The Camera Recorder plugin created by Chris Fullmer is a great tool to quickly create walk-throughs for your model just by using the walking tool. It works really well to make simple animations but it only animates what you see on on your SketchUp screen. So sorry to those that would like to create high quality renders with this tool. And for those that have slower computers this will take forever, if not freeze your computer, to create a walk-through with all the shadow effects and textures.

This tool is easy to use and allows you to export the scenes as images in many of the already accepted image formats such as JPEGs or PNGs among others. You can also choose the amount of frames per second to export to. But once you export it you will need an additional software to put the images together into a movie. Flash, Quicktime Pro, or any other similar programs will allow you to do this. See below for a great tutorial.

In future versions of this plugin, there should be a browse button to help you search for where you would like the images to end up. As of now you can only type in the destinations manually, but for those with Windows when you just use your file explorer and find the location you want to put it, you can copy and paste the destination url from the file explorer into the plugin window.

Overall, the Camera Recorder plugin created by Chris Fullmer is definately worth the download. It is a very handy tool to have for simple demonstrations, but its not going to win you a grammy. At the time of this review this plugin is free and is available at SketchUcation.com. I give this plugin 4 out 5 stars.

Extra Resource:
www.cad-addict.com/2009/12/sketchup-plugin-camera-recorder.html