Source Filmmaker Mega/Media Thread

[BlockoCrafter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0hDeSbzCAo
wow i suck with this lol

Nah, that was OK. It was one of your first animations, right?

[Ad Bot]

[masterockets]

I can never figure out how to move the limbs without them going all wacky

[Freeze]

Nah, that was OK. It was one of your first animations, right?

third proper one in sfm i think

[Masterlegodude]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZN2bBxCXQU

Here's an interesting video about cameras and how they effect the mood of your scenes without even moving any other objects around

[Masterlegodude]

Well this is oddly amusing...

[Jairo]

Well this is oddly amusing...

teach me master

[Masterlegodude]

teach me master

Not my doing

[MegaScientifical]

GameChap & Bertie made their own Source Filmmaker video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=342lTtwkNmg

[plad101]

GameChap & Bertie made their own Source Filmmaker video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=342lTtwkNmg

oh god that is HORRIBLE

[Awdax]

So from what I understand, you can record a gameplay video in TF2, load it up in SFM as a somewhat "base animation" so all the movements and positions are already mapped out, and you can edit the animations, sounds, models and all that jib-jab, correct? Pretty sure this is how Valve makes the L4D intro and other animations, they record in-game footage then touch it up.

What type of file does it use to import? Since the Left 4 Dead survivor models were implemented, I was hoping I could record a .dem file in L4D2 and import the models and such into SFM and edit the video to my liking.

[Masterlegodude]

To my knowledge, you can't take a demo file and import it in SFM, everything has to be done in the SFM

[Awdax]

Looks like I'll have to wait until full support is added for Left 4 Dead 2.

Can't you record things in-game with TF2 though and import it into SFM? I've seen people render gameplay videos of TF2 with SFM.

[Masterlegodude]

They either A) Host a server via Hamachi B) Record themselves over and over again as different teams and classes with perfectly timed 'kill' or 'explode' commands when players die or C) Use Team Fortress 2's replay editor

Also, i'm not sure how well the thing works, but in the SFM's SDK, you can add an existing mod where you can then type in the name of the mod, but it's very confusing, i'm not sure how it works or if you can just take the stuff from the game's folder and it's GCF or VPK (pak01_dir) files and plop them into the folder

[Freeze]

When I'm rendering a large video file uncompressed avi 720p the video file comes out corrupt (windows media player can't open it). Any ideas?

[Masterlegodude]

Well i think Windows Media Player just sucks as it couldn't play my 720p AVI without lagging horribly :(