This is a 1000' diameter sphere w/ a starfield surface map applied. To make your happy space scene fly through shot's, just open up this scene, and then cut and paste your objects into it. The center of the sphere is 0,0,0, and that's where the camera is. The light is at 0% intensity at default. When you put your stuff into the scene, make sure you bump it up accordingly.
You'll notice on the enclosed QT file that the camera pans by the surface seam at the back of the sphere. If you absolutely must get rid of this, then play around w/ the surface editor. Either that or just be sure to look the other way.
This is just a little hack to help you do those neat logo fly-in's with a realistic space backdrop that allows for camera movement instead of just pasting a static PICT in your background image/environment dialog box. Camera movement in a scene, IMHO, is the clincher for realisitic effects in animation.
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