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Video Earth Zoom

A request for After Effects (or similar) skills (August 2010)

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JO
Joe
I am putting together a video as part of a greater project, and wondered if anyone would be able to help me out with a small part of it. I'd like it to open with one of those 'earth zooms', seen on many programmes - including Doctor Who. I could just use Google Earth but I'd like it to looker a lot slicker and... well, less like I've just screen captured Google Earth.

I have found the following video tutorial on exactly how this can be done in After Effects: http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/earth_zoom/. However, I unfortunately have neither After Effects or the time to be able to do it justice. I could do possibly it in Blender - but again, this would take me a long time as I don't have much knowledge of Blender and would be too busy to build up such skills.

Therefore, what I'm asking/hoping for is that somebody with decent talent in some appropriate software would be able to do this for me. I should make clear now that I am unable to provide any cash reward for this - I am sorry for that. However, I would be extremely grateful. If it helps, you would not need to zoom down to street level - just the South coast more generally - and you would have a couple of months to do this in.

I apologise if this seems cheeky, but I know that there are some very talented people on here and it would make the video I am creating look fantastic. If you are at all interested and would like further information, please PM me - we can discuss specifically what I'd like! Smile

Thank you in advance if you even consider!
BA
Bail Moderator
I've got one that zooms into my house that I did as part of something else if you want it, making it more specfic is a little more work.
JO
Joe
I know you live relatively near me, so is there any chance you could edit it so it covers Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, West Sussex and Surrey? It'd be easier to just hold the frame there rather than edit the original file, but it might end up blurry?
BA
Bail Moderator
I know you live relatively near me, so is there any chance you could edit it so it covers Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, West Sussex and Surrey? It'd be easier to just hold the frame there rather than edit the original file, but it might end up blurry?


I'm out tonight but I'll have a look over the weekend, you mind need to send a PM or two to remind me!
JO
Joe
Thanks a lot Bail! I'll chase you up tomorrow evening and Sunday morning, but then I'm away from Sunday afternoon until Friday. Very Happy

22 days later

JO
Joe
Bail? Smile Any luck?

106 days later

JO
Joe
One final plea, Bail, please..? Smile

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