Spinning Earth

[John Alexander]

I need a *.swf of a spinning earth i want it to be as real looking as
possible if anyone can help me with this it would be greatly appreciated

[Adam Albright]

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 19:17:50 -0500, "John Alexander"
<jdalexander@look.ca> wrote:

>I need a *.swf of a spinning earth i want it to be as real looking as
>possible if anyone can help me with this it would be greatly appreciated
>

There are TONS of 'spinning earths' in Flash on the web. Check some of
the popular Flash archives.

Two drawbacks.

1. to make it realistic as possible, you're talking 3D
2. to be 'real looking' in needs to spin S L O W L Y.

The second issue can result in a VERY LARGE file, since the most
common method is to have dozens of still images each a tad further
down the road to create the illusion of the globe turning. This will
bloat your file size.

Here's a crude example based on the principle:

[url]http://www.flashfoundry.com/details/no-465-swf-0/[/url]

More advanced:

[url]http://www.flashfast.com/flash_components/flash_globe.html[/url]

[John Alexander]

thanks for the links, im trying to find a high detail swf file for an
animated desktop, i dont care about the size, size is not an issue, just a
highly detailed spinning earth


"Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 19:17:50 -0500, "John Alexander"
> <jdalexander@look.ca> wrote:
>

>>I need a *.swf of a spinning earth i want it to be as real looking as
>>possible if anyone can help me with this it would be greatly appreciated
>>

> There are TONS of 'spinning earths' in Flash on the web. Check some of
> the popular Flash archives.
>
> Two drawbacks.
>
> 1. to make it realistic as possible, you're talking 3D
> 2. to be 'real looking' in needs to spin S L O W L Y.
>
> The second issue can result in a VERY LARGE file, since the most
> common method is to have dozens of still images each a tad further
> down the road to create the illusion of the globe turning. This will
> bloat your file size.
>
> Here's a crude example based on the principle:
>
> [url]http://www.flashfoundry.com/details/no-465-swf-0/[/url]
>
> More advanced:
>
> [url]http://www.flashfast.com/flash_components/flash_globe.html[/url]
>
>
>

[Hawkfyr]

How big would you like it?
I can make one for you in a 3D app pretty easily.

What dimensions would you like?
Would 1024 x 768 work for you?

BTW My name is Tom and I'm new to this group.



"John Alexander" <jdalexander@look.ca> wrote in message
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> thanks for the links, im trying to find a high detail swf file for an
> animated desktop, i dont care about the size, size is not an issue, just a
> highly detailed spinning earth