2. First, insert the images being used, in this case I used .jpg’s of 3 different planets and a background with stars. After obtaining the
images I simply inserted them into the timeline and place each picture into place accordingly.
3. To make it easier to move the camera, I changed the viewpoint to 3D. The viewpoint also allowed me to rotate the camera between
the X, Y and Z axis to get a better view on what was actually on screen.
4. Once the camera was in place, I hit the ‘Record’ button to begin recording the movements of the camera. One recording begins, any
movement be it a change in the angle of view, rotation or anything else will be recorded.
5. After recording began, I moved the slider to the end of the timeline so that whatever movement I choose to take place will span from
beginning to the end, at a constant speed that doesn’t look unnatural.
6. As can be seen here, I chose to make the camera zoom out to give a big reveal. To do so, I changed the angle of view slider, on the
left, and increased it. Since the slider was at the end when I set the final point of the angle of view, it means that throughout the
whole timeline the camera will slowly zoom out till it reaches said final point.
7. Now that the beginning and final point are to my liking, all that is left to do is to end the recording. If played back from beginning to
end, the zoom out should be visible.
8. All that is left to do now is to arrange the pictures of the planets into position. I wanted to make it seem like there is light shining
from the middle of the screen, so I positioned the planets in a way that the darker areas are on the right or left sides, so I rotated
them accordingly.
9. Once the planets were in the right position, I recorded the process of the planets shrinking as the camera zoomed out, to provide a
sense of depth to an otherwise 2D picture. To do so, I did the same thing I did for the camera, except this time I changed the scale of
the planet to make it smaller.
10. I repeated the steps for the other two planets, rotating them to fit my liking and changing their scale to give it a sense of depth.
11. Once the planets were in their right places and their animation was done, all I had left to do was to create the big title for my short
intro; Galaxy Quest (the small typo is fixed later during the process). First, I inserted a text box, chose a good font to be used and
typed out the name.
12. After the title was typed out, I turned the 2D text in 3D by going into Text > Format and going onto styles, where it then provides the
option to make an object 2D or 3D. I then selected the Basic 3D and as can be seen, the text turned into 3D.
13. All that was left to do was to position the text into the right place on screen, as well as change the look of the text to give it a better
look and to make it fit into the theme a little better.
14. To change the look of it, I went into Text > Appearance where I could then choose the material of the 3D text. Here I chose to make
the front of the text a brushed metal look which gives it a nice glow in the middle of the text, and changed the sides to a grunge
blueish material, to give it a feel as though it was something from outer space.
15. I was not happy with the depth of the text as it was, so I chose to make the depth shorter so as to not put off the viewers with the
grunge material on the sides. In the end, it turned into almost a 2D shape, but with some grunge details still visible on the sides.
16. After all was finished and was in place, I went back and tweaked the scale of the planets and a few other things to make the title
sequence slightly better.
17. In the end, I chose to change the text once again and place one word on top of the other so that it didn’t block the planets behind as
much. The finished result consists of the camera zooming out, slowly revealing 3 planets and the title of the movie, a straight forward
concept for a title sequence yet fitting to the theme and genre of the movie.
