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- linearch
howdy folks. i'm trying to perform a simple task of animating a flat vector map of the earth around a shere. i have cinema 4d and absolutely no idea how to use it. just looking for tips, links, tutes on how to accomplish this. i'd much appreciate it. very new to 3D stuffs.
cheers.
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- fusionpixel0
you dont need 3d software for this task.
in Flash
1. create a circle with a blue gradient.
2. import your flat map
3. use the sircle as the mask for the map
4. animate your map side to side and it will give you the impression of rotation.that is it.
good luck
- linearch0
appreciate your response fp, but i need to make the map distort around the sphere. cheers bro.
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- j_red0
1.open C4D
2.create a circle primitive.
3.create a texture, map the .jpg of the globe to the color channel.
4. apply to circle and set to spherical.
5.animate circle
- clone0
what version are you using
- linearch0
i'm using c4d 8. using the map as a texture works, but i was looking to animate the texture (map) onto the sphere to make a globe.....thanks much fellas.
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- clone0
can you apply a .mov as the texture i know this is possible in other appz