Travel Route Animation does not cross International Date LIne

sandrazee wrote on 11/17/2012, 11:34 AM

As has been described as "Not Crossing The Pacific", TRA does not cross the IDL. If anyone has managed to get that to work, please let me know!

I would have thought that this problem should have been easily seen by any QC.

Yes, I am using the free Route Animation software described elesewhere. HOWEVER! One of the reasons I purchased MEP was BECAUSE OF TRA! And I had a trip across the Pacific! Some of the animation features are more advanced than the open source program. It would have been a nice touch in my video.

In other respects, I do like the program, but this point is VERY disappointing!

Had I known that this problem was inherent in MEP I might have purchased something else.

Also I am disappointed that there has not been a fix or even acknowled since MEP 16!

I have attempted get customer support to respond, but there is some problem with the gatekeeper software that thinks I have an old version of the software registered.

If anyone can open an official tech support or customer support question with MAGIX it would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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terrypin wrote on 11/17/2012, 2:40 PM

Hi,

I've submitted a Support Request on your behalf, linking to this thread.

Another approach is to use Google Earth and create your animated route there. Here's an example:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4019461/USA-Flight-2011.mp4

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

gandjcarr wrote on 11/17/2012, 2:48 PM

Hi,

I do understand your frustration with the travel route animation, but you need to remember that this was a free bonus feature that was included in the application. It actually is a third party product, so Magix while they may be able to contact the application provider, they really cannot change the program.

I actually own three editing programs because each has unique features that the others do not, so I use all three to get the videos that I want, but I always do the vast majority of my edits and final production using Movie Edit Pro. Why? Because this application is the most stable editing application that I have ever used and I have used and or owned virtually every one on the market today.

Here is an example of what I use when I want to cross the international date line. Here I used GoogleMaps and a product called rotopen.

Send me a private message if you want to know what application I used this in but be aware that this product's workflow is not easy to follow as a primary editing program, nor is it very stable.

Good Luck,

George

sandrazee wrote on 11/17/2012, 8:06 PM

Thank you both for your answers. It really is appreciated. As a third party product, I would have thought that they would have put their moniker on the program like other third party apps do. Ah well. Because if they did I would have gone to them and opened a ticket with them.

I did not know that Google Earth had route animation facilities. I'll have to look into that.

Thank you!

-Sandy

sandrazee wrote on 11/19/2012, 7:46 AM

BTW:

Magix Technical support did get back to me about the issue with TRA:

This is the official response:

"Unfortunately it is not possible to cross the date line within our Travel Route Animation."

Well, alright then. Good to know. It would have been nice to put that in the documentation. Apparently the International Date Line is a hemisphere splitting great wall and not just a line on a map.

I also sent them information on my issues with the Technical Support page. Hopefully we can get that issue corrected as well.

Thank again for the assist!

sandrazee wrote on 11/19/2012, 8:00 AM

And I did get a follow up on my Technical Support page issue, and that is now corrected as well!

-Sandy