00 basics

[@GunmanCrazed]

Repeat, to remove the lag from SFM, follow those: 1 - Load a map and etc. 2 - Right click on anywhere on the map. 3 - Unselect the following: "Progressive Refinement" 4 - Then, right click again on map and go to "Render Settings". 5 - Unselect "Ambient Occlusion".

[@BlighterProductions]

Thankfully, I won't need it since I got an RTX 3060 Ti running it at 2160p, getting 90+ fps in render.

[@Ahmadabdal_]

you are a realhero

[@azurewarrior2000]

In the words of Demoman: "Thanks mate!"

[@Lameless]

@@BlighterProductions a gtx 780 will work too

[@dannyfinn0659]

YOU. ARE. A. GOD. SEND.

[@FracturedPixels]

Dude, tutorial aside, you have an amazing voice.

[@GamingOneza]

you are right

[@capra.goober]

MaplePick Is this a reference? I hope its a reference.

[@FracturedPixels]

TheAwkwardDragon2013 Yes, it's a reference to salad fingers.

[@capra.goober]

***** Yay, I recognized it.

[@DontoPivotDude]

It does sound sexy, but to me it also sounds slightly monotone. 6/10

[@tf2engineer]

Tip! When learning how to use this, do not choose a map with a bunch of loud ambient background noises. They overlap with each take. If you have 12 takes on 2fort like I did you will get 900 cows mooing at the same time.

[@Polaris589]

I wonder if Gabe Newell knows how much porn is made with source filmmaker?

[@keyboardofsteel]

+Aaron Blascak you clearly dont dig deep enough into the cesspool that is the internet

[@truearea53]

+Polaris589 Ohyeah, I saw some of em on this one specific website.

[@ismilejpgi3365]

+Polaris589 clearly he doesn't want to know.... or maybe he already knows?

[@thatbrokenlaptop2888]

+Polaris589 I found a lot XD

[@thatbrokenlaptop2888]

im so sorry

[@PDXNash]

"you can sort of fly around, just like you were in the game"... if you hack.

[@Beaveski]

+Nash Heaver in a custom game you can type "noclip" in the console to fly also in gmod you can noclip at the press of a button

[@KaustikTV]

noclip m8

[@sonic1292]

+Nash Heaver or spectator mode

[@kaunainasfi3092]

+Nash Heaver noclip On

[@westonjohnson1944]

@@saintaodhan5

[@paulfradk]

It's a very difficult program to learn, but I'm not giving up. I keep watching these tutorials over and over, as I slowly progress myself to become better. I've had about 2 years of experience with cameras and movies, and I know that I'll be able to master this too. Every time I look at all the animations, it motivates me to keep going. Patience is mostly the key, to keep working with something like this. I wouldn't say that since I love movies and work with cameras, I shouldn't use this. But I'm learning it, because I want to create stories. I'm gonna tame this motherfucker.

[@dogma8538]

PaulfraDK fuck yes

[@porobotboyxxx]

We need to get our stories out otherwise we'd go insane.

[@elilanning7448]

PaulfraDK applause

[@legometaworld2728]

I wanna create stories, but SFM is literally the worst program to do that on.

[@a.dslice1576]

Me too, lets do this together. Just started this and I don't know if I can finish this, but you might be the one to help me.

[@roman_nfkrz]

Gmod is still great for fun. You can`t build things in it. Gmod will live. But of course many of videomakers would practice SFM

[@MINE_OK]

Wtf how did I find you here lmao?

[@DeezYoink]

hello nfkrz

[@DeezYoink]

@@MINE_OK samee

[@duhrealeyethree]

You know what, your right, Gmod is still used to this day. Sfm Is more popular but the simplicity of Gmod really makes it more appealing

[@clydebaldassare2387]

I'm from 10 years from the future. Just to warn you, something called covid will hit hard in a few years.

[@TheSentientCloud]

No matter how well I may learn this and AfterEffects, I will never make anything remotely as awesome as Harry101UK does...

[@aymanayad7230]

Mandelbrot Set cores and turrets of every stage,,,,

[@TheSentientCloud]

Ayman Ayad Wouldn't you like to escape this cage?

[@aymanayad7230]

Mandelbrot Set come with us and you will be sure you wont be safe in aperture well i was hoping that someone else would continue

[@TheSentientCloud]

Ayman Ayad it's not that popular of a video x'D This is aperture, this is aperture...

[@Kholinium]

Aperture, Aperture, Aperture, Aperture,

[@Dluxe]

may i say that this tutorial is AMAZING. they explain everything from scratch to literaly do your own animation. big thumbs up for the SFM Devs and community with awesome tutorials like these.

