Source Filmmaker Tip of the Day #77- Storyboarding and Blocking

[@sketchysketchu]

I really like this guy. His chuckle when he accidentally moved the arm got me.

[@TheRealPeculiarReality]

Finally!!! And not just about your return to the tutorials and your sexy voice(like others have said), but a tutorial about the exact thing that was plaguing me... THANK YOU

[@Wazgrel]

Welcome back!!!

[@Metastudios]

Ur here? Wow. Am big fan.

[@zanekiefer5128]

+Konstantine Rymaruk Hey are you still making videos?I havent seen one in over a year so i dont know if you are working on one or just stopped.

[@Wazgrel]

+Super Z (old account) Started making a new one just yesterday. :) Stay tuned!

[@Metastudios]

Dat sounds gr8!

[@zanekiefer5128]

Konstantine Rymaruk Ok! Thanks for the repliy!

[@gadzintu]

So happy to have you back Jimmer!

[@gadzintu]

sorry about having butchered your name :(

[@CannibalToast]

HE HAS RETURNED

[@sub0sandwich32]

this really helped me, what you explained at the beginning is the problem i have AAAALLL the time

[@Katana314]

Something I think I got from a Valve tutorial early on: When you have bookmarks in the motion editor delineating your still shots, you can press [ or ] to select the time between the closest bookmarks to the left / right.When I do this, I tend to do slightly better posing - I remember hand-drawn animation storyboards tend to include pose structure, faces, etc., and I really like doing that stuff, so I tend to do more than Lins did. (Nothing "correct" about doing it that way - but I do kind of celebrate when I have all blocking for a video completed, and just want to animate the space between)

[@andreaditya5074]

Im glad i found your videos man i was actually thinking about drawing the storyboard on paper but this seems more usefull and take less effort...

[@TonyKebell]

Jimer, keep the Tip of the Day name, even if you're doing it month;y/weekly, it's still a good solid name. Also keep up the good work.

[@CorkScrewDood]

Thanks for this vid man. I havent even known what blocking was for in my two years with SFM

[@drixe]

You deserve for more subs and views..

[@KingFluffs]

:D Yay your making more. Christmas has come early!

[@Haydenificationable]

Jimer Lins, please teach people how to do blocking in the Graph Editor. Professionally (AKA Every other animation program) uses Keyframes. The Motion Editor is solely Valve's creation and almost every content creator (all the way up to McVinnie who admitted he hates the Motion Editor) hardly ever touch it due to the difficulty of modifying existing frames. People look up to you, and I don't want you setting them on a path that already has a dead end due to being stuck on SFM.

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

Blocking is possible in motion editor, too. People just prefer doing it the more professional way.

[@guzguzguz11]

Nice more videos !

[@jetmould]

great vids man...we need ya'

[@ashez002]

vid starts at 4:30

[@DuckTheFinn]

You can do storyboarding with the stepped keys easier than the motion editor (at least in my opinion). You could have mentioned that in the video. Just leaving this here for people to find a different way to approach storyboarding.

[@TrueXiarno]

After blocking like that, how do you go from the motion editor to the graph editor ? Each time I tried, it just mess up my motion.

[@merelyap2230]

Oh this is wonderful! I've been hoping for something like this for a long time now. But silly question, as a follow-up on that: Are there certain tricks on how to further improve the timing of these 'storyboarded poses' during the following refining process?

[@SzotyMAG]

+Mere Lyap You can literally try it on yourself. Crouch down multiple times in your room and see how long it takes, and with that in mind, you can time your animations precisely

[@merelyap2230]

+SzotyMAG I tried that out just now, and holy molly! That does indeed make it a lot easier for most shots! (Though I do feel a bit dumb, for not having thought of that myself...) But in any case, thanks man! At least for me that was great advice!

[@duallyentertainment3005]

Thanks!

[@b3kstudio]

Well... I was too fast again... *Looks at lenght of the video, and the resouliton of it* *And i'm going to go awas fast too...*

[@lncomus]

Wow, actually nice tip.

[@SimplyKevin]

Videos are coming too fast...can't stop...please help..

[@AmberAge]

Tip of the Day 77: "Hopefully we won't have another lengthy absence like that" Tip of the Day 79: (5 years later) xD

[@GamingLevelOLD]

one question. i noticed when you were trying to make him crouch that you didn't use IK rigs. why?

[@SzotyMAG]

+Wheatley9001 He probably forgot to attach them, nuff said

[@hellhounds04]

OH MY GOD. HE'S ALIVE. IT'S A MIRCALE!

[@lambybunny7173]

Whenever I try this the animation ends up resetting when I add more movements, i'm adding bookmarks and that doesn't make a difference either. Everything just ends up resetting when I move time. I need to be able to do this for a project I'm starting but it just won't work

[@Nebularban]

What if the animation takes longer than 1 second? How do i adjust?

[@notimetowaste2481]

Hey thanks for making this video! I know I’m like 4 years late on this comment for this video, but I’m just now starting to learn how to use SFM and the general basics for everything. Can you do a video on how the motion editor connects with the graph editor if you haven’t done so already?Thanks and great job on the video!

[@TylerMcNamer]

Graph editor is pretty good for animation.

[@yamakbats]

how to make a character pick up and or drop an item something with locks thatd be a nice idea

[@moshuimoshui]

Is there any tips of Source2 Filmmaker? Source2 Filmmaker is a new tool within Dota2 Reborn. :-)

[@SzotyMAG]

+mo shui Pro tip: Don't use it, unless they fix it

[@Halochief27]

this is literally what I'm going through at the moment.

[@MrModez]

Two videos within a week? Is this a real life?

[@TheRealPeculiarReality]

+MrModez Pineapple Is this just fantasy... Caught in a landslide... no escape from reality... (I apologize... I just couldn't resist :P)

[@angelspiritfoxx]

there's his rifle... hooray XD