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Before you begin you will need the following:
 
* Windows Media 8.0 and 9.0 codecs (if you don't already have them). You can find these at: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/wi...cdownload.aspx.
* Video editing software
 
 
# Change your screen resolution to as small as possible.
## Right-click on your Windows desktop.
## Choose Properties, then Settings.
## Choose 800 by 600 pixels.
## Click Apply, then OK.
#  Log into Second Life
# Turn on the Debug menu.
## Press Ctrl-Alt-D. Debug should appear to the right of Help in the main menu.
# Set your movie resolution.
## From the menu, select Debug/Set 320x240 Windowed.
## IMPORTANT: your Second Life window will be reduced significantly.
## During filming, you must leave the SL window at this size on your screen.
# Hide the User Interface.
## Click Ctrl-Alt-1 to hide the UI so that it won't appear in your movie.
# Start your movie.
## Click Ctrl-Shift-A to start the movie (this command also stops filming).
# Pick a place to save your movie.
## IMPORTANT: select or create a folder NOT on your desktop, for example, any folder on your C drive will work.
## Once you have your folder selected, click Open.
## Click Save.
# Choose video compression.
## Select Full Frames/Uncompressed.
## IMPORTANT: this will generate a large uncompressed video file - about 1 GB per minute, which you will need to compress during or after editing. OR
## Select Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec.
## Click OK.  Filming beings.
# Capture your raw footage.
## To stop filming, Click Ctrl-Shift-A.
# Edit your movie using your choice of video editing application.
 
== Contributor ==
[[User:Char Linden|Char Linden]]
 
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Latest revision as of 06:18, 3 November 2009

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