What is possible with a mac, google earth, quicktime screen capture, and Imovie...

Hi,
Just though I would share...
These are some videos I did for betravellers.com using a 13inch macbook, google earth, quicktime and Imovie. I think it is pretty cool, and demonstrates what is possible out of the box...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqz6AO7gdmE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GxPvoVxfbw

My understanding and the actual wording, is that you can use them as long as the video is not sold as a commercial product. So you can't set up as a company selling google earth videos...
Ours were done by me... they and the website are the result of what happens when a mac fanboy decides to offer tours to Afghanistan!


Also, if anyone wants any tips on how to do it, then I am happy to advise...

Yep, but google earth and screen capture running together makes the capture really jerky, so we had to make the google earth really slow, and then speed it up by about 1200% in Imovie to get relatively smooth motion back! it is still a little jerky, but just about works.

HaHa, yes... the jingles are a little repetitive. We had limited time, and learning as we went along, but have been introduced to some different ones if we do any more...

Just thought I would share,
I have written a tutorial on how to make the videos for the Google Earth Blog. It's probably pretty obvious to most, but some of you might find it interesting!