Return-Path: Received: from gateway05.websitewelcome.com ([69.93.179.12] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4715823 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 16 May 2012 05:20:19 +0200 Received: by gateway05.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id D53D361B47457; Tue, 15 May 2012 22:22:06 -0500 (CDT) Received: from gator1184.hostgator.com (gator1184.hostgator.com [174.121.151.98]) by gateway05.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA5FE61B4741D for ; Tue, 15 May 2012 22:22:06 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [24.167.166.243] (port=54524 helo=Neptune) by gator1184.hostgator.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SUUoQ-0005HR-H4 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 15 May 2012 22:22:06 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Stephen van Vuuren" To: "After Effects Mail List" Subject: Astronomical positioning in AE (script?) Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 23:21:49 -0400 Organization: SV2 Studios Message-ID: <004101cd3313$08224030$1866c090$@sv2studios.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0042_01CD32F1.81124DE0" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: Ac0zEr19MLgLu9BGRlyyfF6Mcbdiaw== Content-Language: en-us X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator1184.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - sv2studios.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: cpe-024-167-166-243.triad.res.rr.com (Neptune) [24.167.166.243]:54524 X-Source-Auth: stephen@sv2studios.com X-Email-Count: 2 X-Source-Cap: c3RlcGhlbnY7c3RlcGhlbnY7Z2F0b3IxMTg0Lmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0042_01CD32F1.81124DE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm working on the Big Bang section of the film. A local community college is researching celestial objects that have been imaged. They provide two pieces of data - the spherical position via a value for right ascension & declination. And a distance in megaparsecs. I need to convert this into a manageable form in AE. Obviously, some kind of compensation for I found this on converting to XYZ - but the how to create the math to work in AE, I'm not sure what is the best way: http://fmwriters.com/Visionback/Issue14/wbputtingstars.htm I don't know if this should be setup in Excel and then exported into AE, or some kind of script built - which is probably beyond my admittedly poor scripting skills. Thoughts? stephen van vuuren 336.202.4777 http://www.sv2dcp.com/ http://www.sv2studios.com/ http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/ A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. -Stanley Kubrick ------=_NextPart_000_0042_01CD32F1.81124DE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I’m = working on the Big Bang section of the film. A local community college = is researching celestial objects that have been imaged. They provide two = pieces of data – the spherical position via a value for right = ascension & declination. And a distance in = megaparsecs.

I need to convert this into a manageable form in AE. = Obviously, some kind of compensation for

I found this = on converting to XYZ – but the how to create the math to work in = AE, I’m not sure what is the best way:

http:= //fmwriters.com/Visionback/Issue14/wbputtingstars.htm

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I = don’t know if this should be setup in Excel and then exported into = AE, or some kind of script built – which is probably beyond my = admittedly poor scripting skills.

Thoughts?

stephen = van vuuren

336.202.4777

http://www.sv2dcp.com/

http://www.sv2studios.com/<= /span>

http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/=

A film is – = or should be – more like music than like fiction. It should be a = progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the = emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.

–Stanley = Kubrick

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