[@Funky-dude681]

how is a comment from 4 years ago above a 11 year old comment????

[@Miguel-fo9cd]

72 people dint press Ctrl+s

[@404User-Not-Found]

128 m8. i forgot to press Ctrl+S to but i didn't disliked. ;-;

[@Eddio0141]

sike! thats the wroooong number!

[@shahilmaheriya4750]

Hi

[@phingset7700]

the saddest thing about these types of tutorial series on KZbin is that there are less and less views as you go along..

[@Tronicate]

Why do I like the voice so much? Seriously... is it just me?

[@gentlemoa2672]

+Oddbodd It's not just you. :)

[@samus323]

+Oddbodd Because it's deep.

[@pexfmezccle]

+Oddbodd you must be gay. go see a doctor.

[@Tronicate]

First name Surname I'm not gay, I just like the voice and even if I were, why would I need to see a doctor?

[@gentlemoa2672]

First name Surname Stupidy is an illness, friend. :)

[@HumanGrunt]

i thought, "hey, lets try source filmmaker, it cant be that hard... right?" well, i take 20 minutes to pose 1 character

[@kabardino1337]

My years in Pivot and GMod have made me battle hardened, bring it on SFM!

[@Glanyy34]

Who watch from 2024?

[@Kittycatwover]

Fr

[@KSH.0]

Definitely not me

[@titanspeaker6152]

Me

[@MASKEDGAMINGOF]

Heyy

[@quankingbro]

Me

[@TheNorseStargazer]

*Congratulations, You have done everything right.* Man, proud moments in my life.

[@CCshinobi]

I love Valve. They actually care about their community and provide us all these awesome tools to even make our own videos using their games! Thank you for this wondrous opportunity, Valve Staff! :D

[@keviran4079]

lmao@mikkhaelcb

[@georgeyang7963]

even better now lol@mentlegenvideo

[@yoober387]

u forgot about tf2 right?

[@maple_henlo]

@@yoober387 He made this comment al long time ago

[@ZoomX05]

Guess what

[@LineX240]

I finally found out mann manor is a reskin of this map

[@Mex-ge9kj]

Lol

[@sanni8387]

i cant believe they've done this.

[@cheesebear_9979]

Lol

[@cheesebear_9979]

Lol

[@dariusright4802]

@@sanni8387 0

[@emilianocarra]

For all the people who gets lag , i recommend right click in the screen window and go to render settings and change the "AO only" to "Outiline only".

[@Kligor2]

If ur a dude, no homo but I wanna fuckin kiss you right now. THANK YOU!!!

[@ScripterMega]

Or get a better PC. Just any old gaming PC will cut it.

[@cooliostarstache5474]

I deactivated AO all together. It looks and feels a lot better

[@UbiquitousBooks]

I can't wait to get my hands on this. I hope that eventually we will be able to pull in resources from the other source games. This is going to be a seriously powerful tool for the community. Also, the recent news that Shane Acker is making a movie in Source makes a lot more sense now.

[@NotBubZ]

this aged quite well

[@aglot7665]

@@NotBubZ yeah

[@dadsleftfoot]

I won't lie, I'm an idiot. I closed all of the tab things (the map picture and all the oher stuff) so I'm left with a grey screen. PLEASE HELP ME! IT WON'T COME BACK!!!!!

[@semsiye666]

Same here buddy. Let me help you. Windows - Layouts - Return to default layout.

[@dadsleftfoot]

Umay Ece Köprücü THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@smithman725]

Umay Ece Köprücü thank you i did the same thing hehehe..

[@sinahyaghi5890]

Umay Ece Köprücü God bless you.

[@chase5950]

Umay Ece Köprücü Thank you soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

[@somerguy3527]

I like how he’s doing an animation tutorial but all we talk about is his asmr voice

[@Rentheadnumber1]

I just got my key today. :)

[@Gavinsloan356]

during this sfm just about crashed loading the map

[@elliotneedham2953]

+Loco Block same here

[@elliotneedham2953]

I eventually loaded a map though

[@personguy8697]

+Loco Block Same here!!!!

[@lucinaaugusta7279]

Same mine stopped responding for like 5 minutes

[@bltfireburstAU]

Holty The styracosaurus same

[@boredyoutubeuser]

Almost fell asleep to this, man has a pretty soothing voice lol.

