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[toxictwister00]

My WeatherSTAR XL version of the new Localonthe8s format.

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Followup....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCQbwnsZkXw&feature=youtu.be

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Just in case I'm not logged onto her tomorrow, I want to start off by wishing you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Years 2014!

With that said, here's a 4000 emulation I made for this morning. It got cold just in time for Christmas Eve/Christmas Day.

WeatherSTAR4000 Emulation - December 24, 2013

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WeatherSTAR4000 Design Concept Using TWC's New 2013 HD Graphics

WeatherSTAR4000 Design Concept Using TWC's New Graphics

NOTE: This is a rough draft, a final draft is coming soon.

What if it was possible for the oldest, longest running STAR weather computer system in existence today to be upgraded to look like the new HD graphics The Weather Channel rolled out in November 2013?

Probably something like this...

Song: "Jamaican Jam" by Trammell Starks
Background Image: Grand Canyon (courtesy of Google images)
Software Used to Make This: After Effects

[Coldwinter]

Tavores, I have to say that your vision of a WS4000 version of the current TWC look is really, really cool.

[toxictwister00]

Tavores, I have to say that your vision of a WS4000 version of the current TWC look is really, really cool.

Thanks, I second that!

Below in attachments are my final revised versions of the 8 City Obs from the IntelliStar (2004-'05) I also made the warning bar from scratch.

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Testing out the radars...

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After working on putting together all the pieces to make this happen in After Effects off and on for 9 months now, I'm finally finished.

All weather data is accurate as of Friday, April 18, 2014

Song: "Urban Wanderer" by The Rippingtons
This song was featured on the April 2004 Playlist on TWC

IntelliSTAR v1 Emulation - 100% Completion!

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Want something done about the dead space on the right side of the IS2? Here's a possible solution. The LDL isn't perfect I just threw some information up there to make it look fancy.

IntelliSTAR2 w/ Side LDL Concept

WeatherSTAR XL Version

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Remember this from 2 years ago?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOo_ZvU22uc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GrjqbKeXjI#ws

Back in April 2012, I made up my own STAR called SmartCast, well I finally took some time to do a mock up of version 2 in After Effects. The first version was done solely in Microsoft Powerpoint 2010.

I tried to incorporate my own spin of some of the design layout of the IntelliSTAR/IntelliSTAR II, yet keeping the majority of the layout similar to the first version of my SmartCast STAR from 2012.

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Animation test...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW4tCPXcrEM

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-Weather Bulletin page completed (rough draft)
-Regional map completed (rough draft)
-Detailed (Local) Forecast page completed (rough draft)

Radar (rough draft) will be in the next update.

Song: "Luigi's Theme" from the video game, "Mario Strikers Charged" on the Nintendo Wii console.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg-xQ5FxGQ8&feature=youtu.be

[toxictwister00]

WeatherSTAR III Emulation (w/ Animated BG) - Phoenix, AZ

This animated background is inspired by a real animated background of a night time desert with lightning off in the distance.
NOTE: I do apologize if my animated lightning may appear a bit cheesy, it was my first time animating lightning in After Effects.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzvGoC19Kow&feature=youtu.be

[SamRichardson92]

WeatherSTAR III Emulation (w/ Animated BG) - Phoenix, AZ

This animated background is inspired by a real animated background of a night time desert with lightning off in the distance.
NOTE: I do apologize if my animated lightning may appear a bit cheesy, it was my first time animating lightning in After Effects.

https://www.y


outube.com/watch?v=SzvGoC19Kow&feature=youtu.be

COOL

[toxictwister00]

Thanks Sam! 

Shifting gears, no true legacy STAR emulation is complete without a true radar representation right? Well this is what I have been working on this evening for my favorite legacy STAR of all time: The WeatherSTAR4000.

Below are my rough drafts. Surprisingly it was a lot easier to put together than I thought.

Credit: Radar image (FFC radar site), interstate lines/markers, state/county outlines were provided by noaa.gov only for the sole purpose of showing off the radar. I plan on drawing up everything in Adobe Illustrator (except the radar of course)

NOTE: This is my first rough draft, so I'm still tweaking around, that also includes the radar banner. I updated the legend to the 8 color code, what's left is to redesign (and recolor) the banner.

Base Radar


Composite Radar