Globe you can spin and zoom in on in motion

[David Bogie]

Wow. That’s new for you, Peter. I’ll be looking for sarcasm in your posts more often.

> > 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.

The OP’s effect cannot be achieved in Motion without compromising the desire for the complete illusion of 3d and, more than likely, requiring a transition someplace to allow the different resolutions of still images from NASA and Google to be incorporated without pixelating.

> Anyone have any insight on the matter?

I’ve been dealing with these infinite zoom-type questions for as long as you have. I stand by my earlier statement unless, of course, the user is willing to figure out how to do the effect you describe.

> Is there a 3d graphic of a globe that you can buy and then import into motion to that effect?

But I’ll bet the OP ends up running out of time or patience since an 8k global map cannot support being magnified without transitioning to another source image.

> Is this something that is impossible in motion and the only way to accomplish it is in after effects?

The soft of choice used to be After Effects but the solutions always involve a realization that the effect cannot be seamless without serious work. That amount of work is inversely proportional to the level of experience of the operator and the resources available. Matching the revolution of the sphere to the camera movement and maintaining the illusion is tough. We usually need to bring in a bird, clouds, jet, sun flare, or UFO to hide the transition.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[Peter Wiggins]

[david bogie] “Wow. That’s new for you, Peter. I’ll be looking for sarcasm in your posts more often. “

No problem, more to come I’m sure.

Ryan said he wanted to end up on a country and that is do-able within Motion. Granted if you want to fill the screen with Monaco or The Vatican then you are not going to have enough resolution.

Peter

[Scot Walker]

I agree that you are going to want to use a 3D application for this.

I use Carrara because it’s the most “Mac-like” and it’s pretty inexpensive, but it does the things that I need done, like this:
https://www.swproductions.com/kla-tencor_singapore.html

Output with Animation codec with alpha and bring into Motion to composite…

Good luck

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