[@catisthebest46]

I really wish he were my teacher. any subjects would be fine. his explaining is so detail and easy to understand

[@STiCKGamesOfficial]

After all tutorials from Valve I still dont know how to use this, its all complicated a difficult, I tried to do something, the begining is pretty good but then I dont know what to do next because everything is starting to be more complicated and when I click something everything is ruined. I cant even load maps from games like L4D2, HL2 and CS:GO

[@shenanigansandstuff1656]

check your mod search paths

[@phuongtrang4627]

0 them trutinh

[@bjor197silje]

Saxxy awards 2015 winner deserves all the saxxy award prizes

[@RC568]

SFM: your graphics card sucks. Me: whatever SFM: gives me a line for the map

[@rngnodal9316]

RC568 Mine sometimes says that and sometimes it doesn’t, but the map loads fine for me. I have a GTX 1050 ti, so it should work fine

[@lindavaughn4832]

O9

[@RC568]

you had a intel hd 620 😭

[@RC568]

your computer probably isnt even that good anyway

[@CommodityMusic]

Whelp, here we go. I know the basics, but to actually learn, I have to watch from the beginning lol. Time to binge.

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

this program is gonna be how I FINALLY learn 3d animation. I won't have to get lost in the weeds of blender, I love that program but you have to go through so much just to get to the animation part of the pipeline if you make stuff from scratch.

[@randys2669]

I have a pretty low-end PC, so is there any way to increase framerate/performance? I get, at best, six FPS and it takes anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour to load a map. My computer crashed three times trying to activate the "work camera" alone. This seems like a fun program and I just want to know if there's any way I can make it usable for my computer.

[@JoyboyPs_Reviews]

The only thing I can think of which will help frame rate is, right click as you would to load map but go to render settings and deselect Progressive Refinement and Ambient Occlusion and click OK. There isn't really anything that can be done for your map load times via software. I would suggest saving up and buying upgrades for your PC, one of the best upgrades for loading times would be a SSD.

[@peterphan9960]

damn u have good pc mine lags

[@thomasamerong190]

mine too i feel ya man

[@vittordecastro3815]

I'm just surprised that this was created 6-7 years ago and it's fucking awesome, I'm really excited to try it

[@lavenderskull]

am I the only one who's sfm was laggy? it wouldn't run as smooth as it showed in the video.

[@imapie4688]

Amari Garner you need a pretty powerful computer to run the program.

[@lavenderskull]

imapie4688 Imph.. I've got a windows 10 (under dev.)

[@imapie4688]

Amari Garner Your going to need more then just windows 10 to be able to run suck program if you know anything about hardware.

[@lavenderskull]

imapie4688 I'm trying to learn the basis of computers, I don't know a lot...

[@imapie4688]

Amari Garner Well, Keep learning :)

[@AisW6]

who from 2019?

[@someoneontheinternet3672]

Ye

[@wazzup7031]

I've done some videos, and now I can say: I know all about this program. Thanks Bay Raitt and all the rest.

[@iHasFruitquake]

Guys its still in beta. They are still bugs in SFM

[@Sir_Bucket]

Respoiler: SFM is good but it will be beta to eternity because Valve will never update it

[@dwagin6315]

*5 years later* Yeah. Still in beta.

How do you import Half Life 3 assets?

[@shenanigansandstuff1656]

Hack into Valve Labs

[@CWGminer]

Someone doesn't get the joke

[@KashTheGamerYT]

Hans Lübeck Lmao

[@cordellreese7459]

been wanting to work on something Team fortress 2 related for years, now in 2023 (almost going into 2024) im gonna take up the challenge! TF2 has been a big apart of my life ever since 2010 and its allowed me to make friends, have great memories and even get me into doing things i wouldnt normally have thought possible. i guess SFM was the next big step for me and now i cant wait to see whats in store for the future!

[@2haloes]

If people are complaining about lag remember, SFM is a very powerful tool and will require a very powerful system to use without lag

[@jasperwasd1590]

***** Your profile picture made your comment sound really stupid plus the fact that it doesn't make any sense.

[@jasperwasd1590]

***** Im sorry looking back at that comment i worded it really bad i didn't mean it to sound mean.

[@WhenTheWh]

when i start up sfm all i see is grey HAALP

[@zacharylassandari93]

The Jaj Get a better computer

[@WhenTheWh]

figured that one out a while ago... but time are hard out here ya know?

[@zacharylassandari93]

The Jaj I know

[@sirchadzcat3004]

+The Jaj If you are still having this problem, when you are on SFM go to the top left third along should be "Windows", Click this then go to the bottom of the drop down. You should see layouts Hover over this with your mouse and you should see at the top "Return to default layout" click this and this will resolve your problem. What probably happend is that on your first time using SFM you closed all the windows but yeah this will resolve the empty screen. DW your computer is fine xD

[@WhenTheWh]

oh, c: that's a breath of fresh relief, thanks I'll try it out.

[@vama89]

Whoa sweet. Thanks for the tutorial. Great way to get up and running quick.

[@TARDIS_GAMING]

this is really helpful

[@adamhall376]

KORON1A

[@danielo4954]

It says that the map loaded but it just shows a blank screen

[@charliesquire5247]

It does that to me too

[@SheepishGames]

you need to hold Left click and then use WASD to drive to where the map is you likely spawned under the map.

[@danielo4954]

oh

[@charliesquire5247]

Thanks

[@frcrossover]

Daniel Ortiz if you can't find the map Right click your viewpoint the uncheck enable lighting

[@Rorschach003]

I have over 500 hours in SFM and I still struggle with getting a 5 second animation done

[@sugarsuture]

How would one get maps and models .3.

[@futuramic5245]

Steam Workshop for SFM is your best bet for custom maps and models.

[@sugarsuture]

Conman121 Oh, ok, thanks :)

[@christinestanton1577]

Loading map...

[@antonymanas3762]

Anthonychok

[@cmangualmangual8098]

hi nevermind i have to go

[@nakedpear3558]

Are you leaving?

[@Dark_Interval]

"you should see some bright red text that says NO MAP LOADED, congratulations, you've done everything right"

[@cakeplex2744]

I seriously don't get it, when i get ingame it works smooooth but the sfm is laggy

[@abhijitdey9799]

sfm is more demanding than tf2

[@cakeplex2744]

Abhijit Dey I just realised that turning off Ambient Occlusion while i'm doing the stuff gives me a load more fps. Even tho' i get the damn white speckles and stuff...

[@kalotix7670]

Cake Plex do u know if sfm will work on my pc? I got: Intel core 2 quad processor ,3 GB ram,32 bit..

[@cakeplex2744]

VenomDF Is it a pc or laptop ?

[@kalotix7670]

its a pc

[@GreenNekoProductions]

Okay, I did 2fort, and it didn't work. It isn't responding. How do I fix this? If there is no way, I am going to have to go back to Garry's Mod animations.

[@qaaris4280]

Most maps that start with _arena__ will lower you to about 10 FPS. So don't do that. Right click when the map is loaded, and uncheck Enable Lighting and Progressive Refinement. Then in the right-click menu, click Render Settings, and uncheck Ambient Occlusion. Hope it helps.

[@GreenNekoProductions]

Mortis Dredd Me too.

[@father1430]

for me it just takes about 3-4 minutes for a map to load

[@elilaurora3882]

Mortis Dredd I tried doing that but my screen is still black. I used an arena map

[@qaaris4280]

Um... _Don't use an arena map, I guess._

[@penguinmaster7]

all of this went WAY over my head.

[@imnotcreative3570]

Im using this tutorial series so that I can learn to animate and change Meet the Soldier so that the soldier is an Idiot EDIT: Nevermind. Im gonna make soldier a Robot

[@13D00_]

when I try to load the map SFM freezes... (I have an intel I7 CPU, 4G ram and a GTX 650TiBoost GPU...

[@13D00_]

oh and after freezing for 1 min. it works normally with the map loaded :)

[@Dotakid99]

I happen to lag a little when using sfm.

[@13D00_]

***** thank you :-)

[@markusgggg]

Don't worry. It's just loading. I have an i5-4570, R9 280, and 8GB RAM and it freezes for me.

[@AnaBeatriz-cg6wo]

Ido Telio yeah, thats what i was gonna say. it freezes to everybody, but just for some minutes beacause the map is still loading

[@danjoredd]

Tonight Im gonna follow this whol tutorial and start making tf2 memes. Always wanted to know how to do this but never got around to, you know, actually doing it lol

[@Sweepus]

Good for you dude.

[@Dontalktom33]

how is it going?

[@some_tobi1636]

TNice tutorials is THE most helpful tutorial on KZbin imo. I am starting production in Hardstyle, and I find soft soft really useful

[@omaraladwonali]

Is it possible to add the Iraqi flag 🇮🇶 in SFM?

[@Rickby]

Nicki queen of rap

[@realmslayer]

when i watched this SFM was downloading XD

[@kingsushi902]

I've been watching these videos and just downloaded sfm. They are short and simple but very informative!

[@zacharybinder936]

Im going to spend my entire weekend trying to make a good SFM video thanks for the tutorials

[@KyryloR]

12 years ago? not a bad time to start learning

[@cla693]

Very useful.I just got bootcamp and the first thing i got was SFM

[@Social_Shut-In]

It's funny I actually feel a real sense of accomplishment from learning these first camera controls

[@gastta]

i like how in the beginning hes says, you see this then your good, then doesnt explain how to fix it if you dont get it

[@SentryWill]

How do you reset the roll of a camera?

