How to make a Movie
Greets Beta Testers, Since we gave out a few beta keys today, here's some video tutorials to get you started in the Source Filmmaker. Try to re-create the movie that I make in the tutorials. This will...
View ArticleIntroducing the Source Filmmaker
The Source Filmmaker (SFM) is the movie-making tool built and used by us here at Valve to make movies inside the Source game engine. Because the SFM uses the same assets as the game, anything that...
View ArticleYou Guys Have Been Busy
In just a single week since the start of our beta program, there've been plenty of hilariously inventive "Meet the Heavy" spoofs getting passed around here in the SFM office. Here are some of our...
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The Source Filmmaker is LIVE!
Thanks for your patience, everybody! And a really big thanks to our first round of testers, who were instrumental in helping us make the SFM a better user experience. They were SO helpful, in fact,...
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Sharing the Knowledge
Hey Everyone, We've been amazed this week by all the cool short movies and images everyone has been creating as they come up to speed using the Source Filmmaker. Wow. Here are a few, among many, that...
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L4D Survivor Model Pack
To celebrate today's Left 4 Dead 2 update, Cold Stream, we're going to update the SFM to include a new "Model Pack" that contains the four survivors from L4D2. These are the models that we used to...
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Things Keep Getting Better
This was an inspiring week for the SFM. To start, the first community-created video has received 1 million views . Who would have thought so many people would like saving .dmx files? We've also never...
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I am a Robot
Now that there is a new robot on mars, it seems like a good time for SFM beta testers to dress up a TF character like a robot using a cardboard box. To celebrate the Curiosity's great achievement,...
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Mann vs. Machine
Check out our latest Valve short made using the Source Filmmaker. Learn more here!
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Valve on Spike TV tonight
GT.TV will be devoting their show to Valve tonight on Spike TV. If you want a sneak peek behind the scenes of what we're up to with the SFM next, come check it out! (if you're too busy fighting...
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The 2012 Saxxy Awards
As you may have seen on TV last night, The Second Annual Saxxy's Awards have been announced. It's time to get your storytelling chops in order, because the Source Filmmaker Animation Festival is on!
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GS: GO -- Making the Short
Now that the official CS:GO trailer's shipped, we put together a little "Making Of" featurette for anybody interested in all of the different elements that need to come together to get an SFM project...
View ArticleNew tutorial: Particles
With the announcement of the second annual Saxxy Awards, we're guessing there are lots of you who will be going all out to make your entries shine. In order to help you accomplish this, we'll be...
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Kickstarting SFM
One of our early beta testers, Brandon Fayette, has officially become the first successfully funded Kickstarter Source Filmmaker project. It's a great example of what you can do with the SFM using...
View ArticleNew tutorial: Pose-To-Pose Animation
We've been really impressed with everyone's work as folks have been coming up to speed animating characters in the SFM. After the initial 12 tutorials, we've received a lot of requests to help...
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Saxxy Contest Rules Update
In just under a month, we'll start accepting entries for shorts made with the Source Filmmaker, Valve's filmmaking tool. You'll be able to submit in five different categories (Best Action, Best Drama,...
View ArticlePose-To-Pose Animation Part 2
For part 2 of our pose-to-pose tutorial, let's go a little deeper into "blocking". We'll start from the single pose we created in part 1, and then block in a simple performance. Because we're covering...
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How To Make A Poster
Today we added images to the steam community hub for the SFM. You can now share your images directly from the file menu! To celebrate, we thought we would show you how we make wallpapers and posters...
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Now Accepting Submissions for the Saxxy Awards!
As of 12:00AM GMT today and for the next two weeks, we are now accepting submissions for the Second Annual Saxxy Awards! Click here to find out how to submit!
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