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Google Earth Spy Video Effect How To Tutorial

video Google Earth Spy Video Effect How To Tutorial

This video is designed to demonstrate how to make a fake satellite spy video using Google Earth. no nudes were harmed in the making of this video. Big Brother Is Watchin... MoreÂ»g You.

28 comments

Nov 28, 2010. 10:21 AMMplinnc says:

You live in California?

Jul 24, 2009. 3:35 PMli789 says:

what do you mean by model clip.how do you make one

Feb 17, 2009. 10:55 AMtbenefi33 says:

Good video editing tutorial.

Nov 23, 2008. 12:48 PMrobby360 says:

that is imposible

Mar 29, 2008. 5:27 PMHardCoreHacker says:

too fake

Sep 26, 2008. 8:06 PMSolderguy says:

It is too fake looking...maybe if you climbed on your roof and zoomed in on the person.

Jul 18, 2008. 7:41 AMlove2die100 says:

fantastic idea

Mar 15, 2008. 9:47 AMultrauber says:

nice job! the only problem is that i can't get high enough to zoom in on the person. +1

Jan 10, 2008. 2:23 PMFenwick says:

I'm still confused, how do I do the zoomy effect with Google Earth?

Jan 11, 2008. 8:53 AMthejerk (author) says:

You'll need a screen capture program, like Camtasia or Camstudio (I think a lot of them are free), then go to the spot in Google arth that you want to be "ground zero" and then just zoom out to the picture of the earth. Then, all ou have to do is hit "record" in the screencap program and hold down the zoom in button on Google Earth. Hope that helps.

Jan 10, 2008. 4:16 PMGorillazMiko says:

You type in an address, or the point things...

Jan 10, 2008. 7:33 PMbleachworthy says:

fail.

Jan 11, 2008. 8:51 AMthejerk (author) says:

Care to elaborate? This was merely for fun, not to submit to the Golden Globes.

Jan 10, 2008. 6:46 PMPatrik says:

For a far more seamless ending, check out Make's article on Kite Aerial Photography! Pretty easy to do, and it would allow you to bridge that gap between Google Earth images and handheld video...

Jan 11, 2008. 8:48 AMthejerk (author) says:

Good point, but this was to show an effect without having to do so much. I made it fast and could have gotten i more seamless--it was for a laugh.

Jan 10, 2008. 12:42 AMchainedflesh says:

Ugh... a thinly veiled ad for camstudio.

Jan 10, 2008. 10:35 AMthejerk (author) says:

Man, I wish I was getting paid by them for it. Actually, my intention was to provide a lesson for making this spy satellite effect. No other motives--sorry!

Jan 10, 2008. 10:00 AMnathangill says:

Really now? If an instructable features a hammer as the primary tool, does that make it an ad for hammers? Just relax. Even if you feel the video "wasted 3:45 minutes of you life" there is no need to waste more by writing a comment like that. Somebody may make use of this, which means it has served it's purpose. If you're not going to, that's well and dandy - just move on to the next one, like you were going to anyway. And don't clutter it's comments section with such useless feedback either.

Apr 24, 2008. 1:38 PMsababahsteve says:

I plan to make use of this with my 12 year old son. He knows quite a bit more about the video editing aspect than I do, but it will be a fun project for both of us...therefore, this instructable will definitely have served it's purpose, and I found it quite clever and entertaining.

Jan 11, 2008. 12:15 AMchainedflesh says:

My statement is based upon the fact that camstudio is simply a redundancy. Windows movie maker already has a video capture application, as well does Imovie, both of which come with most PCs or Macs. If a tool of equal quality is already there why require different tool to create the effect? Perhaps he had no intent to act as advertising for camstudio, but I have simply seen far too many instructables put up lately that are merely advertisements, and it is something we should be wary of lest instructables become overridden with them.

Jan 11, 2008. 8:55 AMthejerk (author) says:

Tell you the truth, I wasn't aware of that function in Movie Maker. I guess it makes sense, but I haven't figured everything out in all aspects of computers. So, thanks for the tip.

Jan 11, 2008. 7:12 PMchainedflesh says:

Well then, that would make sense. Sorry about the confusion and the accusation. I have been doing video editing for quite a while, so if you need any tips or have any questions on things send me a message and I can help you out some.

Jan 13, 2008. 2:17 PMthejerk (author) says:

I use Vegas 6 for my video editing--and I'm sure there is probably this function in this program as well--just too many things to learn out there! No worries, chainedflesh.

Jan 14, 2008. 2:20 PMchainedflesh says:

Vegas 6 is a good program. I often have troubles with the chroma key on it though. I often find that using the gamma settings will cause the background to show through the image you wish to display. I have tried FXhome a bit and their particle generator is fantastic even if it is a bit tricky to learn.