Valve Releases Source Filmmaker Beta

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Post by blutonium » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 6:16 PM UTC

Valve Releases Source Filmmaker Beta
sourcefilmmaker.com

Re: Valve Releases Source Filmmaker Beta

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Post by thenomad » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 7:24 PM UTC

Needless to say, as one of the few pro Machinima filmmakers in the world, I'm absurdly excited by this. Haven't used Source for years...

The key point about this tech? If you're using your own art assets, it's usable for commercial movie-making, with no license fee.

Any of the learned HN types know how the Source engine stacks up graphics algorithms-wise with other engines like Unreal 3 and Crysis? Specifically, how are their lighting standards, and do they support Global Illumination / Indirect Lighting stuff, and/or Ambient Occlusion?

Update - apparently they do support SSAO, but on a per-material basis. Not ideal, but hey. And they do Indirect Lighting, but baked, not dynamic.

Re: Valve Releases Source Filmmaker Beta

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Post by xd » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 7:25 PM UTC

If you're good with speech synthesiser development .. now's the time to shine.

Re: Valve Releases Source Filmmaker Beta

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Post by thenomad » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 7:30 PM UTC

xd wrote: post #3

If you're good with speech synthesiser development .. now's the time to shine.

If you can generate credible performances with a speech synth, trust me, Source Filmmaker is the least of your opportunities. A number of people with a lot of money would be interested in talking to you...

Re: Valve Releases Source Filmmaker Beta

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Post by nemo1618 » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 7:36 PM UTC

Really excited to see what fan-made stuff comes out of this. The replay editor is a child's toy in comparison.

Re: Valve Releases Source Filmmaker Beta

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Post by xd » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 7:38 PM UTC

thenomad wrote: post #4

xd wrote: post #3

If you're good with speech synthesiser development .. now's the time to shine.

If you can generate credible performances with a speech synth, trust me, Source Filmmaker is the least of your opportunities. A number of people with a lot of money would be interested in talking to you...

Are you the Halo Machinima guy?

Re: Valve Releases Source Filmmaker Beta

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Post by thenomad » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 7:39 PM UTC

nemo1618 wrote: post #5

Really excited to see what fan-made stuff comes out of this. The replay editor is a child's toy in comparison.

It's not exactly fan-made, but I'll be evaluating it for our current performance capture projects tomorrow/Friday. VERY excited.

Re: Valve Releases Source Filmmaker Beta

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Post by sturadnidge » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 7:45 PM UTC

The world of CounterStrike just took on a whole other level (no pun intended). Whereas the likes of EA and Blizzard don't even release mod tools for their big franchises, Valve comes out of left field with things like this.

I look forward to seeing some high quality content in the near future, and will hopefully create some myself.

Re: Valve Releases Source Filmmaker Beta

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Post by thenomad » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 7:56 PM UTC

xd wrote: post #6

thenomad wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you can generate credible performances with a speech synth, trust me, Source Filmmaker is the least of your opportunities. A number of people with a lot of money would be interested in talking to you...

Are you the Halo Machinima guy?

Nope, that would be Burnie Burns, I suspect.

I'm the guy who came up with the word in the first place and founded Machinima.com (amongst other things).

Re: Valve Releases Source Filmmaker Beta

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Post by fletchowns » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 7:59 PM UTC

This looks really, really incredible. And they are giving it away for free, and you can even make money off something you create as long as you don't use Valve's assets. There's going to be soooo much awesome content that comes out of this. Way to go Valve, and congratulations to the SFM team!