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Nathan wrote:
David wrote,
I would find that fairly time consuming for a spinning globe effect.
A 3D
program is really not neccessary.
1st layer: Create a round mask(size of globe)
2nd layer: Create a flat map of continents(whatever) and tween
it from left to
right of the mask and loop.
3rd layer: create a round gradient to give 3D sphere(lighting effect
Why does and easy solution have to be the best solution . You are
unable to make the globe spin around forever. The earth does not spin back
and forth. Sometimes you have to put in a little effort in order to create
good work.
Nathan
hiya Nathan,
Yup, I totally agree. I personally always try to put in the best effort
in all my work. However there are a few "real world" issues to consider
when developing for internet.
1. How much is in the budget. Concept+complexity = timeline. Does the
client's expectations, concepts and budget meet my timeline? This determines
how complex a piece of Flash work might be. The concept might require an
animation of every planet in our solar system to be animated.
2. When working on the internet, size is a uge issue. Ive seen great
Flash work, but at a rediculas file size.
Is the experience worth the wait? Maybe if your a Flash developer and
curious to new ideas, you'll wait, but to your Joe Shmo that has no idea
what hes waiting on, guess your client wont be getting that many hits.
The bottom line is, I never said the easy solution has to be the
best solution. I look at 2 things for global network animations,
budget=timeline and swf size=bandwidth. Of course I invest my resources
for advertising.
So my best interest are for the client and their potential customers.
The file has to be small
and their expectations and concepts have to fit into their budget which
runs on my timeline.
The reason I created that particular FLA, was because someone was questioning
how the site with Sean Connery did theirs and Im pretty sure mine was similiar.
That particular file is not the only way to achieve a rotating globe in
FLash even though
I would like to see one smaller in file size. Personally if I see another
spinning globe on the internet I think Ill throw up.
To create, map, set effective lighting, render, import sequence, hand
trace frame by frame, and export swf for internet
is NOT what i recommend for spinning globe technique. Unless the only
thing loading is the spinning globe and the client wants
to pay for that process. Also if thats the case and some shmuck wants
to wait for a 150k spinning globe, then the developer has probably found
a niche for developing for shmucks who search for animated spinning globes.
Anyway, you got anything better?
-DG-
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