flying through space clip?

mtnmiller wrote on 3/31/2006, 11:34 AM

I know there's been some previous discussion on this, with references to the celestia web site...

That is kind of what I'm looking for, but not quite.

Does anyone know of where I could access a clip of a simulation of flying through space - past stars and planets and whatnot. I've tried zooming in on stills, but I seem to run out of space - so to speak - for the duration I want to run the clip.

Thanks for any suggestions.

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B.Verlik wrote on 3/31/2006, 11:47 AM

I don't know of anything, realistic looking, to do this.
You'd think maybe the numerous Star Trek series would have plenty of left over, unused footage they'd be selling to people just like us
I'd like to see very realistic looking planets, atmospheres, water, clouds and whatever else too..

jrazz wrote on 3/31/2006, 12:22 PM

I'm curious as to why celestia won't work for you? You can plan your path and have the camera follow it through space, around stars, around planets, around asteroids, etc and then render that out to an avi which you can cut and edit how you wish.

Just curious what it is that's holding you up on Celestia.

j razz

birdcat wrote on 3/31/2006, 1:31 PM

I don't know about the DRM issues, but NASA has some very neat animation footage on some of their sites (i have seen animations on one of them before). You could check what the legalities are as well - I think they only require a credit.

Try the main site (http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html?skipIntro=1) the JPL site (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/) or the Hubble website (http://hubblesite.org/).

Bruce

mtnmiller wrote on 3/31/2006, 3:03 PM

RE: why Celestia doesn't offer a solution...

The problem I've had with celestia is that the clips are to short, (when you "travel" from one place to another, it happens in a matter of seconds) and often the clips "pan" across the sky instead of "fly through" it.

Do you have a good reccomendation for a start/stop point?

I'm looking for something where it appears you're zooming through space for a good 15 seconds or so, which I could then loop to make longer.

Thanks for the suggestions thus far.

B.Verlik wrote on 3/31/2006, 3:07 PM

With Celestia, somewhere in one of the menus, you can slow down or speed up time.
Try playing with it for a while.
EDIT: okay, I just pulled mine up to see what you meant. In the Help portion of the menu, there is a control to choose your flight speed. (scroll down to find it)

jrazz wrote on 3/31/2006, 3:24 PM

You can adjust the time it takes to do things on Celestia- you can choose speeds- just go to help and choose controls.
In Vegas you can also do slow motion to add to your effect and make the clip longer.

In Celestia try pressing f6 while flying toward a planet (after you press it, it will fly through the camera and keep going at a slower speed. Once you fly through the planet on the captured section, just cut it there and use to your liking.

j razz

MichaelS wrote on 3/31/2006, 8:23 PM

BluffTitler will create a simple moving starfield.

birdcat wrote on 4/1/2006, 2:55 AM

Found what I saw in the past - Check out: http://hubblesource.stsci.edu/sources/video/clips/

According to their Copyright page:

Material credited to STScI on this site was created, authored, and/or prepared for NASA under Contract NAS5-26555. Unless otherwise specifically stated, no claim to copyright is being asserted by STScI and it may be freely used as in the public domain in accordance with NASA’s contract. However, it is requested that in any subsequent use of this work NASA and STScI be given appropriate acknowledgement. STScI further requests voluntary reporting of all use, derivative creation, and other alteration of this work. Such reporting should be sent to copyright@stsci.edu.

Have Fun!

Bruce

FuTz wrote on 4/1/2006, 5:29 AM

mark2424 whee are you ?!

DrLumen wrote on 4/1/2006, 6:29 AM

Pretty much anything Nasa generates is public domain...

Using NASA Imagery and Linking to NASA Web Sites

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.html

However, some of the various companies that do work for NASA can retain their copyrights. For example, Boeing does work for NASA but they will retain copyrights for material they generate that are not for NASA specifically but just related - like a picture of a new fuselage that could be used by NASA.

I believe this policy extends to all US citizens for media generated by the US government.

----Edit
Except for currency :-) . But that is made by the Federal Reserve which is not really a government agency.

johnmeyer wrote on 4/1/2006, 9:36 AM

If you can figure out Wax's particle generator, it might do exactly what you want, and for $0.