[SFM] The city never sleeps

The better part of a week was spent setting up the scene, animating what few elements are present, and especially rendering it out at a half-decent quality.
Music is Mick Gordon - Static
Rainy background sounds and passenger cars recorded from GTA IV
Racers and police wails recorded from NFS Pro Street and NFS Hot Pursuit 2010

[@ALKHAtheHedgehog]

This is your first animation is great, i can't wait to see what next is

[@ATomatoIsAFruit]

I've done several more animations, if you wish to search through my older videos. Animation, in general, is a lot more involved than simply rendering a frame out, so I'm not sure how frequently or how much more I'll make animations, but I did have a good time making this.

[@ProjectXv2]

I love ambiance like this

[@OriKitsune]

Small moments of light urban melancholy like this are a whole aesthetic of their own. Great job putting this together. 💜

[@NukeMyHouse]

My one recommendation for the future - even if your export from SFM was 1080p, render your video out at 2160p in whatever editor you use, because KZbin compression is a cruel mistress. 2160p will give you that sweet sweet bitrate.

[@ATomatoIsAFruit]

I considered that at first, but this stuff took long enough to render as-is. Future animations I'll still aim for 4K

[@NukeMyHouse]

@@ATomatoIsAFruit No no, the export from SFM would be 1080p still. But the video you assemble in Premier or Resolve or whatever would be 2160p.

[@ATomatoIsAFruit]

@@NukeMyHouse Oh right, "fake" 4K to preserve bitrate, lol

[@kotstrot]

An excellent cocktail of good graphics and immortal music by Mick Gordon from NSF World. Good job, happy holidays

[@Gapsx1eGewehr]

Well put together, Tomato. You should be proud!