Planetmirth Earth Zoom - Version 2

In my continuing efforts to put Northern Ireland on the visual effects map, I thought I'd take a literal approach ;o)

There are a lot of great Earth zoom effects out there, but I haven't seen any from Belfast, so I thought I'd give it a go.

For anyone wanting to try something similar, be sure to bookmark the following resources:

http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-3535718-10652673

http://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/motion-graphics/create-a-stormy-electric-typ...

http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/earth_zoom/

Category:

Film & Animation

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• planetmirth
• freelance
• visual
• special
• effect
• earth
• zoom
• graphic
• design
• videocopilot
• belfast
• space
• andrew
• kramer
• plane
• shuttle
• helicopter
• bbc
• ducks
• satellite
• walk
• nasa

[tardiselliot]

where did u source the images to make this??

[planetmirth2001]

@tardiselliot Google Earth for the closeups - it required a lot of stitching together and NASA for the higher altitude shots.

[TheFXGuy]

most of ur stuff is unbelievable, but this is probably one of your lower quality things, if just because of the low quality texture that you scaled up too much and the duck and plane compositing. Other than that, it looks almost perfect.

[planetmirth2001]

@TheFXGuy Thanks again. Yes, the last image was very low res :-( I might have a nice solution for a future update though - using a full 3D city environment. I'll not only be able to zoom into ground level without loss of quality, but I can continue to pan, tilt, zoom etc once I get there. Could make an interesting sequence - if I ever get the time to do it.

[naahmate]

Fantastic! One of the best Earth zooms I've seen

[planetmirth2001]

Thanks naahmate - your Wrexham one looks pretty good too.

[tardiselliot]

@planetmirth2001 thanks, attempting to make my own earth zoom n wasn't sure where to source the pics

[planetmirth2001]

Thanks ShogaNinja.

I'm not sure anyone would be believe a rooftop pool in Belfast though ;-)

I agree that music would help a lot.

[ShogaNinja]

I think you should make the PlanetMirth logo on the bottom of a rooftop pool in the beginning. It would lend to the diffusion effect, and seem more realistic.

I'm sure one could spend a lifetime getting everything perfect. The world, nature, is not easy to imitate. That's why a lot of artists prefer to use a more cartoon-like animation type to cover their mistakes up. Good job, m8. Ambitious.

For an intro/ad tho it's freakin' amazing!

It needs music/sound.

[planetmirth2001]

Thanks for the comment. It looks like I might have to do a similar effect in another project, so I'll definitely experiment with motion blur and keyframes as suggested.