Return-Path: Received: from mail-pz0-f41.google.com ([209.85.210.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4715844 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 16 May 2012 05:41:32 +0200 Received: by dakp5 with SMTP id p5so382389dak.28 for ; Tue, 15 May 2012 20:43:19 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=from:mime-version:content-type:subject:date:in-reply-to:to :references:message-id:x-mailer:x-gm-message-state; bh=fAg/plDdPFloWFuOZn4z6CE2tAgd7a5mIQrwh3WMAL4=; b=Er+a82fKbSqItaUzzqKbFAKha8V1z8EE/asA5eM4kuUsdMAjiueLtDHtUmxbP/WOgh Ioq68rANwPLlsVmRYkRW24lcFOTfYQRxP7G0/XITI/ijAOvK6riwuRq2X4VK4P9fpkCV n3DcJ3ZHbG5CzZNAYHJcMZtkAQF3SrmaMhQ8d5YdqncOxUp2R2ffECMRdUdAl/dt502+ O6T657utEHo9NbgzfwCdeubHVwafPaM/WObzEqql/+4w1BBNZvcuCLcYB6pTToGBi1Yu Yv0bsUdcJqUsQYnEtx9F0soelDUgpMaaVgX5KTB1+Bx2oDRsarkbkpO6pPgtJQLdtqAu oZlA== Received: by 10.68.222.74 with SMTP id qk10mr11817477pbc.67.1337139799215; Tue, 15 May 2012 20:43:19 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from [192.168.1.44] (c-50-131-56-72.hsd1.ca.comcast.net. [50.131.56.72]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id pp8sm3960779pbb.21.2012.05.15.20.43.17 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 15 May 2012 20:43:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Phil Spitler Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-49-202826948 Subject: Re: [AE] Astronomical positioning in AE (script?) Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 20:43:15 -0700 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" References: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm+FLz5N7CN9PyiS0S1wuqU/D+FrsG7y4I4DIxS5gEgPxBNWQqIXzN9YkhoYHDwCW/gS+gi --Apple-Mail-49-202826948 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 If you can get the data into a spreadsheet into X,Y,Z columns, it would = be easy enough to have a script read each row of x,y,z and apply that to = the position of a layer. I have done a similar thing taking camera data from a motion control rig = into AE. If you are not in a huge rush, I could write the script for you once you = give me a sample of the data. You will probably need some kind of multiplier in there to make the = values fit within you AE world. Phil Phil Spitler | Associate Creative Director | Bonfire Labs | t : = 415.394.8200 | c : 415.571.3139 | Bonfirelabs.com On May 15, 2012, at 8:21 PM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote: > I=92m 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 =96 the spherical position via a value for = right ascension & declination. And a distance in megaparsecs. > =20 > I need to convert this into a manageable form in AE. Obviously, some = kind of compensation for > =20 > I found this on converting to XYZ =96 but the how to create the math = to work in AE, I=92m not sure what is the best way: > =20 > http://fmwriters.com/Visionback/Issue14/wbputtingstars.htm > =20 > I don=92t know if this should be setup in Excel and then exported into = AE, or some kind of script built =96 which is probably beyond my = admittedly poor scripting skills. >=20 > Thoughts? > =20 > stephen van vuuren > 336.202.4777 > =20 > http://www.sv2dcp.com/ > http://www.sv2studios.com/ > http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/ > =20 > A film is =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It = should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s = behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. > =96Stanley Kubrick > =20 --Apple-Mail-49-202826948 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 If you can get the data into a spreadsheet into = X,Y,Z columns, it would be easy enough to have a script read each row of = x,y,z and apply that to the position of a layer.

I = have done a similar thing taking camera data from a motion control rig = into AE.

If you are not in a huge rush, I could = write the script for you once you give me a sample of the = data.

You will probably need some kind of = multiplier in there to make the values fit within you AE = world.

Phil

Phil Spitler |   = Associate Creative Director  |  Bonfire Labs = |  t : 415.394.8200  |  c : = 415.571.3139  |  Bonfirelabs.com
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On May 15, 2012, at 8:21 PM, Stephen van Vuuren = wrote:

I=92m 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 =96 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 =96 but the how to create the math to work in AE, I=92m = not sure what is the best way: