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Globe with Grid
I’m trying to create a rotating earth with a superimposed grid but where the sea areas are transparent to see the back facing areas of the globe. and anything behind the globe too. This kind of effect is often used in current affairs type programs.
I got to a certain point but I ran in to a problem, here’s what I tried already.
I added CC Sphere to my flat earth image to make my earth and created a new black solid layer on top. I added the grid effect and the cc sphere to that too. No problem so far.
I pick-whipped the rotation of the grid to the earth’s rotation and set the black solid layer to Screen blend mode.
In cc sphere I set the render to full for the earth to see the backfacing areas and front only for the solid with grid.
But I want the black to disappear completely, if I adjust the opacity of the solid layer my grid disappears too !
Any ideas on how to achieve this please ?
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When you say you set the blending mode of the Black Solid to screen, the setup you describe works for me.
But if you set the Blending Mode inside the Grid effect to Screen, then you see the color of the solid. Is that what you’re doing?
Set all blending modes to Normal or None and you should be good to go. (you can use screen, but do it in the Modes Column, not inside the Grid Effect)
It works for me.
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Doh ! Yes thats what I was doing
Thanks Mike, I guess my brain was on a tea break when I tried this the first time 🙂
steph.p.foster {at} gmail {dot} com
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I hate when I check or uncheck the wrong box too. Enjoy your gridded globe.
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