Level Up Your Virtual Camera: An Animated Guide to SFM

[@Anomidae]

Hope this helps some of you out! P.S more investigation and an Animated Project are coming next, stay tuned!

[@fnaffilmssfm6533]

This is so useful and incredible! thank you for sharing this info with the world!!

[@Speakermangriselite526]

@@fnaffilmssfm6533 YEAH

[@plankdorodo3122]

SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE PIVOTS INSIDE DYNAMIC NPCS ARE? Now the question is, do they help entities see each other (presuming that their eyes are like cameras). Do they constraint entities or can be used as such? Is an entitie the result of a connection between a slim pivot (a external point of view) and a thick one (an internal point of view)? So we have a situation where it perceives itself as an event (a camera watching itself, what we call consciousness)?

[@the_winglet]

This is sick! Literally never knew SFM had aim constraints

[@EccentricFM]

Bro Fr

[@loganlockheart6286]

You always learn somethin new in SFM

[@pedroaviladressler310]

what are constraints in sfm?

[@nextal_]

THE WINGLET YOOOOO

[@adimemo2134]

Aimbot

[@Kostamoinen]

Cool stuff Anomidae! Thanks for this guide. Looking forward to the next one.

[@cinderacegamer876]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh kn hi buddy

[@ZenShift69]

HELOOOO

[@Herr.Blekki]

KOSTAMOINEN!!!!!!!

[@theincrediblegeneral5135]

I shouldn't be surprised that the guy that made the interloper made an amazingly animated tutorial. Amazing I love it!

[@Xibster]

0:00 Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed Soundtrack - Prologue 1:10 Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed - Rival's Theme 3:19 Ape Escape OST - Stadium Attack

[@dreyishere]

Damn, he sure loves Ape Escape

[@pistoletowapuma2722]

I don't use sfm and I don't know why I clicked on this video because I knew it wasn't more Interloper, but actually it's really useful outside of sfm coz I didn't know about camera rigging in 3d animation and this gave me some insight. Thanks!

[@BoyOHBoy123]

Demoknight with the Saxxy is crazy.

[@catlord2395]

Thanks for the tutorial! This was beautifully presented and explained in so much detail that even someone with a baby sfm brain like me can still understand it! Can’t wait to not use it, and can’t wait to see more of your videos. Keep up the good work Anomi ❤

[@bookle5829]

"Okay, trust me, this is relevent" *last frame shows X ... Go on.

[@antlionworkerfan2007]

It does show Mona as well, which is very interesting

[@DoKtorCrow]

With enough useful tips like this, you might be the next Jimer Lins!

[@Frenkth]

I doubt that I will use this type of camera soonish, but I must say it will gonna be userful when that day comes! Neat guide btw. Looking forward for this type of guides and the other content.

[@DrClay999]

Oh, I actually didn't know about those constraints! Very nice

[@cornishpasty7853]

this is one of the best sfm tutorials out there, its easy to follow, understand and its quite short.

[@cul4788]

I don't even use sfm but your videos are so well made and entertaining! Love your stuff

[@mzov_1724]

Here's a cool thing i learned with sfm I end up using human models as camera holders, so they bend with their actual spine and their heads control it like this I also end up using walking animations for a handheld camera look like in scenes where people are walking

[@bonnyebonboxel]

4:36 Wow! This looks like those Third person games, very impressive! I'll keep that in mind for the future, thank you for the tutorial!

[@Graysonderuloo]

I dont even animate but I watched the whole thing. This is extremely impressive, and I cant believe you are giving this advice for free

[@alanmagana5135]

I saw the thick rat thank you for including him

[@Cattyclysm]

I haven't used SFM in forever but now I kinda wanna try this 🤔

[@Benjimains]

i will make good use of this omg THANK YOU! SFM'S ARE GONNA BE BREWING! THIS IS GONNA HELP SO MUCH!

[@IBACAU123]

More interloper pls

[@Spoon97]

Hmmmm 🤔

[@shizukanaokami7018]

Wish I found this sooner, this is a massive help

[@CalvinNoire]

Underrated

[@Dig_Duke_SFM]

In LOVE with the ape escape music. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🙌🙌🙌🙌 Thank you so much for these tips!! I'm Duke, an animator for hire but also not a professional. But good enough for commissions. I will absolutely use these tips in the future!! ❤️🫂 Another thing I wanted to get into was advanced Pose to pose animation. I know the basics and im pretty sure alot of others do cause of Jimmer lins videos. But Jim doesn't go into THIS amount of detail! Growing up i used to animate picture by picture with my action figures and make them move around in video form growing up. Then when SFM came out it was like a dream come true. 😍

[@JAVIERHVH]

NVM IT WORKS!!! I JUST SELECTED THE PIVOT AND IT WORK MOVE THE CAMERA!! THX MAN

[@Anomidae]

NP GLAD U FIGURED IT OUT

[@antlionworkerfan2007]

5:52 Is that, the Mona? Or what’s left of her? Interesting foreshadowing (possibly of what’s to come)

