The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/boonelovesvideo01211 Here's how to create beautiful map animations using Google Earth Studio and Adobe After Effects. Get the project files here - www.patreon.com/boonelovesvideo 0:00 Intro 0:31 Skillshare AD Read 1:18 Step 1 - Animate Your Map in Google Earth Studio 3:55 Step 2 - Add Track Points for Reference 6:51 Step 3 - Render the Animation 8:18 Step 4 - Bring the Assets into Adobe After Effects 9:29 Step 5 - Create Some Super Cool 3D Text 13:13 Final Animation 13:33 Step 6 - Render and Share!
Really helpful, Boone! I appreciate the gentle & clear way you teach! (Also, after seeing you do an intro shots with your baby child, I now can't help but imagine you doing these tutorials with one hand, baby in the other :)
The ambient is lighting the text. Not sure what problems the 90% Opacity would cause. FYI the map image sequence is a 2D layer, so it's not being changed by the 3D lights. 😎
The issue I have with this ever time is I can't get the text to stand up with XYZ just pivots in different positions from one end NEVER in the middle please help
Hi @Boone, I would to ask, how can i add a photo to a track point. Using your Mont Blanc example, how can i add a photo that i took on a trip to mont blac above or below the name mont blanc that moves and is orintated the same way was the name?
is there a way to set format on google earth studio to 1080x1920, not render but moreover the creator stage - so I can see before render (size is for youtube shorts)
@BooneLovesVideo Love this tutorial and topic, but in my result the text is rotating but not in sync with the earth? I exported with Local Axis and only did some scaling and rotating of the text, I didn't touch the position of the text. I can't figure out what I did wrong, can you help me out here?
Hi, Great videos, followed these steps but no idea what i did but no .jsx file is created in the destination folder after render? any suggestions as to what i may have missed? many thanks in advance
Is it supposed to take FOREVER to generate the .zip file? Rendering from Google Earth Studio took maybe 10 minutes for 15 second animation, but it is taking FOREVER to put each jpeg in the .zip file. ????????????????????
I was using Brave Browser. I switched to Chrome and didn't even do the ZIP process. I was able to just select where I wanted the rendered files to go. Woot!
I'm struggling to make this work. In After Effects my all my tracking points move crazily! I think it is because the project has multiple tracking points. Do you have some advise to fix it? Hugs from Brazil!
Hi, Boone, I am wondering why I don't have the selection of Classic 3D or Cinema 4D in my AfterEffects 2020, anything going wrong? Need your help, thanks!
hi, first of all thanks for sharing very useful content....despite following everything, the spot light didnt' work at all!....not sure what went wrong...I tried changing all xyz directions, chose different light color to detect the spot-on which is otherwise could be tough in just white...still of now use!....any tips on to test what went wrong with spot light?...
I want to add country borders to my animations and everything i find seems to say just import a kml, but doesn't explain where i'm supposed to get it. Am I missing something here?
Really good tutorial, thanks. I have been playing around for a few hours trying to zoom into a given place and didn't realise the basic options were right there! Adding the place names makes the map pop. Thanks again.
I love your stuff! I’m getting good at Google Earth key framing and really sophisticated KML aspects. Also I’m learning blender, but keep seeing the same compositing outcomes like this with Adobe AE. Is one better than the other?, do I need to learn both? Thoughts? Only care about map animation. :)
Thanks! Excellent questions. I'm actually in the same boat. I'm currently learning Blender as it's a proper 3D program. After Effects is more about 2D planes. So it's really apples and oranges. However, as far as I know there isn't anything like GEOlayers for Blender. You do have Blender GIS, but GEOlayers is just so advanced with it's features. Also, you should definitely check out this guy's YT channel. He's doing all kinds of cool stuff. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-J21nqXtFWKw.html
@@BooneLovesVideo Thanks for the quick and great reply! We're on the same journey there, except i started with you, then went to Imagiscope Tech and now i've gone to create my first donut in blender with Blender Guru! Seems like creating a donut is the 'hello world' initiation with the program.. and i'm learning loads quick. That said, i checked the skillshare lesson you suggested and may now shift over to SouthernShotty3D as he's pretty content dense and fast pace! This is really a wonderful time to be alive for map animation :0) Thanks for kicking it all off with your Earth Studio Tutorial!
Google owns RU-vid and Earth. It most likely has deep algorithms to detect the footage from is Google Earth and is lacking attribution. If you plan to upload your video on RU-vid, they may even strike your channel for copyright violation.
Great tutorial, thanks so much. Your tutorials are very informative and easy to follow. I've used Earth Studio for some basic zooms/fly-to's in the past but really haven't scratched the surface of its capabilities with After Effects and Blender. So looking forward to be able to do some long-planned, Covid-delayed overseas travel (maybe 2023? 😷) and use these great ideas to produce good-looking "pro-style" videos.
Hi Boone, I love your tutorials. You are fast becoming my go to guy for your map animations. You've helped me a lot. Thank you! Is there a way of using trim paths in an animated map easily or is that going to be a keyframe nightmare?
Great tutorial ! I have a question : is there a way to ensure that the title keeps facing the screen (instead of being attached" to the Mont BLanc and turning with it) ? I tried the auto orientation feature of After effects, but get a very strange issue, titles don't follow the camera. Thanks.
Anyone having problems when they switch to Classic 4D? An error pops out saying my version of AE requires an installation of Cinema 4D r24. Any tips about this? Thank you
@@BooneLovesVideo Hmm i just wanna have the same extrusion effect on my text. But i can seem to change my renderer to 4D. I watched your other tutorials. Should I just turn on the 3D on my text then change it to classic 4D.
@@filipinaprades8589 No, you need to actually go to the composition settings OR the little dropdown menu in the comp panel to switch the renderer. Are you using the latest version of AE?
