I'm continuing to learn more about creating machinima from watching the great links posted on this forum. Many thanks for sharing.
Each new one of my own is a little better than the last, as I get my head around Adobe Premier Pro CS3, fraps, Space Navigator and so on.
These three machinima were created to provide a lasting memory of our Open Space sims 'Gravitys Rainbow' and 'Fnordian Slip':
A Modern Day Lament I:
http://diabolus.ning.com/video/a-modern-day-lament
(set to 'Strawberry Fields' by The Beatles, showing overview of the two sims )
A Modern Day Lament II:
http://diabolus.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-modern-day-lament-ii
( set to 'Let It Grow' by Eric Clapton, showing friends skating on Gravitys Rainbow)
A Modern Day Lament III:
http://diabolus.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-modern-day-lament-iii
(set to 'Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape' by Be Bop Deluxe, showing Elfod Nemeth's 'Lava Clock' on Fnordian Slip)
All three filmed in Windlight Ultra using KirstenLee's SD2-R7 Shadowdraft Viewer with a "XFX nvidia GTX 260 XXX" graphics card.