Creating a model Earth [By Monday]

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# 1 08-05-2003 , 06:38 PM

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I have to create a model the earth for a friend. I suppose the easiest way would to apply a texture of the earth to a sphere.

Does anyone have a or know where i can get one.

I could make one using a world map but as it will be a sphere, what shape should it be when flat.

Or, even better, does anyone know where i can get a pre-made model.

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# 2 08-05-2003 , 06:43 PM

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look at nasa.com perhaps.. or search on google for earth map ..

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# 3 08-05-2003 , 07:55 PM

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Try this texture ...
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/

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# 4 08-05-2003 , 08:08 PM

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https://www.knucks3dstuff.com/spacetextures.html

Theres bump, spec, color and cloud maps for earth, all in very high res. That should do the trick.

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# 5 08-05-2003 , 10:12 PM

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Just make sure that you do the polar co-ordinate correction to avoid the pinching at the top of the map.

I dont have one of the earth but this is one for a basketball and you can see it has been corrected to get rid of the pinching

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# 6 08-05-2003 , 10:44 PM

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Originally posted by Blinn
https://www.knucks3dstuff.com/spacetextures.html

Theres bump, spec, color and cloud maps for earth, all in very high res. That should do the trick.

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Those are the same textures present in the link I provided.

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# 7 09-05-2003 , 01:59 AM

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I did this a few hours ago, here a playback.

I dosent have to be super realistic so this should do. I am wondering though as to why the animation speeds to towards the end [i'm viewing it in quicktime on loop.] I just want it to move at the same speed.

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# 8 09-05-2003 , 02:16 AM

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whoops sorry bout that

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# 9 09-05-2003 , 02:17 AM

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check the keyframes and set the rotate y to be on a flat tangent for all keyframes. That way it wont ease in and eas out (which is probably whats doing it)

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# 10 10-05-2003 , 05:29 AM

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maybe because you have 49 frames and 24 frames per second. that one frame at the end maybe gets a little skewed. Maybe try getting rid of the final frame?

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# 11 10-05-2003 , 04:12 PM

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I have the first keyframe at frame 1 and the second at frame 50. I set the animation to frame 49 cos there was a slight pause when on the loop.

Here’s the file... user added image

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