SFM Tutorial: Tip Collection 1

[@EpicLPer]

Valve should definitely hire you as Tutorial creator for SFM... I'm not kidding, I'm serious. You manage to save hours of work in under 10 minutes, explain everything so well that even beginners will get it easily, and, the most important part, you're not going too far into detail with each thing ,just so far that you can "figure out on your own what to do" but won't be left completely not knowing what to do next.

[@The4thaggie]

They should hire him to make SFM videos for their games.

[@parkourfreak114]

Yay new tutorial!!! I've been poking around in sfm and still having trouble. This actually helped keep more organized!

[@PSFMer]

Thanks for taking the time to show us these tips! Teach us how to do eye movement next x) I've no idea whether to just use 2 frames for the movement or make it "stepped". 

[@RaptorNX01]

Very helpful, especially for me not using the ME that much and trying to learn it. Also didn't didn't know how to make groups. thanks. :D and thanks for the shout out too.

[@Doodoopoopbutt]

Your videos have helped me out a lot on sfm. Thank you for sharing these.

[@Guus]

nice that you started these, can't use em at the moment cuz I have a mac. but within 2 months I will have a new pc and then these will be usefull, thanks again

[@deseretedtrikyjohn]

i think your an amazing animator you rock! :P

[@STANNco]

i didn't know about that world locking thing. Great!

[@PacificPenguin]

that zero slider thing... I feel so dumb, haha. and local rotation looks to be very useful.

[@TaceoCinema]

Awesome! Though I don't know how to do the select the time between bookmarks on my Swedish keyboard since it doesn't have the same bracket keys. /:

[@aliviakalin9346]

Remember the twidash video u made? U should make another one. And in my opinion I think u should make a 3d pony game on the appstore or googleplay because ur animations is awesome! I dont know what u use for the mlp animations maybe gmod but ur animations are awesome! !

[@DoubleRainbowfilly]

a quick tutorial on smooth animation would be nice, I can never get my animations to flow right XP

[@argodaemon]

That one has been asked a bit, but is so hard to execute. Smooth and realistic are so situational. When and if I can come up with something that works, I will try.

[@DoubleRainbowfilly]

Argodaemon Thanks I hope you can find a way, even if they are quick tips like this one,...anything to help get rid of the blockyness lol

[@graemecool]

DoubleRainbowfilly i may already have something. its rooted in the graph editor and designed for a specific individual to pick up from as well as also being prity poor production quality but it may be what your looking for.

[@sonario6489]

2:23 Basically you can make sure your hair doesn't have a seizure

[@Alyxus]

can you do a tutorial on posing? just a suggestion

[@RobertoMaciel-me9jt]

Minha guerreira da liberdade Rainbow Dashie ❤

[@dylanfitzsimmons372]

Quick question anyone Is there a way to make an animated transition between two cameras so that the first camera would transition to the location of the second camera?

[@justiceretrohunter2]

Hey Argo, you ever plan to do tutorials on human models? (preferable HL2 models)

[@argodaemon]

Truthfully, I have not really animated any human models. :P

[@khalingoins8084]

Where did you get those bat models?

[@MLPDethDealr32]

i have a night time background, and i wanna make it a bit lighter.

[@Beatriz4905]

The next one can be magic??

[@ZipZapTesla]

Do you know how to make jiggle bones yourself?

[@lilchris9cmb]

Hey. I have this issue with the pony eyelids. When I try to make a poster after I used some of the angry or happy eye options, the eyes look... odd. As if the eyelid is clipping through the eye. I've tried blading the clips and selecting only one area of the timeline to animate, but the eyelids always end up looking horrible whenever I refresh the shot (or attempt to export to a poster). I simply close their eyes for a picture, and they're half open on the poster (but close when I press "play"). Do you happen to know about this problem, and possibly a solution for it?

[@argodaemon]

Sometimes it takes the renderer a few frames to actually get the eyes where you want them. The higher the post quality stuff, the less frames it seems to take (due to having to calculate more per frame). For posters, obviously, you only have 1 frame, so it doesn't always work right. Best option is to export as an image sequence about 5-10 frames of the picture. The last few should have the eyes looking correct.

[@lilchris9cmb]

Argodaemon That is working just fine. Thanks a lot!

[@Spike46444]

I found the organization script on the Pony SFM website...but when I downloaded it, it was a text document, so is it suppose to be like that?

[@Spike46444]

Also, it doesn't tell you how to download it. So if this is an actual thing, could you please give some instructions on how to download it? :D

[@argodaemon]

the download contains a usermod folder. you just merge it with the SFM usermod folder. That is it. The grouping should happen automatically, but only to fresh models. Any models loaded prior to having the script will not have such.

[@Spike46444]

Ok thanks!

[@dazzion5318]

Taylor Hicks Here is the link for those who are curious: thezeroteam.deviantart.com/art/Zappy-s-Organizing-Script-2-0-518783284

[@Spike46444]

✪DazzioN Thanks!

[@graemecool]

very informative, some tips on partials and /or post production would also be very appreciated :D

[@rubbaducks3700]

What's the map you used?

[@rubbaducks3700]

Yea, but what "custom" map is it?

[@JoeRoganVOD]

+Rubba Ducks I think its map black_void just with models and lights around the character

[@KingFluffs]

Thank you Based tutorial man.

[@TeAwsomeCo]

wow those tips about the bookmarks! man for ages i was just deleting them and hoping i didn't need them again! and the local rotate

[@DesterKonvert]

I would appreciate this tutorial, if you could make this with more "human-like" models and on normal map without this orgy of light and blackness.

[@alexthehors]

thank you! it's still actual in 2k18^^

[@siamiam]

good video, thank you

[@williamgiuitta751]

I just sarted so I have barly no experience on the sours filmmaker.

[@RobertoMaciel-me9jt]

É uma guerreira de primeira.

[@mrdevil983]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

[@RobertoMaciel-me9jt]

Onde foi parar a Fluttershy?

[@RobertoMaciel-me9jt]

Minha heroina maravilhosa Rainbow Dashie nossa ela topa em qualquer parada .

[@LuxrayStarketallanleponey]

marche pas

[@robertomaciel9281]

Nossa Rainbow Dashie voce fez uma linda pose em ser uma belissima estatua de gesso branco voce e suas queridas amigas do coracao nossa foi preciso mesmo a Princesa Twilight libertar todas voces.

[@robertomaciel9281]

Voces foram demais.

[@robertomaciel9281]

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[@perzonarizwan396]

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[@Sashow1000]

good tutorial, too bad it got ruined by brony ponies...

[@Sashow1000]

***** and you're choosing to call random people moron

[@Sashow1000]

***** well if someone has different opinions than you it doesn't mean you have a reason to call them a dumbass

[@pentament9774]

+Monmonstar | Gamer Extraordinaire tone down on the salt bro