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You’ve probably already seen Google Earth animations in documentaries or on the news. These videos are generally created with Google Earth and then captured via screen-recording software. With Google's new Earth Studio web application, users now have a plethora of options for creating , customizing, and exporting animations.

And with Google's massive collection of 3D and satellite imagery, these videos can look very realistic.Today we're going to take an up-close look at the brand new Google Earth Studio.

First things first—there are a few requirements you need to meet before using this browser-based animation tool. At the moment Google Earth Studio is still in preview release, so you'll have to send in a request to gain access to the program. My request took exactly one month to be approved. You’ll also need a Google account, have the latest version of Chrome running, as well as WebGL. If you don’t know what WebGL is, don’t worry as they have a link in their documentation where you can check to see if you have it or not.

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Google modeled Earth Studio off of industry-standard animation tools, so animators and motion graphics artists are going to have no problem getting up and running quickly.If you are new to animation, never fear—there are a number of quick start modes, including Zoom-to, Point-to-Point, Orbit, Spiral, and Fly-to and Orbit. Animating in these quick start modes is as easy as manipulating a few sliders and pressing a render button.If you do have animation experience, however, then you have beaucoup options.

Users can navigate and explore the Earth easily and comfortably via the viewport window. This is nearly identical to the standard Google Earth layout but you have the added benefit of toggling between several multi-view layouts. These are very helpful when animating in 3D space.

It's also extremely helpful to learn a few keyboard shortcuts to control the camera. For example, clicking and dragging will spin the Earth from its center, and scrolling the mouse wheel will zoom in and out. Hold the Ctrl modifier key while clicking and dragging to pan & tilt the camera. Use Alt to orbit around a target point. It might take a little practice to get completely comfortable flying the camera around Earth, so don't be surprised when you crash into a mountain or two.

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After you feel comfortable navigating your way around the planet you can begin to add keyframes to a number of different attributes in the editor panel. Editable attributes include Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, Pan, Tilt, Camera Target, Field of View, Time of Day, Clouds andOcean Overlay. If some of these sound extra cool, it's because they are.

To bring one of these attributes to life simply add a minimum of two keyframes—one to begin your animation and one to end it on the timeline. If you're an animation heavy hitter, then you can fine tune your movements via the Speed and Value Graphs.

Once you're happy with your animation, click on the big red Render button at the top right-hand side of the interface. Google Earth Studio will export your animation as a JPEG sequence. You can make changes to the resolution, the number of frames exported, and where the required Google Earth logo will be placed on screen.

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There are specific guidelines regarding how you can use videos made in Google Earth Studio, so be sure to check the documentation. But it's generally free reign for news agencies and nonprofits. Experienced Adobe After Effects users will be happy to hear that you can export 3D camera data as well as tracking points.

I'm only scratching the surface here in regards to what you can do with Google Earth Studio. Be sure to check out the corresponding video, and let us know what you think in the comment section.In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to create a custom Google Map animation. First, I’ll add markers and a route to a map inside of Google My Maps. I'll export my map as a KMZ file, and then bring it over to Google Earth Studio where I'll animate the markers and route.

For the first step, I’ll go to Google My Maps.This page lets me create and customize my own Google Map. For the first step, I’ll add markers. I’ll put each marker on a separate layer, which will give me more versatility when I go to animate the map inside of Google Earth Studio. Next, I'll customize the color and icon style of each marker, and then add a walking route traveling between the four marker points.

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With my custom map created, I’m now ready to export it. For this, I’ll select the button at the top of the menu, just to the right of the name of my map and select Export to KML/KMZ.

When the export dialog box pops up, I’ll export each individual layer separately. This will allow me to animate each asset individually once inside Google Earth Studio.

Next, I’ll jump over to Google Earth Studio. At the time I’m writing this, GES is still in a preview mode. This means you’ll need to apply to get access, which should take a few days at the most.

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If you’re new to the world of animation, you may need to spend some time getting comfortable with the Google Earth Studio interface. I recommend using the Quick Start options when setting up a new project.

Since I’m not using the Quick Start option, I’ll simply type the word Paris into the keyword search bar at the top left of the interface. To import my custom maps I’ll go to Overlays > Import KML > Upload from Computer. Once uploaded, an Overlays menu will show up, with all of my maps exports available. I can hide them via checkboxes.

To activate the opacity keyframes I’ll select the button next to each location in the Overlays panel and click on Keyframe Opacity option. Each location will show up as an Opacity attribute on the timeline. I’ll animate each marker in from 0 to 100, and then slightly stagger each. As a final touch, I’ll animate the Longitude and Pan of the camera, to have it slowly move from left to right as the markers appear. Now I'll hit the render button to export for the final animation.

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The animation exports as an image sequence, so you'll need a program to turn that into a video file, such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, After Effects, etc. Google Earth Studio actually exports files specifically for use in Adobe After Effects. For more on this topic, check out my other tutorial here.