TERRA
For Adobe After Effects
What is it?
Introducing Terra, the ultimate After Effects template for creating breathtaking animations of Earth in space! Designed with customization in mind, Terra is a huge time-saver for anyone needing high-quality, custom earth animations, whether they're novices or seasoned pros.
Included are the comps for all nine animations from the demo video above. Or, start fresh with the default settings, and use easy slider controls to customize the look of your earth. The flexible controls allow you to customize the elements separately – the land in daylight, land at night, water, clouds, lighting, and atmosphere. When you're happy with your world, simply animate your camera movement, and it's ready to render. The earth's lighting automatically updates as you change the 3D position of your sun, and the 360° star background gives you the freedom to create elaborate camera movements. Additionally, this template includes a custom, orbiting moon, and 15 custom lens flares to choose from for your sun. Terra has all the features and customization options needed to quickly bring you from concept to captivating earth animation, with minimal experience in After Effects needed!
Create custom, 3D Earth animations in After Effects!
Features
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Finished Animations – Terra features the comps for all nine earth animations, as seen in the demo video above, including the earth and moon's orbit around the sun, a 3D flyover of Earth's surface at night, and a sunrise over the horizon.
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Easy Customization – Customize your scene with easy controls on the Control Layer. All the elements of the earth can be customized separately with the controls, since the land at day, land at night, water, clouds, and atmosphere are separate layers. The video tutorial below, and written instructions found throughout the template, walk you through the layers and customization controls.
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High-Res Maps – Included are two earth models to choose from, depending on the amount of detail needed. The 32MP earth uses 8,000x4,000 texture maps, and is sufficient for most animations. Or, for closeups of countries, use the 128MP earth, which uses 16,000x8,000 texture maps.
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360° Star Background – Choose from 11 background images of stars, galaxies, and nebulae - or use your own image. The 360-degree stars allow you to view the earth from any angle, and animate orbital camera movements.
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Moon – The optional, high-resolution moon has automatic or manual orbit and rotation, and can be customized with slider controls.
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Night Lights – The optional, glowing city lights appear on the shaded side of the earth.
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Lens Flares – Included are 15 custom lens flares to choose from, taken from the 100% free template, Creation Lens Flares. Simply copy and paste a lens flare layer, and it will automatically attach to your sun. Customize the lens flares with slider controls.
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AfterGlow – Terra includes the AfterGlow effect – a bigger, more intense glow than After Effects' standard Glow effect. Download the free AfterGlow preset on the Freebies page.
Learn how to create your own Earth, moon, and sun animation in After Effects.
Need to Know
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This template is compatible with Adobe After Effects, v.17.0 (2020) and all later versions. Works on both PCs and Macs. No plugins required.
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The effects are compatible in any resolution - simply change the comp dimensions in the Composition Settings panel.
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Terra uses the CC Sphere effect. You can move the earth, sun, or camera anywhere in the 3D scene, and the lighting and angle of view will update automatically and realistically.
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The included texture maps in this template are derived from public domain NASA images. https://visibleearth.nasa.gov.
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This template has been "universalized", so it will work in After Effects running in any language.
The Terra template is not a plugin, so there is nothing to install. Rather, it's an Adobe After Effects project file, commonly known as a "template" because most of the work is already done and the user needs only to make their own customizations. This template is compatible with version 17.0 as well as all later versions of After Effects.
Terra contains copyrighted intellectual property. The animations you create with this product are 100% yours and can be used for commercial purposes, but the sharing or online posting of project files with or for anyone other than a client is prohibited. See the Terms and Conditions for more details.
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