[Mike Clasby]

All Public Domain:

https://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/efs/categories.htm

https://www.evl.uic.edu/pape/data/Earth/

https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_detail.php?id=1438

https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/

[Mike Clasby]

Have you checked out the new PhohtShop CS3 to AE CS3, perspective to AE 3D? For now, Andrew has a hot tut here (coing soon o the Cow, I’m sure):

https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials.html

39. 3D Vanishing Point June 27, 2007

and these might be useful, or not:

38. 3D Camera Projection 2 June 27, 2007

37. 3D Camera Projection June 25, 2007

[Mike Clasby]

Roto?

Andrew does a time freeze roto, here:

Freezing Time

Not that your clip had time freeze, but the dupped layer and masking should do it. A clean plate is nice. Along with adding a little shadow under the feeties.

Here’s another roto tut:

https://www.creativecow.net/articles/oconnell_pete/roto/index.html

[Mike Clasby]

Looks like Hue/Saturation-Colorized Fractal Noise (elongated) on several AE 3D layers rotating after the anchor point has been moved to the left edge… methinks.

Very nice, too.

[Mike Clasby]

Time Remapping, Time Warp I think that’s it’s name, I’m on AE 6.5 so I’m “time-challenged”).

Check out Andrew’s tutorial on it here…

https://library.creativecow.net/articles/kramer_andrew/timeFreezeCow.php

[Mike Clasby]

Click on Aharon’s head on the main AE page and scroll down to “Animating a Signature”, there are two parts. It’s probably what you want.

[Mike Clasby]

Audio Levels in AE is awkward for fine tuning, Filip Vandueren has a nice set of preset for easy audio, here:

https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/2/882399?

[Mike Clasby]

Why would you not want Bevel Alpha to move with the object when rotated?

OK, I thought about it, so I’m thinking maybe you want the light source to appear to stay in the same place as the object rotates?

This expression on Bevel Alpha’s “Light Angle” seems to do the trick:

value – rotation

This will allow the light source to stay put as you rotate the object, regardless of where the light source starts, or to be wherever you animate it too, that’s the “value” part. The expression just subtracts the layers rotation from the value (constant or animated) of the Light Angle. If you are going to animate the Light Angle after the expression has been applied, it’s probably easier to shut the expression off (click the equal sign next to the expression) then set keyframes, then click the equal sign again, turning it back on.

Is this what you want?

[Mike Clasby]

Very nice. Love the Adjustment layer Blow-out trick.

[Mike Clasby]

Oops, didn’t see Dan, I need to refresh before I post, or be a lot faster figuring this stuff out.