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Globe you can spin and zoom in on in motion
I am trying to figure out how to do an effect in motion where I could have a 3d spinning globe spin and then allow me to zoom in on it without pixelating. Is there a 3d graphic of a globe that you can buy and then import into motion to that effect? Is this something that is impossible in motion and the only way to accomplish it is in after effects? Anyone have any insight on the matter?
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Ryan,
How far do you want to ‘zoom in’?
Motion is constained by the texture limit of your graphics card which these days can be anywhere from 2000 pixels to 8000 pixels square.
So, wrapping an 8K by 8K map of the world with the sphere filter will give you the best resolution to work with if your card is up to it.
Peter
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I want to zoom in to specific countries. So I want to zoom in as much as I can. I’m working on a MacPro with eight 3.0 processors, 9gigs of ram, and a ATI Radeon X1900 XT graphics card. I have been having trouble finding a realistic map of the world that would work too. Any suggestions on where I can find a 8K by 8K map that I could use or at least license for a national broadcast?
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NASA?
I don’t know the rules but it is in the public domain.
Peter
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BTW there are some maps in the Motion content but I think they are fairly low res for what you want
Peter
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I used the Sphere filter to create a globe but it isn’t 3D (I did check the “3D group” option) When I rotate it is only 2 dimensions. I feel like I’m probably just forgetting to check a box somewhere or something.
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It won’t be in 3D, it will always (NAB update???) result a s a globe on a flat plane.
Alter the parameters of the sphere filter to rotatePeter
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Forget Motion for this. The best you can do is fake it which requires a stylistic re-evaluation.
If this effect and illusion are critical, you will need a 3d application and a really good animator.
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Nice and positive, well done
Peter
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Not the low/no cost solution you wanted but you should know that with Google Earth you can setup a move into any point on the globe and as you go in the detail actually improves. If you haven’t seen it yet you’ve got to try it.
It’s free to use but requires a $400/yr Pro license to record your move as an animation.
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Also you could look into Google Sketchup which is cheap, relatively easy to use and has a lot of back and forth with google maps. But yeah in Motion- not so much.
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