Source Filmmaker Now in Open Beta

btarunr · Jul 11, 2012, 08:57 AM

Valve, creator of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the open beta release of Source Filmmaker (SFM), for free, to everyone.

The SFM is a storytelling tool Valve developed inside the Source Engine to create all its animated short films, including those in the "Meet the Team" series of Team Fortress 2 shorts. The SFM condenses the production pipeline of an animation studio down onto a single gaming PC. To help the community get started, the SFM includes all assets from Team Fortress 2 along with assets from two of the "Meet the Team" short films.

To see the newest and top-rated work being done by the community in the SFM, please visit this page.

InnocentCriminal · Jul 11, 2012, 09:09 AM

TF2 assets, weak! Would have preferred L4D tbh.

thematrix606 · Jul 11, 2012, 09:30 AM

Still gotta say, this is why Valve is the best.

Instead of spending money on advertisement for Steam, they create a tool people can use, and self advertize it all over the web, especially on youtube. Win-win!

Cheers Valve, thanks for actually caring about the community!

3.3.3.

DannibusX · Jul 11, 2012, 09:43 AM

I wonder if they'll include assests from Valve developed Source games that you own. Sort of like Garrys Mod.

horik · Jul 11, 2012, 10:19 AM

Nice,maybe later they will include assets from other games to.

NC37 · Jul 11, 2012, 10:56 AM

Wake me when L4D is added.

Morgoth · Jul 11, 2012, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by InnocentCriminal

TF2 assets, weak! Would have preferred L4D tbh.

i prefer sdk2007

St.Alia-Of-The-Knife · Jul 11, 2012, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thematrix606

cheers valve, thanks for actually caring about the community!

hahaha oh wow!!

Xyvik · Jul 11, 2012, 08:47 PM

For those saying "only TF2 assets, wtf!" please keep in mind: this is the Beta for the source filmmaker. There is no reason whatsoever that other assets cannot be added extremely easily. That's one of the great things about Source: highly interchangeable parts.

In a few months I'm pretty sure all the assets will be available. And if not, well then, a "few months" Valve Time©

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btarunr Editor & Senior Moderator Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hyderabad, India Posts: 14,981 (7.31/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 12,895 Times in 5,647 Posts System Specs	Source Filmmaker Now in Open Beta Valve, creator of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the open beta release of Source Filmmaker (SFM), for free, to everyone. The SFM is a storytelling tool Valve developed inside the Source Engine to create all its animated short films, including those in the "Meet the Team" series of Team Fortress 2 shorts. The SFM condenses the production pipeline of an animation studio down onto a single gaming PC. To help the community get started, the SFM includes all assets from Team Fortress 2 along with assets from two of the "Meet the Team" short films. To see the newest and top-rated work being done by the community in the SFM, please visit this page.

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thematrix606 Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 85 (0.17/day) Thanks: 2 Thanked 14 Times in 10 Posts	Still gotta say, this is why Valve is the best. Instead of spending money on advertisement for Steam, they create a tool people can use, and self advertize it all over the web, especially on youtube. Win-win! Cheers Valve, thanks for actually caring about the community! 3.3.3.

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