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Animating a starfield/ship.
Hey everyone,
Basically I have bluescreen footage of a ship flying, I’m importing it on a star field I made, changing the position and following it with a camera.
The problem is, I’m having trouble making the star background look realistic. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can improve it? Is there any filter in After effects that can generate star fields, or would you guys just suggest photographing one?
Thanks
Adam BAdam Bloemink
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3 Replies
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Simulation>CC Star Burst is a little hokey at defaults, but is highly tweakable. I like:
Scatter: up to 1000
Grid Spacing at 1
Size: 120Speed at 0 gives a static starfield in the distance, positive values are stars coming at you and negative are stars receeding (seen from the stern viewing port, Captain).
Tweak to taste.
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Wow, that’s exactly what I’m looking for.
I added a directional blur to the stars too as the camera moves, any other advice to make it look more realistic?
Adam Bloemink
http://www.adambloeminkproductions.com -
You might want to look at Trapcode Particular, a 3D particle generator. There are a couple presets for generating starfields that work in AE’s 3D space. You can find out more at Trapcode’s website – http://www.trapcode.com
Brian Kayfitz
High Definition Authoring
http://www.infinitehd.com
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