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Mapping a travel video across the US
I’m working on editing a video which documents traveling to different cities in the US. I remember seeing a program by Apple where you can have red line travel across a map and save it as a QT file.
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Standard technique, conventional application. You don’t need anything special, you’re simply drawing a line in Motion or you’re importing a line with an alpha that is a layer from your map artwork done in PS or Illustrator. You reveal the line with a matte or a wipe.
what sets such conventions off from the pack are stylized fills for the map, a plane or car that leaves a trail, placing the line above the map in 3d space, using lines applied to spherical objects to depict air travel, and the points at which stops are made. Rent a couple of travelogues and deconstruct the best techniques.
bogiesan
This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”
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Thanks Dave, but I remember seeing an actual program that created a quicktime movie. That’s what I’m looking for. I don’t have time to create everything from scratch.
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This may not solve your question,
but it gives a method for making a traveling line on a map.
Good luck.https://videoinasnap.chuckengels.com/source/steve/steve_tips.htm
Another is G-Lines from the amazing Graham Nattress
https://www.nattress.com/Products/BigBox/Generators/GLines.htm
David
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[Greg Ball] “I remember seeing an actual program that created a quicktime movie. That’s what I’m looking for. I don’t have time to create everything from scratch.”
Greg,
Ask and ye shall receive… The answer to your riddle is contained in this post by Peter Wiggans https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/915584
David
David Roth Weiss
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David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
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That’s it!! Thanks much to all of you. “The answer to your riddle”…LOL I like that.
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> I don’t have time to create everything from scratch.
By the time you research, download these filters, pay for them, learn how to use them, and decide they’re not what you really need to satisfy your client’s needs, you could have created the flat artwork yourself or used the Replicator in Motion more than once.
bogiesan
This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”
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[david bogie] “By the time you research, download these filters, pay for them, learn how to use them, and decide they’re not what you really need to satisfy your client’s needs, you could have created the flat artwork yourself or used the Replicator in Motion more than once.”
Yeh, but since I did the research you’ll have to give Greg a discount.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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