"Solar Eclipse Animation" Video Copilot After Effects [HD]

A brief animation of a global eclipse created with Adobe After Effects. Recognition must be given to Andrew Kramer for offering this free online tutorial at www.videocopilot.net

Following skills were exercised during this clip:
- Keyframes
- Working with 3D layers, lights and cameras
- Expressions
- Animating frames
- Optical Flares

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Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• solar
• global
• eclipse
• world
• earth
• sun
• animation
• videocopilot
• video
• copilot
• heroes
• twilight
• Andrew
• Kraymer
• star
• gallaxy
• christopher
• bray
• arxnine
• clbray
• Kramer

[shallovvgrave]

where did you get the moon image? i have the pluggin but didnt find the image of the moon

[CLBray]

@shallovvgrave I googled high-res moon map.

[TheFXGuy]

good job, but for one thing, you just ripped off the OF tutorial.

Also, the planet wouldn't be lit up at all (besides lights) because the side of the earth you're seeing is then night side. I'll try to do something like this today and show you what I mean.

[CLBray]

@TheFXGuy What do you mean by " you just ripped off the OF tutorial."

[TheFXGuy]

@CLBray Sorry, what I meant was that you just copied that Optical Flares tutorial but now it's obvious that either that wasn't Optical Flares or you're horrible at it (hopefully the first one). If this wasn't OF, then it was REALLY well made.

Why I thought that was because it looked almost exactly the same, which means good job if you used the build in Lens Flare.

[CLBray]

@TheFXGuy Oh I'm not sure when OF came out but I think I did this before it did. Either way I didn't use optical flares so thanks I appreciate it :)

[shallovvgrave]

@CLBray thanks man.

Already had google it

[liljizzy444]

What does it mean " After the Effects"

[SauronsEye]

Need to pause on the corona more, otherwise awesomeness.

[WaArTeZz]

/watch?v=2rzaxLm3osA

[TheFXGuy]

@TheIvandrahgo That was when I was pretty immature about other peoples vids, and reading those comments, I agree with you. This is pretty good regardless.

[TheIvandrahgo]

@TheFXGuy You are the definition of Douche-bag.....

[bbstepho]

good work! i also did but i transformed it and a compilation of different sun pictures if you like you can find it on my channel

[0rganizer]

So now I know why it's called a Solar Egg-clipse! ;-))