How to create this effect, help

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I want to creat the effect of the moving line as it goes across a map.

You know when you see in the movies the red line as it starts from
some place like New York and goes over the ocean to Paris. The point
of this effect is to show that there is travel involved and why the
next shot will be in a different country.

I don't want to se too comples like to have a curved globe (might be
too complex) but a flap map would be fine. I do have access to Adobe
After Effects at work but the learning curve is far too complex to
start from scratch.

Does anyone have an idea of how to do such an effect?

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One of the easiest ways is to make two maps: one with the line and one
without. Then, just use a wipe to bring the line on.

Mike

"Terra Patrick" <tpaptmr45@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I want to creat the effect of the moving line as it goes across a map.
>
> You know when you see in the movies the red line as it starts from
> some place like New York and goes over the ocean to Paris. The point
> of this effect is to show that there is travel involved and why the
> next shot will be in a different country.
>
> I don't want to se too comples like to have a curved globe (might be
> too complex) but a flap map would be fine. I do have access to Adobe
> After Effects at work but the learning curve is far too complex to
> start from scratch.
>
> Does anyone have an idea of how to do such an effect?
>

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>OTOH, you could just put a magnet inside a toy car (or bus,
>or van, etc.) and "move" it over the map with a magnet under
>the table. :-)

Damn, what a funny idea. I love it. Thanks for the suggestion.

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Terra Patrick wrote:

> I want to creat the effect of the moving line as it goes across
> a map. [...] You know when you see in the movies the red line
> as it starts from some place like New York and goes over the
> ocean to Paris. [...] Does anyone have an idea of how to do
> such an effect?

I used to do these back in the day with an Amiga and Deluxe Paint.

DPaint's brush-based animation features are really great for sweeping
"growing" curves across the screen, and unlike with a generic sweep
effect, the tip of the curve (brush) keeps its shape, and you can have
smooth acceleration at the beginning and corresponding deceleration at
the end (otherwise the start and the end will look jumpy).

It was also easy to first make the sweep (a big, fat, growing red line,
for example) and then add an aeroplane brush on top of it, exactly
following the path of the curve and turning along its tangent, in
lock-step. If I needed to do it again, I would probably go back to my
old trustworthy Amiga, or use DPaint in an emulator...

Then again, a modern-day approach would perhaps be doing it in Flash,
then exporting as AVI.

--
znark

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Could that handle switchbacks?

"nap" <gospam@yourself.com> wrote in message
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> simply create the LINE in Photoshop and place it over the map. Use a matte
> to reveal it as it goes across the map.
>
>
> "Terra Patrick" <tpaptmr45@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3ev421p5sis0pidj5gpuovi7adctoae3sf@4ax.com...
> >I want to creat the effect of the moving line as it goes across a map.
> >
> > You know when you see in the movies the red line as it starts from
> > some place like New York and goes over the ocean to Paris. The point
> > of this effect is to show that there is travel involved and why the
> > next shot will be in a different country.
> >
> > I don't want to se too comples like to have a curved globe (might be
> > too complex) but a flap map would be fine. I do have access to Adobe
> > After Effects at work but the learning curve is far too complex to
> > start from scratch.
> >
> > Does anyone have an idea of how to do such an effect?
> >
>
>

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"John" <knight_js.nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Could that handle switchbacks?
>


no.. you would only want to use this technique if the people knew where they
were going in the first place. ;p)





> "nap" <gospam@yourself.com> wrote in message
> news:4QFUd.7890$OU1.2613@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
>> simply create the LINE in Photoshop and place it over the map. Use a
>> matte
>> to reveal it as it goes across the map.
>>
>>
>> "Terra Patrick" <tpaptmr45@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:3ev421p5sis0pidj5gpuovi7adctoae3sf@4ax.com...
>> >I want to creat the effect of the moving line as it goes across a map.
>> >
>> > You know when you see in the movies the red line as it starts from
>> > some place like New York and goes over the ocean to Paris. The point
>> > of this effect is to show that there is travel involved and why the
>> > next shot will be in a different country.
>> >
>> > I don't want to se too comples like to have a curved globe (might be
>> > too complex) but a flap map would be fine. I do have access to Adobe
>> > After Effects at work but the learning curve is far too complex to
>> > start from scratch.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have an idea of how to do such an effect?
>> >
>>
>>
>
>