What softwares do I have to use to make a 3D spinning globe video to represent data like this video?

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I am wanting to create a 3D spinning globe video to represent historical data like in this video by Business Insider, but I don't know what softwares will I have to use to create such a video.

So I would like to ask that what softwares do I have to use to make the 3D spinning globe video to represent data like the video above ?
Thanks
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I am wanting to create a 3D spinning globe video to represent historical data like in this video by Business Insider, but I don't know what softwares will I have to use to create such a video.

So I would like to ask that what softwares do I have to use to make the 3D spinning globe video to represent data like the video above ?
Thanks
adobe-photoshop 3d animation adobe-after-effects adobe-flash
There are atleast a hundred software that could do this. Including after effects.
â joojaa
3 hours ago
@joojaa, thanks for your answer, could you tell me 10 free softwares used to make it?
â Zhetdudf
3 hours ago
Blender, firefox....
â joojaa
3 hours ago
Firefox browser, right? what more, right ?
â Zhetdudf
2 hours ago
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@joojaa Firefox browser? Are you being serious?
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I am wanting to create a 3D spinning globe video to represent historical data like in this video by Business Insider, but I don't know what softwares will I have to use to create such a video.

So I would like to ask that what softwares do I have to use to make the 3D spinning globe video to represent data like the video above ?
Thanks
adobe-photoshop 3d animation adobe-after-effects adobe-flash
I am wanting to create a 3D spinning globe video to represent historical data like in this video by Business Insider, but I don't know what softwares will I have to use to create such a video.

So I would like to ask that what softwares do I have to use to make the 3D spinning globe video to represent data like the video above ?
Thanks
adobe-photoshop 3d animation adobe-after-effects adobe-flash
adobe-photoshop 3d animation adobe-after-effects adobe-flash
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There are atleast a hundred software that could do this. Including after effects.
â joojaa
3 hours ago
@joojaa, thanks for your answer, could you tell me 10 free softwares used to make it?
â Zhetdudf
3 hours ago
Blender, firefox....
â joojaa
3 hours ago
Firefox browser, right? what more, right ?
â Zhetdudf
2 hours ago
1
@joojaa Firefox browser? Are you being serious?
â Invariant Change
1 hour ago
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There are atleast a hundred software that could do this. Including after effects.
â joojaa
3 hours ago
@joojaa, thanks for your answer, could you tell me 10 free softwares used to make it?
â Zhetdudf
3 hours ago
Blender, firefox....
â joojaa
3 hours ago
Firefox browser, right? what more, right ?
â Zhetdudf
2 hours ago
1
@joojaa Firefox browser? Are you being serious?
â Invariant Change
1 hour ago
There are atleast a hundred software that could do this. Including after effects.
â joojaa
3 hours ago
There are atleast a hundred software that could do this. Including after effects.
â joojaa
3 hours ago
@joojaa, thanks for your answer, could you tell me 10 free softwares used to make it?
â Zhetdudf
3 hours ago
@joojaa, thanks for your answer, could you tell me 10 free softwares used to make it?
â Zhetdudf
3 hours ago
Blender, firefox....
â joojaa
3 hours ago
Blender, firefox....
â joojaa
3 hours ago
Firefox browser, right? what more, right ?
â Zhetdudf
2 hours ago
Firefox browser, right? what more, right ?
â Zhetdudf
2 hours ago
1
1
@joojaa Firefox browser? Are you being serious?
â Invariant Change
1 hour ago
@joojaa Firefox browser? Are you being serious?
â Invariant Change
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Cinema 4D or Google Earth
You could use Cinema 4D. I recommend this because it's very powerful, but at the same time, has made a name for itself for being easy to pick up. The learning curve is less than other comparable applications.
Below is an image of a spinning globe I made in 2005 using Cinema 4D. It was very simple to make and only took 30 minutes.
I first created two spheres and sized them appropriately. I then downloaded 3 image maps form the NASA website of the Earth, Moon and Stars.
I then animated the Earth and moon to spin. I won't talk about the alien spaceship I added as it's not relevant.
Using Cinema 4D you can add multiple animated layers to achieve the effects seen in your video. Alternatively, you can make different versions of the Earth, then overlap them in After Effects.
After Effects includes Cinema 4D, which makes it a seamless process using Cineware.
Alternatively, you could use Google Earth. This allows you to make 3D movies of the Earth via predetermined paths. Although you'll have less control, you will find it a breeze to achieve what you want.
LIKE THIS

