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Tech Question, about and 3d advertment job.
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quinn paynter 356 posts11 Apr 2007 -
Jonathan 480 posts12 Apr 2007For a reference, I'd install http://earth.google.com/ and then type in the location, hit Enter, and watch how it pans and zooms in, and go from there.
Edit: Hey, I just did it in Google Earth, and will post the video in a second for you, waiting for it to upload (only 8mb or so).
Here it is,
It goes from the US to Auckland, New Zealand. Maybe if you look close, you can see yourself and Tyson.
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12 Apr 2007well, think of it this way, the faster you zoom, the more you can hide with motion blur, and clouds are a nice way to mask out the transition between geometry. Make different levels of geometry, and try to break up things as much as possible, without making it so you have to render it in 50 passes.
And if you have footage to end up on, you will most likely want to start with that and work the zoom backwards, that way you can start on what is solid, and build out from that. What I would do, is if the camera is still, you can just slap it in there, but if it moves, that is nice, because then you can track it, slide it forward in space and ramp out of your keys from the track, making the motion of the transition a bit more seamless.
That should be a good start for you man, good luck, and keep us posted.
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quinn paynter 356 posts12 Apr 2007Cheers guys. Thats really helpful Zachm cheers. I can imagine it would be easier working my way backwards. I was kinda also thinking on using clouds as a transition too. Thnx
As for Google earth, if I was to use this wouldnt I need to buy the full version? And also it has all those names and squares are all coloured unevenly? I havent used google earth that much but if I was to use it I'd need the full version right?
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Jonathan 480 posts12 Apr 2007
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quinn paynter 356 posts12 Apr 2007Ahh yeah Ive already looked around a bit before. But thanks for the referance idea. I've kinda already got the shots in my head all planned and sorted out. Just need to go about doing them. I'll be using alot of trasition techniques like clouds and fades ect. Should be ok I think. Just take it alil bit at a time....
But any other ideas and coment would be great. The more the merrier.
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