Google Earth to video

[John Cuevas]

Pretty good technique at VideoCoPilot

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
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[Mike Zimbard]

The vid co-pilot tutorial is a good one. But if you just need something really fast here’s the low-fi approach – Download SnapZ ProX (https://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox) and just record google maps doing what you need. Depending on your monitor and video card you should be able to capture at HD res or above.

[Kevin Reiner]

OT a little. Video Copilot’s tutorial is wonderful, but it is being used ad nauseum. I have seen it in so many videos. I’m not judging anyone, as I used it myself, but now its getting a little silly.

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[Brendan Nagle]

Yeah, I thought the same thing. Thankfully my video is only on screen for 5 seconds, so I’m hoping I can take the video Co pilot tutorial and adlib to do my own version. The rotation and clouds are a bit ridiculous. Would love more suggestions if they’re out there.

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[Tom Daigon]

Be very careful what you use the Google maps for. I used it without getting the Professional License to do so. Google saw the TV spot I did and came after the producer. A word to the wise.

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