The New Google Earth Studio

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/tools/google-earth-studio-is-a-new-animation-tool-for-google-earth-imagery-167674.html
I just found this article on Cartoon Brew about an all-new animation tool released by Google. It's called Google Earth Studio, and it's a browser-based animation tool utilizing Google Earth's 3D and satellite technology. 
While you probably already use Google Earth to view different parts of the world, Google Earth Studio allows animators to use keyframes to animate their view of the world around us. Not only does the program include geographical terrain and imagery, it also shows 3D data for urban environments such a traffic and parade patterns. 
The app can camera target specific areas, features motion curve editing, and multi-view options. Attached to the article is a video demonstrating the new software and it is really cool. What do you think about this new app? And what does it show about how animation technology expanding past traditional modes of production? 
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  1. Rose PinnisiDecember 11, 2018 at 9:36 AM

    This reminded me of a trend in art that I've found interesting lately. A few artists I follow online use 3D modeling software to create a scene or background, then trace over it in traditional media. This allows them to much more quickly fill in background detail, which is useful for animating, and also get the composition of their pieces nailed down before they put all the detailed effort into perfecting it.
    I think that sort of thing, as well as the app you're talking about, are good examples of what Prof. Harrington was talking about in lecture - traditional art techniques and new technology don't necessarily have to be at odds. They can supplement each other and both be improved by the process.

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  2. Jackson GallatiDecember 14, 2018 at 2:35 PM

    Wow. The video in the link was truly overwhelming. This reminds me of a short many of you have probably seen called "Best of Luck with the Wall", which was made entirely by compositing images from Google Earth made to look like a continuous helicopter shot that stretches the entirety of the Mexican-American border. Essentially, a shot that would've taken hours upon hours and a whole lot of dough to create was achieved by some dude on his laptop in his basement wearing pajamas. This is truly a game changer and a beautiful example of where art and science can meet and create something more than the two of them could produce on their own.

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