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Doran’s mesmerizing adaptation of HiRISE imagery includes soaring flyovers of the planet’s expansive craters and plains, along with shots that make viewers feel as if they are coasting through its majestic mountain ranges. The instrument’s high resolution makes it possible to create videos that look as if they are filmed at much lower altitudes than the MRO. “[HiRISE] can resolve imagery at 25-centimeters per pixel and height data of around 1-meter per pixel,” Doran said in an email. “The fidelity of the data means that it is possible to recreate drone-like 'glide-by' footage of Mars.”“I converted the data from HIRISE to create a very high quality 3d model of the scene using Blender,” he continued. “I processed the corresponding image data for the scene in Photoshop and created a glide-by animation in 3DS Max.”As a final touch, he composited all of this data, along other outputs for the sky and atmosphere, in Adobe After Effects.
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