with a solid under it in the Comp that I applied the CC Sphere effect to, hoping that I could turn off the default light effect and mess with the ambient light and contrast to make it a flat black and white to use as an alpha matt. This proved to work OK, but it just seemed like a convoluted and inefficient way of doing it.
Thanks in advance for any help with this.
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Well I guess I was on the right track. Thanks for the help I am getting a much better result.
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Maybe it’s a little late, but here comes a trick to solve the remove-shading-problem (in case you’ll need a flat-designed moving sphere):
Make two versions of your worldmap-precomp. First one is transparent and contains only the “land”, second one can be filled with any color-solid. In your Main_Compositon. the first, transparent Precomp lays above the second “filled” Precomp. Now you can add the “cc-sphere”-effect.
Once you have added the “cc-sphere”-effect, you’ll find the parameter “Render”. Put this to “Outside” and add the “fill”-effect. Now you’re able to choose any color you want.
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