How to make movies with Google Earth
Google Earth is a software that enable it user to view 3D imagery of various places around the world. It is possible to make movies using Google Earth. Now you can make your own movies and share it with your family and friends. With Movie maker feature of this software, recording of 3D viewer imagery is possible. You can save this recorded imagery as a movie file. You can set the recorder for recording your interactions in real time with 3D viewer. You can also start a tour and then record your entire tour without any interruption.
After you finish the recording and save the file, this file can be made available on a site. You can also send this file via mail or use it effectively in a presentation. For instance, users would like to make a movie of their property to present it to their clients or at various trade shows where the visitors will be able to see satellite views of the property without using Google Earth.
Movie maker feature does support a variety of movie file formats:
Audio video interleave (Linux and Windows only) - Movies that are created in this format are uncompressed. As a result, extremely large files are generated, making it possible for a movie player to again playback the recorded movie. This format is useful if users want to edit movie clips with the help of movie editing software.
Windows Media Video: This file format is optimized and compressed for presentations. WMV files can also be configured over a 56K modem connection or a T1 web connection.
Image Stream (JPG): It is possible to capture movies as images in fixed or variable length. This format is extremely useful if users wish to control speed artificially and then edit each screenshot.
QuickTime: You can also capture movies in Apple Quicktime.mov.format
Movie Quality levels: 2 kinds of movie quality levels are supported by movie maker feature
Standard Quality movie: With the help of this option, you can adjust visibility of overlays and icons while your movie is recording. For instance, you can use this option for displaying an overlay of a website plan. With this option, frame rate depends on your computer's graphics card, which generally slows down by making movies.
High Quality movie: In case you are interested in displaying the movie on a very large screen, these high quality recordings are the best option. You can use this option to get the best quality movie recording. Each frame is downloaded completely to the client of Google Earth before the movie is recorded thereby maximizing image quality. That is why recording time comparatively is slow. Unlike standard quality movie, users don't have to monitor actual recording of their movie.
Note that high quality movies are able to play back only tour points. You cannot interact manually with 3D viewer, when you are using high quality option. Movie making feature is available to users of Google Earth EC products and Google Earth pro.
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