Thanks. After creating the Spinning Earth, is it more difficult to create animated changing territories and moving arrows like in the video above ? youtube.com/watch?v=BJ0dZhHccfU
â Zhetdudf
40 mins ago
All this is easy in Cinema 4D and After Effects. To achieve the effects that you are after, that is your best bet. There is no easy solution.
â Invariant Change
36 mins ago
There is an answer below saying that using Blender could be able to create the 3D spinning globe and animated territories and arrows like in the above video, is it correct ? If it was correct, then is Using only Blender quicker and easier than using the combination of Cinema 4D and After Effects ?
â Zhetdudf
27 mins ago
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Just use Blender. It is one of the best 3D software and its free.
A ton of tutorials, helping comunity, including this one https://blender.stackexchange.com/
You can start using it right now...
Thank you my friend.
â Zhetdudf
2 hours ago
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Any application (sic) capable of doing 3D Graphics can do this. You should choose an application you know how to use. If you dont know how to use any piece of software then this is generally too broad.
Now if you would ask me to do this I would probably do it in Mathematica, Python (matplotlib), After Effects or Maya if its a one off project. But it really depends on the use case I have and what form the data that i need to animate is in.
But you should probably use Blender if you have no knowledge of the applications I would use.
Thanks for the answer. What I really want to do is that I want to animate the changes of the world borders by time. So I will need to draw the borders on the globe and then fill the inner area of the borders with colors to represent territories, and then make them change by time. I only know how to use illustrator, my friend.
â Zhetdudf
2 hours ago
@Zhetdudf thing is making the sphere is easy animating the borders is a bit trickyer.
â joojaa
1 hour ago
Thanks. Is it possible to use Blender to animate borders ?
â Zhetdudf
1 hour ago
@Zhetdudf sure, but borders are harder to animate than something as diffuse as spread of Christianity. For borders you need to morph and have hard edges for Christianity all you need is a gradient map.
â joojaa
1 hour ago
It sounds very complicated. I have no idea what to do.
â Zhetdudf
45 mins ago
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Cinema 4D or Google Earth
You could use Cinema 4D. I recommend this because it's very powerful, but at the same time, has made a name for itself for being easy to pick up. The learning curve is less than other comparable applications.
Below is an image of a spinning globe I made in 2005 using Cinema 4D. It was very simple to make and only took 30 minutes.
I first created two spheres and sized them appropriately. I then downloaded 3 image maps form the NASA website of the Earth, Moon and Stars.
I then animated the Earth and moon to spin. I won't talk about the alien spaceship I added as it's not relevant.
Using Cinema 4D you can add multiple animated layers to achieve the effects seen in your video. Alternatively, you can make different versions of the Earth, then overlap them in After Effects.
After Effects includes Cinema 4D, which makes it a seamless process using Cineware.
Alternatively, you could use Google Earth. This allows you to make 3D movies of the Earth via predetermined paths. Although you'll have less control, you will find it a breeze to achieve what you want.
LIKE THIS

Thanks. After creating the Spinning Earth, is it more difficult to create animated changing territories and moving arrows like in the video above ? youtube.com/watch?v=BJ0dZhHccfU
â Zhetdudf
40 mins ago
All this is easy in Cinema 4D and After Effects. To achieve the effects that you are after, that is your best bet. There is no easy solution.
â Invariant Change
36 mins ago
There is an answer below saying that using Blender could be able to create the 3D spinning globe and animated territories and arrows like in the above video, is it correct ? If it was correct, then is Using only Blender quicker and easier than using the combination of Cinema 4D and After Effects ?
â Zhetdudf
27 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
Cinema 4D or Google Earth
You could use Cinema 4D. I recommend this because it's very powerful, but at the same time, has made a name for itself for being easy to pick up. The learning curve is less than other comparable applications.
Below is an image of a spinning globe I made in 2005 using Cinema 4D. It was very simple to make and only took 30 minutes.
I first created two spheres and sized them appropriately. I then downloaded 3 image maps form the NASA website of the Earth, Moon and Stars.
I then animated the Earth and moon to spin. I won't talk about the alien spaceship I added as it's not relevant.
Using Cinema 4D you can add multiple animated layers to achieve the effects seen in your video. Alternatively, you can make different versions of the Earth, then overlap them in After Effects.
After Effects includes Cinema 4D, which makes it a seamless process using Cineware.
Alternatively, you could use Google Earth. This allows you to make 3D movies of the Earth via predetermined paths. Although you'll have less control, you will find it a breeze to achieve what you want.
LIKE THIS

