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January6,2007

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Tothisaimwefoundthatthebestwaytocontrolthemoviecaptureistostartfromthegroundandzoomouttothen

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gaintheimpactofzoomingfromspaceallyouhavetodoisreversethemovie.Inthistutorialweshowastepbystep
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Tocreatethemovieyouwillneedafewpiecesofsoftware,firstlyGoogleEarth,secondlyFRAPS(tocapturethe
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Tozoomoutsmoothlyfromtheearthagoodtechniqueistousethedoublerightclickmethod,thisprovidesaregular
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torecordthemovie.
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FRAPSisexcellentsoftwarewhichallowsyoutocaptureathighresolutionandhighframeratesfromanypackage

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TorecordthemoviewesimplyloadupFRAPS,notewhichhotkeytousetocapturemovies(weuseF9)andthen
maximiseGoogleEarth.HittheFRAPShotkeyandthenstartzoomingoutfromyourchosenlocationtospace,we
recommendaslowsmoothzoomusingtherightdoubleclickmethodwhichweoutlinedabove.
WhenyouhavereachedaviewoftheearthtoendthemoviesimplyrehittheFRAPShotkeyandyourmoviewillbe
saved.Itwillofcoursebeamoviezoomingoutoftheearthwhichisnotwhatwewantbutithasenabledustocapture
smoothly,whilecontrollingthelocation,somethingwhichisdifficultwhenzoomingintoaview.
Step3:ReversingtheMovie
WecanreversethemoviequicklyandeasilyusingVirtualDubandAvisynth,firstlyinstalltheapplicationsandthen
launchVirtualDub.Toenablethemovietoreverseweneedtotaketwosimplesteps,firstlytoopenthevideoandsave
asauncompressedavi.

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Todothis,firstlyopenthemovieandthenselectVideo/Compression/Uncompressedfromthetoolbarandclickok.
NowsaveyourmoviebyselectingFile/Saveasavi.
Yourmovieisnowuncompressedandreadytobereversed.Thisisthefinalstepandrequiresasmallscripttobe
savedandopenedinVirtualDub.Thisagainiseasy,openupNotepadandcutandpastethefollowing:
AviSource(yourmoviename.avi).Reverse()
NowsavethisnotepadfileasReverse.avsandopenitinVirtualDubbygoingtoFile/OpenVideoFileandselecting
Reverse.avs.Ourmovieisnowshownzoominginfromspacetoourlocation,clickFile/Saveasaviagainandyour
movieissavedandreadytoeditinamoviepackagesuchasWindowsMovieMakerortouploaddirecttoYouTube.
Ifyouusethistutorialwewouldlovetoknowsoleaveacommentorgetintouchviathesidebar.
OthersintheHowtoseriesinclude:HowtoCreateanAerialPanoramafromGoogleEarthandIsometricPixelArt
SimulatinginSketchUpTutorial.

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AndyisDirectoroftheCentreforAdvancedSpatialAnalysisatUniversityCollegeLondonand
ProfessorofDigitalUrbanSystems.

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25Comments
AlistairJanuary6,2007
Neat!IdidntknowyoucoulduseFrapstomakemoviesusingthefreeversionofGoogleEarth.
Ididnthavemuchsuccesswithdoublerightclick(surelyitproduceslotsofpauses?)sotriedtouring
betweentwosnapshotviews(http://youtube.com/watch?v=JVPkM0Q6qc),thisalsoallowstheviewing
angletobedifferentatthestartandendofthezoom.Thetourspeediscontrollablesointheoryframe
ratesshouldbelessofaproblemhowevermyproblemwasfittingitintothe30secondslimitofthe
freeversionofFraps.
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DaveCJanuary11,2007
Ifollowedthetutorialandeverythingworkeduntilthefinalstep.Opennotepadandcutandpastethe
following:pastetowhat?ItriedsavingthenotepadfilewiththeAviSourceinstruction,butVirtualDub
wouldnotrecognize.Anysuggestionswouldbeappreciated.
Dave.ambergers@sympatico.ca
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AndyJanuary11,2007
Davec,
Thanksforthepostifyoucutandpaste:
AviSource(yourmoviename.avi).Reverse()
intoNotepadandsaveasReverse.avsallshouldbefine(obviouslychangethemovienametomatch
yours).Also,makesureReverse.avsisinthesamefolderasyourmovie.
Anyproblemspostagainandwecanfindoutwhatsgoingwrong..Letmeknowifitworks
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VincentApril30,2007
Cool.
Ifollowedthetutorialstepbystep.Reallyeasy.Workreallywell.
ThanksforPostingit
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AnnMay16,2007
Thankyouforthenicepost.
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AdityaPrateekAnandAugust8,2007
Thanksforthisgreatblog.Ijustmadeanewbuildingmodelandmanagedtoputamovieforthosewho

