Animation : Spectacular shots of outer space! by Vic Alexander

Hi,Vic are you a director & producer?

Create them in Photoshop or in After Effects.

You can also go a stock shot website called shutter stock here's link with a clip of a planet http://tinyurl.com/q6jz88v Good Luck - If you need custom space shots You can try a website called People per Hour http://www.peopleperhour.com/dashboard and post an ad they are based in the UK but a lot of people oversea will work for a very competitive rate that makes getting effect affordable. Here's a clip of some effects work I had done on my film from this website. http://youtu.be/L6KJ3V0Jedw

Those are the best ways. You can create a 3D space and fill it with a star field using the software of your choice, or download stock footage. If you don't know how to do it, hire someone who can.

Cost effective...students. If you had a reel to look at, we'd have a better idea of what you mean by feature film

@Andre Hunt, I'm curious about where you would find good emerging student talent?

San Francisco Art institute. S.F. School of Digital Filmmaking. Comparable Art Schools in New York. Or, pick up an issue of Cinefex and look through the ads for effects schools.

You'd be surprised what you can do yourself with a slightly out of focus photo of a planet.

As I remember, the third Transformers film had the most stylized space shots ever, but because there was so much other stuff going on, (evilness, clanging metal, oil changes) it passed by without comment. Classic illustration style space with tremendous gas clouds, etc. Worth looking at as a reference of just what spectacular really means.

Hi Vic, I may help you to get your space shots for your feature film. I sent an email to vic@releasing.net. Let's discuss!

Go on Nasa's website

Hubble shots? Superimposed with 3D animations of planets against a transparent background? Ship against a transparent background superimposed over both?

Shoot model planets with your ship on a moco rig. Slow moving constant image speed means exponentially ramped camera speeds, i.e. As the camera gets closer to subject it gets slower and slower. With the right lenses, and a great model builder you could get realistic effects that outdo CG in terms of believability. If you can send me more details on your project we can advise on rig options and costs. We could also do tests if required.

Hubble shots in editing, ship against green screen

STUDENTS - check the local film schools. Ask the faculty for recommendations. They'll point you to their most promising students. or contact me directly. my business partner does a lot of sic-fi CGI work. I'll connect you with him

Haha your best way would be students. I myself am a graduating student at cap and just last night I created a space shot just for practice and my reel. I'll upload a sample of it and send it your way

Well send some my way @ Michael Accettura, we're working on a web series and could always use fresh talent. http://www.youtube.com/user/theinvaderswebseries

To Mark Cabaroy..I got a message from you, and will respond after Stage 32 processes my accept of your invite....takes a bit of time.