Thanks. After creating the Spinning Earth, is it more difficult to create animated changing territories and moving arrows like in the video above ? youtube.com/watch?v=BJ0dZhHccfU
â Zhetdudf
40 mins ago
All this is easy in Cinema 4D and After Effects. To achieve the effects that you are after, that is your best bet. There is no easy solution.
â Invariant Change
36 mins ago
There is an answer below saying that using Blender could be able to create the 3D spinning globe and animated territories and arrows like in the above video, is it correct ? If it was correct, then is Using only Blender quicker and easier than using the combination of Cinema 4D and After Effects ?
â Zhetdudf
27 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
Cinema 4D or Google Earth
You could use Cinema 4D. I recommend this because it's very powerful, but at the same time, has made a name for itself for being easy to pick up. The learning curve is less than other comparable applications.
Below is an image of a spinning globe I made in 2005 using Cinema 4D. It was very simple to make and only took 30 minutes.
I first created two spheres and sized them appropriately. I then downloaded 3 image maps form the NASA website of the Earth, Moon and Stars.
I then animated the Earth and moon to spin. I won't talk about the alien spaceship I added as it's not relevant.
Using Cinema 4D you can add multiple animated layers to achieve the effects seen in your video. Alternatively, you can make different versions of the Earth, then overlap them in After Effects.
After Effects includes Cinema 4D, which makes it a seamless process using Cineware.
Alternatively, you could use Google Earth. This allows you to make 3D movies of the Earth via predetermined paths. Although you'll have less control, you will find it a breeze to achieve what you want.
LIKE THIS

Cinema 4D or Google Earth
You could use Cinema 4D. I recommend this because it's very powerful, but at the same time, has made a name for itself for being easy to pick up. The learning curve is less than other comparable applications.
Below is an image of a spinning globe I made in 2005 using Cinema 4D. It was very simple to make and only took 30 minutes.
I first created two spheres and sized them appropriately. I then downloaded 3 image maps form the NASA website of the Earth, Moon and Stars.
I then animated the Earth and moon to spin. I won't talk about the alien spaceship I added as it's not relevant.
Using Cinema 4D you can add multiple animated layers to achieve the effects seen in your video. Alternatively, you can make different versions of the Earth, then overlap them in After Effects.
After Effects includes Cinema 4D, which makes it a seamless process using Cineware.
Alternatively, you could use Google Earth. This allows you to make 3D movies of the Earth via predetermined paths. Although you'll have less control, you will find it a breeze to achieve what you want.
LIKE THIS