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dontknowhowtoseeGoogleEarthyet.Thevideoishere.Anotherusethatspringstomindistouse
thisinSecondLifetocreatevideoshotsforpresentationpurposes.
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AnonymousOctober12,2007
Thanksforthepost,justwhatIneedforapresentationIvegottogive!Ivegotoneproblemtho.Thefile
Iendupwithis800mbandrunsquiteslowly/jumpy.HaveIdonesomethingwrong??Idreally
appreciatedanyhelp.
Thanks
Dave
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gwilliamOctober16,2007
Yousavemydaywithyourhelptocreateamoviefromgoogleearth.IonlyusedFRAPS,donotneedto
gototheothersoftware.
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publicJanuary14,2008
DoesanyoneknowwhymyFrapsvideofileswillnotopeninPinnacle?Icanplaytheclipsinother
programmesbutcannotplayoredittheAVIfilesinPinnacle.
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AnonymousJanuary25,2008
Hi
Ijustcameacrossyourpageandwilldefinitelyuseit.Iactuallyhavepinnacleaswell,sowouldbe
curioustofindoutifitcanbeloadedinsideP.Thanksverymuchforthetutorial,itsclearandusefuland
ithelp(ed)mealot!
Patrick
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AnonymousMay24,2008
thiswasreallygood.ijusthadaproblemwheniwantedtouseitorevenseethevideoonacomputer.i
haveawindowsvistaandidontknowhowtoconvertitintoaformthatscompatiblewithwindows2000
orsomethinglikethat.
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AnonymousJuly30,2008
ThelinktoVirtualDub(http://www186.pair.com/vdub/index.html)isnolongervalid.ThecorrectURLis
http://www.virtualdub.org.
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daniAugust12,2008
Excelente!Confrapssepuedeobtenerunexcelentevideodegoogleearth.Peroparaquefuncione

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mejor,esconvenientearrancardesdeelmenenmodoDirectX.Ahitomaa30fps!!!EnOpenGlsolo
metomabaa4fps
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jSeptember2,2008
howdoyouhidethecursoronthemovie?
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AnonymousSeptember8,2008
Heresagreatlittleprogramthatwillreverse.avifilesinonequickstep:
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2EditingReverse.html
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fredrickJuly8,2010
Wasreallyuseful.Icouldmakeavifilesinajiffyevenwithoutvirtualdub.Justamatterofgettingusedto
zoominginiguess.Thanxforthetip.Keepupthegoodwork.
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CharlesAugust13,2010
Greatprogram!IhaveaminorglitchIwaswonderingifyouhadsomeinsightinto..whenIplaybackmy
videoitistotallychoppyandfreezesintermittently.Anyideashowtoimprovethat?
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AnonymousOctober9,2011
Greattutorial.NoteyoucanzoominandoutofGoogleearthusingthePgUpandPgDwnkeysaswell.
Thismeansyoucanmovethemousecursoroutofthewayfirst.
IuseSonyVegasvideoediting,soreversingaclipissimple..
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AnonymousOctober17,2011
FollowedstepbystepbutVDdoesnotrecognizetheNotepadfile
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brigatJanuary12,2012
hello,
therewasamacossoftwarelikefraps???AndforVirtualdub?
ThanksGREATTUTORIAL!!!!
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AnonymousFebruary15,2012
Iwasabletogetadownwardviewbyjustusingtherightmousebutton.FirstIwentallthewaydownto
thebuildingIwanted,mystartingpoint.Andthenturnedoffallthelayersonthebottomleftofthe
screen.Thenrightclickonthemouseholdingitdown,movethearrowdownwardandthescreenwill

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starttoclimb,howfastitgoesdependsonhowfaryoumovethearrowfromthecircle.Onceyouare
clearoutinspace,donotletgoofthemousebutton,justmovethearrowabovethecircleandyouwill
slowlygodownallthewaybacktothepointwhereyoustarted.Againhowfastdependsonhowfar
fromthecircleyouholdthearrow.Thecircleandarrowareonthescreenthewholetime,butthatmay
notbeaproblemforsome.Ithoughtitwasreallycool!
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paulusOctober5,2012
thankyouforthispost,itworkedreallywell.Ididfindthattheresultingmoviefilewasquitebig(about1
GBfor12seconds),whichwasprobablythereasonitplayedinaratherjerkywayinsteadoftheoriginal
smoothmovement.Iendedupcompressingthefile(usingWindowsLiveMovieMaker),cuttingdown
thefilesizeto10or20MBwithoutmuchlossinimagequality,andnowthefileplayswell.
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HussienAmodyOctober15,2012
Hello,
Firstthankyouverymuchforthisgreatwaytodothisthingwhichsavedalotofmytime,butihavea
problemwithreversingthevideowhichisthatwhenitrytoopenthenotepadfileinVdubitsaysinVdub
error:idontknowwhatmymoviemeanseventhatitsthesamenameofmyvideoanditsinthe
samefolderwhereismyvideo!!
Soiwishyoucanhelpaspossibleandfastasyoucan..
THANKYOUAGAINFORTHIS..
HUSSIEN
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FredLightJanuary16,2013
Onebigthingeveryoneisoverlooking..itisastrictviolationofGoogleEarthcopyrighttodothis!
IfyouwanttoskirtGoogleslawyers,springforGoogleEarthPRO($400/yr)whichactuallygivesyou
therighttouseGoogleEarthforcommercialpurposes.
Otherwise,youreinviolationofcopyrightlaw!
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VinhPrag(@MrPrag)August15,2013
CouldntgetFRAPSworking.UsedCamStudiowhichworkedfine.
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