[@dozadalladim]

Thank you so much I was hoping for a tutorial!! I'm gonna finally create an SFM video

[@whyneedacoolname]

already stuck on the fact that the 'w' key won't move me around

[@Mex-ge9kj]

Do you have a mouse or a mouse pad on your computer?

[@whyneedacoolname]

@@Mex-ge9kj I do. Thankfully, I solved the problem though. ^-^

[@Mex-ge9kj]

@@whyneedacoolname Great! 👍

[@masonmeguess2810]

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS TUTORIAL ITS HELP ME ALOT

[@officialtailsthefoxroblox7905]

AND IT PISSES ME OFF!!! IT JUST TAKES LIKE A DAY FOR IT TO TAKE AGAIN!

[@dugapproves5471]

I have thought many things before and i want those things to come to life

[@SpittingSEA]

If anyone is having lagging issues when you move your camera: Right click on the map, go to "Render Settings", and turn off the box that says "Ambient Occlusion."

[@coffeebreaktude]

Using a roller ball so no middle key. But this camera is tough to manipulate but you do give good instructions. Problem is going somewhere and not able to get back.

[@404User-Not-Found]

Pretty sure this is how most sfm animators have began.

[@Theonlyultimategamer]

Yeah exactly. Home built is superior to pre-built. Way cheaper too... and more fun =D

[@FirfrosBe2332]

everyone starts somewhere

[@yoman4802]

SFM is an animation tool primarily made to animate and make short movies inside the game TF2. You can allso use it to make shorts in other valve games. If you did not already know, '''SFM'' stands for ''Source Film Maker''

[@alittlecornerofearth5595]

thank you so much for making this it will really help me become a good animator

[@frayrosario8263]

Troop cool

[@redsnake188]

I've used sfm on and off again through out the years and this is still my personal favorite tutorial

[@michellegenson4050]

Thank you so much this has greatly helped my understanding of Source Film Maker.

[@UnwovenSleeve]

Thankyou for these tutorials they really helped me create my first SFM video!

[@KytosaiSFM]

Hah, that's the exact reason why I came to this video again. Thanks plenty ^^

[@TheCentriole]

Thank you for this knowledge! Now off to make tons and tons of 3d clop!

[@catmanconant9798]

* watches how to open a map * WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN

[@TinyDeskEngineer]

It's so weird to see the older window outline, despite me understanding that this software is several years old and is probably not something I should be trying to learn. But hey, I learnt how to use the Hammer Editor after a year, so I'm sure I'll be fine.

[@rockylepage]

really great tutorial very nice and informative

[@93pls]

VERY HELPFUL BEST sfm TUTORIAL BIG UP ^^

[@SamirKhan-eg9eq]

Loft Produ connect xxx

[@xhunterxwolfx]

For some reason, my "alt" buttons aren't working with the camera. I even alt+click and the camera doesn't change. Does anybody know why this is?

[@Quillwell]

it does for me as well, it all depends on the size of the map.

[@robloxgms3470]

This is some crazy bidness to learn but I wanna make a huge fluid animated movie, so here goes.

[@drawingking527]

A Pretty good tutorial, Alongside the rest of the Series. Sure the last part (13.3) is a boring bouncing ball animation which alongside 01 is optional.But this took all of the Hard Parts out of SFM, also for me the Movement and Sound are really Important. (if you wanna know what i am making, it's a Tom and Jerry inspired Short called Spy and Pyro)

[@berob501]

very helpful to me,especially since i just got source film maker and plan on making videos on it pretty soon,but they prob wont be MegaGFilms or other popular sfm makers :P but ill give it my all

[@adamhendrick.]

this is the start of a new friendship

[@smallbluebox3125]

i minimized SFM to look back at the video and litterally thought it didn't minimize

[@JesseCombsTwiZtedCheese]

This guy should work for Lynda.com because I really like this tutorial. Props to that guy.

[@MathiasKirk]

*Thanks For Help :D - I Will Try To Make Any Video/ScreenShot Now! :D*

[@americanaspie]

I hate having to wait for it to update, that took so long, I was forced to animate a project in 2d, and I got that done before it finished updating. At least you didn't have to pay to go crazy mad with this one. Guess music with heavy bass stereo quality has to be done in an external video editor, and actually SFM is seriously strict on voice over compression too.

[@JDoyle64]

As long as it's a source compatible map it should be good to go, obviously anything not running on source won't work in the SOURCE movie maker.

[@yes12439]

They're made my Dell? Bloody hell never knew that

[@handlesrtwitterdontbelivethem]

the masters of animaters