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Thanks. After creating the Spinning Earth, is it more difficult to create animated changing territories and moving arrows like in the video above ? youtube.com/watch?v=BJ0dZhHccfU
â Zhetdudf
40 mins ago
All this is easy in Cinema 4D and After Effects. To achieve the effects that you are after, that is your best bet. There is no easy solution.
â Invariant Change
36 mins ago
There is an answer below saying that using Blender could be able to create the 3D spinning globe and animated territories and arrows like in the above video, is it correct ? If it was correct, then is Using only Blender quicker and easier than using the combination of Cinema 4D and After Effects ?
â Zhetdudf
27 mins ago
add a comment |Â
Thanks. After creating the Spinning Earth, is it more difficult to create animated changing territories and moving arrows like in the video above ? youtube.com/watch?v=BJ0dZhHccfU
â Zhetdudf
40 mins ago
All this is easy in Cinema 4D and After Effects. To achieve the effects that you are after, that is your best bet. There is no easy solution.
â Invariant Change
36 mins ago
There is an answer below saying that using Blender could be able to create the 3D spinning globe and animated territories and arrows like in the above video, is it correct ? If it was correct, then is Using only Blender quicker and easier than using the combination of Cinema 4D and After Effects ?
â Zhetdudf
27 mins ago
Thanks. After creating the Spinning Earth, is it more difficult to create animated changing territories and moving arrows like in the video above ? youtube.com/watch?v=BJ0dZhHccfU
â Zhetdudf
40 mins ago
Thanks. After creating the Spinning Earth, is it more difficult to create animated changing territories and moving arrows like in the video above ? youtube.com/watch?v=BJ0dZhHccfU
â Zhetdudf
40 mins ago
All this is easy in Cinema 4D and After Effects. To achieve the effects that you are after, that is your best bet. There is no easy solution.
â Invariant Change
36 mins ago
All this is easy in Cinema 4D and After Effects. To achieve the effects that you are after, that is your best bet. There is no easy solution.
â Invariant Change
36 mins ago
There is an answer below saying that using Blender could be able to create the 3D spinning globe and animated territories and arrows like in the above video, is it correct ? If it was correct, then is Using only Blender quicker and easier than using the combination of Cinema 4D and After Effects ?
â Zhetdudf
27 mins ago
There is an answer below saying that using Blender could be able to create the 3D spinning globe and animated territories and arrows like in the above video, is it correct ? If it was correct, then is Using only Blender quicker and easier than using the combination of Cinema 4D and After Effects ?
â Zhetdudf
27 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
Just use Blender. It is one of the best 3D software and its free.
A ton of tutorials, helping comunity, including this one https://blender.stackexchange.com/
You can start using it right now...
Thank you my friend.
â Zhetdudf
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
Just use Blender. It is one of the best 3D software and its free.
A ton of tutorials, helping comunity, including this one https://blender.stackexchange.com/
You can start using it right now...
Thank you my friend.
â Zhetdudf
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
Just use Blender. It is one of the best 3D software and its free.
A ton of tutorials, helping comunity, including this one https://blender.stackexchange.com/
You can start using it right now...
Just use Blender. It is one of the best 3D software and its free.
A ton of tutorials, helping comunity, including this one https://blender.stackexchange.com/
You can start using it right now...
answered 2 hours ago
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Thank you my friend.
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Thank you my friend.
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2 hours ago
Thank you my friend.
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Any application (sic) capable of doing 3D Graphics can do this. You should choose an application you know how to use. If you dont know how to use any piece of software then this is generally too broad.
Now if you would ask me to do this I would probably do it in Mathematica, Python (matplotlib), After Effects or Maya if its a one off project. But it really depends on the use case I have and what form the data that i need to animate is in.
But you should probably use Blender if you have no knowledge of the applications I would use.
Thanks for the answer. What I really want to do is that I want to animate the changes of the world borders by time. So I will need to draw the borders on the globe and then fill the inner area of the borders with colors to represent territories, and then make them change by time. I only know how to use illustrator, my friend.
â Zhetdudf
2 hours ago
@Zhetdudf thing is making the sphere is easy animating the borders is a bit trickyer.
â joojaa
1 hour ago
Thanks. Is it possible to use Blender to animate borders ?
â Zhetdudf
1 hour ago
@Zhetdudf sure, but borders are harder to animate than something as diffuse as spread of Christianity. For borders you need to morph and have hard edges for Christianity all you need is a gradient map.
â joojaa
1 hour ago
It sounds very complicated. I have no idea what to do.
â Zhetdudf
45 mins ago
 |Â
show 1 more comment
up vote
0
down vote
Any application (sic) capable of doing 3D Graphics can do this. You should choose an application you know how to use. If you dont know how to use any piece of software then this is generally too broad.
Now if you would ask me to do this I would probably do it in Mathematica, Python (matplotlib), After Effects or Maya if its a one off project. But it really depends on the use case I have and what form the data that i need to animate is in.
