Eclipse-V2-Read-Me.pdf

Eclipse V2 AE CS3 Project File

Thanks for buying this project - I hope you do great things with it!

Everything in version 2 of Eclipse is very straightforward once you know your way around. So let's go layer by layer,

from the top down, so you can understand how easy it is to change everything.

Tip: Before you do anything, save a back-up copy of the project ﬁle - just in case you need it :)

A) Your Content

This is where you place your logo and/or text.

1) In the project panel double-click to open the Your Content pre-comp. You will see it currently contains two text

layers - The font I have used is free from http://www.fontspace.com/roger-white/newtown

2) Either type your text here, change the font, the colour or other text e f ect or drop in your logo as, for example,

a .psd with transparent background.

Return to the Main Comp and you're ready to render!

Notice there are two versions of Your Content in the Main Comp - the lower one being the shadow cast on the

earth by your content - hence it's best to use text or a logo with transparent background.

You can of course adjust the strength of the shadow e f ect and, if you like, the speed at which Your Content orbits

into place. Toggle down the layers to see the keyframed animation.

B) Flare.mov

This layer contains the pre-rendered ﬂare of the sun as it emerges from behind the earth. If you have Knoll Light

Factory, I have provided a second project ﬁle using this plug-in which you can customise as you like.

C) Earth Shade

This is a black circle shape used to shade the earth before the sun appears.

D) Earth

This is the spinning earth. It's made of several nested pre-comps which are all in the Elements folder in the project

panel. Open it up and toggle down each layer to reveal the CC Sphere E f ect and notice that the rotation of each

layer is governed by a simple expression (time*X). Also notice that the clouds layer is spinning slightly faster than

the Oceans and Terrain layers.

To speed up the rotation, for example, increase the value of x in all three layers.

E) BG Glow

This is a white circle shape with e f ects applied used to give a glow around the side of the earth before and during

the sun's appearance.

F) Aura

This is the orange/blue e f ect behind the earth. To change colours etc open the pre-comp from the project panel.

E f ects used are: Fractal Noise, Radial Blur and 4-colour gradient.

G) Starﬁeld.jpg

This is an image of the stars in the background.

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Earth texture images

All images used in the project are provided in the Images Folder. They are royalty-free from here: http://

www.oera.net/How2/TextureMaps2.htm

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That's it! Hope you like it - and if you do, please rate it :)

I am more than happy to assist you by email so rather than post questions in the item comments (which I

may not see for several days) please message me from my proﬁle page and I'll do my best to help you as

quickly as possible.