[@spaceacepl4636]

little late to the party lol so i decided to watch this even though i don't animate in sfm but then i found something odd 5:40 - 5:42 (you have to use < and > to go frame-by-frame) some weird shapes moving around in the dark i see an elongated object of sorts (maybe a triangle?), with a spherical object on it; the "triangle" moves slowly to the right; there's also a "cylinder" flying around, above the "triangle" and sphere and at the very end (5:50 - 5:51, also requires going frame-by-frame), you can see the high contrast version of this thing, except the floating object moves very erratically and doesn't resemble a cylinder anymore, the "triangle" doesn't really look like a triangle either also, after going back and forth, i don't think that the shapes laying on the ground are moving, i think the camera itself moves around and only the floating thingamajig moves

[@Frostshadow379]

sick guide ^ not what i was looking for, but a very useful tool ^^ and u even covered S2FM ^

[@dmurio]

ROFL, I literally did not know this, amazing

[@TheBurningFox]

I'm never using this or remembering this, but cool ass video anyway, hard work shows itself

[@crunch3171]

Really cool setup! Is there any equivalent for this camera setup in Unreal by any chance?

[@Anomidae]

can't speak for unreal personally but in theory you should be able to replicate this setup by finding the equivalent contraints, since they do appear standardly thru many software like blender, maya, c4d, etc

[@dazzlesaur1]

Good video! Thank you

[@KureijiRrazz]

I found you from the Interloper series, and just recently picked up SFM and started learning. And these tutorials are so helpful and easy to follow along with! Thank you for all your hard work mate! You're truly doing amazing work. I do have a quick question. Is it possible to save the camera settings for future use? Like if I set it up during one session can I export and import it into future ones or would I need to set it up each time? (I imagine not) anyway, thank you for these awesome tutorials!

[@mrsuit8210]

Can this apply to the eyes of a model? like in most models that I have they have something called "viewtarget" and it's sort of like a aimer for the eyes and they follow the view target

[@smugin9858]

Bro thank you so much you helped me a lot

[@hamanthaa]

next tip idea how to get the version of badwater that isn't missing the building

[@pipebombmailer]

this is very well made but 0:22 looks like camera work straight out of Xavier renegade angel

[@Nahueloky]

“Because camera are BIG DEAL” scout reference:

[@foxygamer1515]

I’m trying to rig eyes on a fnaf model that don’t have an eye focus built into it, how would I go about doing that? Edit: I found out that the constraint aim option only appears when I have BOTH models clicked, it even says this in the video. Idk how I missed this obvious piece of info but I fixed it so that’s that I guess! 😅

[@-Rens01]

Weird the aimer doesn't rotate for me and also doesn't stick to the camera I followed perfectly.

[@maniacosis]

@Anomidae I'm having difficulties trying to constraint aim in sfm, every time I try, it doesn't show up at all.

[@rudhrans6378]

What is your opinion on s2fm

[@tryrexm]

Cute avatar!

[@ghiohs7498]

what is the computers shelf thing prop called? i have been trying to find it

[@northropi2027]

i like how he's just a little guy.

[@Tonnyboi]

Can you make a vid where you show some Sfm workshop addons, mods or models that are useful especially for beginners

[@Clydefoxy]

kinda sus the way the character is moving, i think the interloper "mystery" is made by anomidae and animated using motion capture

[@thedispenser8301]

Very useful

[@docshrekboticus]

i guess my computer can't handle this, every time i try to lock the pivot it crashes

[@dustyn0trusty]

are you animating your character by using a motion suit? the animation looks like what therussianbadger does

[@Kayhahalol]

my sfm keeps crashing every time I try to lock the camera transform to the axis helper, very confused about that. other than that I learned something new!!

[@Kayhahalol]

just realised you mention this i'm dumb

[@Holder_place]

How come when I slide zero it literally doesn't do anything

[@konradohlm3131]

How-to Fluid character movement.

[@mepel645]

that is so awesome!

[@DaviD-fi9lj]

Wait a minute...

[@superluckyaki]

I crashed 46 times today doing this tutorial help 😭😭😭😭😭

[@IzukuMidoriya-br1wd]

i was gunna say. "use of dmnpc huh?" and then i heard it idk what yet but i saw and heard somthing.

[@IzukuMidoriya-br1wd]

ok like wtf. i saw somthing getting attacked it was too pixelated and monochrome to tell but i think it was the dmnpc that was used when guiding the video.

[@The_creator_of_The_Shadow_Rail]

thats Teamfortress thank for the vid tho.

[@proxboxgamer69]

Amazing guide, too bad i wont use source filmaker ever

[@JAVIERHVH]

LOOK, ON 2:50, I DID ALL FUCKING OF IT! BUT WHEN I PUT AIMER'S ROOT, THEN IT DOESN'T WORK WHILE I MOVED THE CAMERA

[@AliDraws]

how rude, you keep flicking us off with those jazz hands of yours. (i actually liked the video. its extremely helpful please dont be offended by my sarcasm)

[@alithe_epic]

Level 99🗿🗿❗❗

[@lollermann]

why he moving fruity

[@JAVIERHVH]

DOESN'T WORK!!!!

[@BEST_LUL]

Good tutorial PogChamp

[@bentleyclarke5009]

😂

[@asyanimasi3d]

This is to hard to me.. Pass..

[@Sir.M]

M!!!