Map Your Destination in AE

on Mar 30th 2012 with 37 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Requirements: Just After Effects... enjoy
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Run Time: 25:45 min
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Final Product What You'll Be Creating

If you’re planning a trip and need to set up a visual location overview, you’re in luck! If you pretty much never even leave your room accept for class, work, and meals, you’re still in luck! With some expressions, good technique, and a little treasure hunting instinct, Jorrit Schulte guides us through the process of this animation journey.

Republished Tutorial

Every few weeks, we revisit some of our reader's favorite posts from throughout the history of the site. This tutorial was first published in October of 2009.

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  • http://videocopilot.net Koray

    Good job !

  • Jan

    thanks for the tut,
    but you could have used some better colors.
    Everything looks the same fuzzy brown.
    Why not a blue ramp for the water instead of another brown?

    anyhow, nice job !

    • Nathan

      because the brown is kinda a safari color in africa and makes you think of traveling well it does me

    • Jeff

      I’d have said for that kind of “old world map” look. But hey, it’s all just a guideline.

    • http://www.behance.net/kaolti Zsolt

      Yea, the colors could have been better, on a low contrast monitor all the colors are more or less the same. Anyway that wasn’t the point of this tut, good work ;)

  • http://www.thegfx.info Andrew

    Great !

  • http://splaszfx.pl Splasz

    nice tuts… i guess now we will find more of this style anims on the web :)

  • Creative Media Films

    nice work

  • mick.editor

    Little hello from France, and big thanks from my heart !
    great tutorial
    But i want to ask where i can ind the files worlmap.eps and the Ground Texture…
    Can u help me please ?

    Thanks again

    Mick

    • http://www.visualfxtuts.com Topher Welsh

      To get project files and source material you have to become a Plus Member for $9 bucks a month.

      • Nerieru

        The .eps isn’t in the project files.

        Also when I open it I get this warning message:

        “After Effects: this project must be converted from version 8.0×247 (Windows)
        and will open as an untitled project. Standard Definition pixel aspect ratios
        will be updated for compatibility and improved accuracy. The original file will be unchanged.”

        And then I get the warning that 1 file is missing (the worldmap.eps)

        (I do have tutsplus membership)

  • J

    Ayatoweb have a some interesting tutorial but only in japanise, I learned the tecnic just wacht the pics, now this tutorial complement my knowledge.

    Thanks

  • http://www.inventador.com.br Renato Alves

    Very cool effect!
    I have great ideas for that!

  • Timmy

    This sucks, wish i can get the few minutes back that i spent on watching this.

  • Alex

    great…very nice!

  • Ben Carroll

    I swear I have seen this tutorial before…

  • http://chipburns.wordpress.com Chip

    Cool tutorial. Thanks for the instruction.

  • http://www.brixfx.com Xyne Brix Punzalan

    hmmmmmmm good job..
    but yeh Ben Carroll is right..
    it feels like ive seen this one b4 too..

  • Marcus

    Exciting niche to be dealing with… not many people are taking a vacation with the recession, hope this helps… ;)

  • kuunami

    Great tutorial. I think that the videocopilot preset that you were referring to is called sure target.

  • http://www.gsatgames.com kamal98

    OK…………you got my attention!!!

  • Fred

    Great…..i like to see some more of you’re creations!!
    I liked the colorsceme.

  • http://www.royhuetink.nl Roy

    Man you’re funny! I like this tutorial!
    Great job!

  • patrick riley

    Umm… A more advanced version of this
    allbetsareoff.com/tutorials/shape-layer-tip-3-trim-paths-2/

  • Abdul

    Very interesting indeed… and it can be spruced up with different modes of transport and be made into a docu :)

  • http://www.arcapnd.com Fernando Araya

    Love the tutorial. I was looking for a similar effect for one of my videos and this solve it, thanks

  • eric kristin

    Parabéns pelo trabalho excelente! muito obrigado.

  • ohrenstoepsel

    Nice! And the soundeffect is from “Comand & Conquer Renegade” isn’t it?

    Greetz

  • Aqeel

    is there a way to make the arrow parts continuous and connected to each others and has the curve shape from one part to the other.

  • http://www.optimum7.com Jorge

    Cool effect. I was trying to find out how to do this in after effects.

  • Grover

    You accent and voice makes me want to punch babies

    • Felipe

      This. SO annoying I couldn’t watch for more than 5 minutes.

  • Phuongv

    I can’t download the project file. Please help.

    • JPo

      same here

  • http://think360studio.com/ Think360studio

    Thanks Jorrit. I really enjoyed this article.

  • Alvin Yong

    Thanks for the tutorial! Can you do a tutorial with Trapcode Particular and the point spread over a globe? I like the tutorial but the color isn’t that good for this tutorial =)

  • Alex

    This is an excellent tutor – however my arrow head disappears after I parent it to the null object (arrow ruler). What could be the reason?