After Effects Tutorial - Satellite Tracking Display

A military-style HUD screen that may be familiar to players of the Modern Warfare series of games. Satellite tracking / mission briefing / war movie / sci-fi use.
Project file available to download from my website shortformvideo.com

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• after effects
• ae
• cs5
• war
• military
• modern
• warfare
• mw3
• mission
• briefing
• satellite
• display
• overlay
• hud
• tracking
• targeting

[HDWithStyle]

I'm not a fan of all the zooms... if you are changing values, i would like to see the affect in real time.

[shortformvideos]

@HDWithStyle Thanks for the feedback. I get a mix of opinions on the zooms. Some, like yourself, prefer a fullscreen view at all times, while others prefer to be able to read the values that are being changed. Frankly, leaving the whole thing at fullscreen would make it a lot easier for me to produce these, but I've had so many people asking for clarification on properties that aren't clearly visible at lower resolutions that I try to make sure that each stage is visible at the low-res setting.

[hisham1wee]

what is the key for guidelines or what ever its is ?

plzz help

[shortformvideos]

@hisham1wee The apostrophe key ' toggles the title safe guidelines on and off. CTRL+R brings up the rulers. New guidelines can be created by dragging them from the ruler onto the video preview.

[68nickperry]

I’ve watched a few of your tutorials now and just wanted to say thanks – they are interesting, clear and to the point. Pitched just at the right level for the tasks you are undertaking. You obviously have spent time putting them together and... well that’s it – thanks again, 10/10...

[shortformvideos]

@68nickperry Thanks! I spend a fair amount of time editing the raw screen grab down (mainly to take out the mistakes I make during the recording!), so it's nice to know that the effort isn't being wasted. Glad you're finding them useful.

[HDWithStyle]

@shortformvideos Majority rules I guess.  :)

[daveandOYO]

good tutorial mate, thank you for your time.

[sulayman360]

thanks

[hisham1wee]

thanks for the tutorial