But you should probably use Blender if you have no knowledge of the applications I would use.
Thanks for the answer. What I really want to do is that I want to animate the changes of the world borders by time. So I will need to draw the borders on the globe and then fill the inner area of the borders with colors to represent territories, and then make them change by time. I only know how to use illustrator, my friend.
â Zhetdudf
2 hours ago
@Zhetdudf thing is making the sphere is easy animating the borders is a bit trickyer.
â joojaa
1 hour ago
Thanks. Is it possible to use Blender to animate borders ?
â Zhetdudf
1 hour ago
@Zhetdudf sure, but borders are harder to animate than something as diffuse as spread of Christianity. For borders you need to morph and have hard edges for Christianity all you need is a gradient map.
â joojaa
1 hour ago
It sounds very complicated. I have no idea what to do.
â Zhetdudf
45 mins ago
 |Â
show 1 more comment
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
Any application (sic) capable of doing 3D Graphics can do this. You should choose an application you know how to use. If you dont know how to use any piece of software then this is generally too broad.
Now if you would ask me to do this I would probably do it in Mathematica, Python (matplotlib), After Effects or Maya if its a one off project. But it really depends on the use case I have and what form the data that i need to animate is in.
But you should probably use Blender if you have no knowledge of the applications I would use.
Any application (sic) capable of doing 3D Graphics can do this. You should choose an application you know how to use. If you dont know how to use any piece of software then this is generally too broad.
Now if you would ask me to do this I would probably do it in Mathematica, Python (matplotlib), After Effects or Maya if its a one off project. But it really depends on the use case I have and what form the data that i need to animate is in.
But you should probably use Blender if you have no knowledge of the applications I would use.
answered 2 hours ago
joojaa
41.3k664118
41.3k664118
Thanks for the answer. What I really want to do is that I want to animate the changes of the world borders by time. So I will need to draw the borders on the globe and then fill the inner area of the borders with colors to represent territories, and then make them change by time. I only know how to use illustrator, my friend.
â Zhetdudf
2 hours ago
@Zhetdudf thing is making the sphere is easy animating the borders is a bit trickyer.
â joojaa
1 hour ago
Thanks. Is it possible to use Blender to animate borders ?
â Zhetdudf
1 hour ago
@Zhetdudf sure, but borders are harder to animate than something as diffuse as spread of Christianity. For borders you need to morph and have hard edges for Christianity all you need is a gradient map.
â joojaa
1 hour ago
It sounds very complicated. I have no idea what to do.
â Zhetdudf
45 mins ago
 |Â
show 1 more comment
Thanks for the answer. What I really want to do is that I want to animate the changes of the world borders by time. So I will need to draw the borders on the globe and then fill the inner area of the borders with colors to represent territories, and then make them change by time. I only know how to use illustrator, my friend.
â Zhetdudf
2 hours ago
@Zhetdudf thing is making the sphere is easy animating the borders is a bit trickyer.
â joojaa
1 hour ago
Thanks. Is it possible to use Blender to animate borders ?
â Zhetdudf
1 hour ago
@Zhetdudf sure, but borders are harder to animate than something as diffuse as spread of Christianity. For borders you need to morph and have hard edges for Christianity all you need is a gradient map.
â joojaa
1 hour ago
It sounds very complicated. I have no idea what to do.
â Zhetdudf
45 mins ago
Thanks for the answer. What I really want to do is that I want to animate the changes of the world borders by time. So I will need to draw the borders on the globe and then fill the inner area of the borders with colors to represent territories, and then make them change by time. I only know how to use illustrator, my friend.
â Zhetdudf
2 hours ago
Thanks for the answer. What I really want to do is that I want to animate the changes of the world borders by time. So I will need to draw the borders on the globe and then fill the inner area of the borders with colors to represent territories, and then make them change by time. I only know how to use illustrator, my friend.
â Zhetdudf
2 hours ago
@Zhetdudf thing is making the sphere is easy animating the borders is a bit trickyer.
â joojaa
1 hour ago
@Zhetdudf thing is making the sphere is easy animating the borders is a bit trickyer.
â joojaa
1 hour ago
Thanks. Is it possible to use Blender to animate borders ?
â Zhetdudf
1 hour ago
Thanks. Is it possible to use Blender to animate borders ?
â Zhetdudf
1 hour ago
@Zhetdudf sure, but borders are harder to animate than something as diffuse as spread of Christianity. For borders you need to morph and have hard edges for Christianity all you need is a gradient map.
â joojaa
1 hour ago
@Zhetdudf sure, but borders are harder to animate than something as diffuse as spread of Christianity. For borders you need to morph and have hard edges for Christianity all you need is a gradient map.
â joojaa
1 hour ago
It sounds very complicated. I have no idea what to do.
â Zhetdudf
45 mins ago
It sounds very complicated. I have no idea what to do.
â Zhetdudf
45 mins ago
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There are atleast a hundred software that could do this. Including after effects.
â joojaa
3 hours ago
@joojaa, thanks for your answer, could you tell me 10 free softwares used to make it?
â Zhetdudf
3 hours ago
Blender, firefox....
â joojaa
3 hours ago
Firefox browser, right? what more, right ?
â Zhetdudf
2 hours ago
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@joojaa Firefox browser? Are you being serious?
â Invariant Change
1 hour ago