Return-Path: Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.10] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4716043 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 16 May 2012 11:03:20 +0200 Received: from IMAC-ELLIOT.local (pD955B909.dip.t-dialin.net [217.85.185.9]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu2) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MhPmw-1ShBLC3Hbm-00Mjad; Wed, 16 May 2012 11:05:09 +0200 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.20.0.090605 Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 11:04:37 +0200 Subject: Re: [AE] Astronomical positioning in AE (script?) From: Elliot Steele To: After List Message-ID: Thread-Topic: [AE] Astronomical positioning in AE (script?) Thread-Index: Ac0zQussGoRS0Jyw20KZL9xQ9cD5hw== In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3420011109_121833263" X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:GKNWnTHscI4Y8EbGmVnxk+Fwnk1Vy1nRrPyq3ESBmXB Gr5UfafiHDT9pDz418M5+Xd2Tg0Tv2yyaRyO6mL5UQ7NlKKjq2 hx6cQZrssD+j6jP3XLGcYQ7aGmsYwYrs+dy/E652HC45UFZ25C YG4RWqAaxFql8IrJvWumJcpQ+/Z/aA2EUFimWFDmUps7NbXimD Oiz9XuRuVo5ZYA1SKHhZKZc5KuSGjf9a5SafVblCUGmT67cUtO Z/kvunuHyT8eaVjqhX9QdLZ4BXSyZMUK09vxTBvXV9uDbw0FDG JpRI3vmptkXDtGNnukncQBWueikbk1ousPec8WG+R9O3NURPHh vAPQZ4sFsn/uT5xPK7t8= > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3420011109_121833263 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Stephen, I don=B9t know if this is any use to you but it=B9s something I came across recently: http://www.maasdigital.com/starpro/ Works in After Effects & has a catalog with over 2 million stars, all supposedly in the correct positions in 3d space. Elliot Am 16/05/2012 05:21 schrieb "Stephen van Vuuren" unter : > I=B9m working on the Big Bang section of the film. A local community colleg= e is > researching celestial objects that have been imaged. They provide two pie= ces > of data =AD 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 =AD but the how to create the math to wor= k in > AE, I=B9m not sure what is the best way: > =20 > http://fmwriters.com/Visionback/Issue14/wbputtingstars.htm > =20 > I don=B9t know if this should be setup in Excel and then exported into AE, = or > some kind of script built =AD 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 =AD or should be =AD more like music than like fiction. It should b= e a > progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=B9s behind the emotion, = the > meaning, all that comes later. > =ADStanley Kubrick > =20 >=20 --B_3420011109_121833263 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Re: [AE] Astronomical positioning in AE (script?) Stephen,

I don’t know if this is any use to you but it’s something I cam= e across recently:

http://www.maasdigital.com/st= arpro/

Works in After Effects & has a catalog with over 2 million stars, all s= upposedly in the correct positions in 3d space.

Elliot


Am 16/05/2012 05:21 schrieb "Stephen van Vuuren" unter <stephen@sv2studios.com>:

<= SPAN STYLE=3D'font-size:11pt'>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 megapar= secs.
 
I need to convert this into a manageable form in AE. Obviously, some kind o= f 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 admitte= dly poor scripting skills.

Thoughts?
 
stephen van vuuren
336.202.4777

http://www.sv2dcp.com/
http://www.sv2st= udios.com/ <http://www.sv2studio= s.com/>
http://www.outsideinthemovie.co= m/ <http://www.outsideint= hemovie.com/>

A film is –= or should be – more like music than like fiction. It should be a prog= ression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, t= he meaning, all that comes later.
–Stanley Kubrick

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