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Robert Yes this is Very advanced. 1. you posted on Animator forum I assume that Ani Pro is what you have to work with 2. You said you "need" to do this I assume either your boss or a client has requested this treatment. I assume that means you also have a dead line & budget "need" is a strong word 3. Simular treatments appears on TV a lot I assume you want to duplicate look. – As in Hyper Real Resolution – 4. You didn't state whether deliverable is digital .FLC or video tape (format) or other 5. you didn't state playtime My conculsion is you are probably hosed. [ I could be wrong] I am not trying to be wise ass [ been there – tried that – got hosed!} So First question – what are production values? equals the "look" = time & money If High – like you want the ultimate fly in [60 seconds + – lots of detail & effects -24 bit color – D3 or D5 fields etc.] – you are going to need stuff that they keep locked up at ILM – bail out now! medium ok realism – this is very broad range you probably need 3D studio – lots of help and and some serious time & money there are meshes available of solar system and earth beware – do not try to do this in one monster mesh. As good as 3DS is, I do not think the entire universe will fit in single file. try tape TV fly in – then slow mo or single frame. Key is smooth cuts & fades. Jump cuts will give viewers air sickness. one problem – where do you plan on crashing on earth? effects amount of detail as you come down – unless you have lots of time and $ I recomend aiming at featureless desert or ocean. The faster you fly the less detail you have to build – sort of. low productions values looks may look like cartoon, or with more work pretty OK – you may get by with Ani Pro there are some nifty galixies that are in library rendered by Ed K using particle system – I don't know how he feels about letting you use them – won't hurt to ask – he's good guy best zooms work by making big picture – the shrinking – play backwards – other way you get chunky pixels – try it once planets use Lgrad I use clip art or other programs art/paint if I need detail – then fly cels around Better yet – how much time do you have to spend on this – one day , one week, one month, one year? plan 8 hr work for days – then expect to work 16 hr days do you have help – how much? how much equipment? how much experience do you have? good luck (really) let us know how things go. Dave