History
Old map route animation: a red line on antique paper
A red route drawn across a tilted antique paper map with a blurred foreground, rebuilt in Maptake from a popular After Effects tutorial.
Opens an editable copy in your own account, on any plan. Change the places, the words and the timing; the look stays.
Guide: Travel map animation · Switch from GEOlayers · Route animation
What is in the project
2 camera shots · 2 routes and lines · 2 images. Every one of them is a layer on the timeline that you can select, retime or restyle.
What is on screen: A tilted antique paper map with a red route and a blurred foreground.
Make your own version
Open the project, then change it by hand on the timeline or ask the agent in the chat. Ideas to start from, with a sentence you can give the agent:
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A historical voyage.
“Keep the antique paper look. Draw Magellan’s route around the world as one red line.”
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A family history or travel diary.
“Same look. Draw a route from Naples to New York, with the year at each end.”
The free plan opens and edits this project and exports up to 1280 px, videos up to 10 seconds, with a watermark, for personal use. Satellite, 3D terrain and audio in exports, 4K and commercial use come with Pro. See plans.
How it was made
Built by hand in the Maptake editor, without After Effects or a plugin, as a rebuild of a popular After Effects map tutorial on YouTube. Every layer, camera key and label is editable.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, Natural Earth. Tiles © Protomaps. Satellite imagery: Esri.
