Making movies - Revision history

Rockridge Constantine at 21:06, 17 October 2011

2011-10-17T21:06:30Z

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	* If you're shooting on-set and need some props, it may save you time to '''search ~~a webshop like~~ [~~http~~://~~www~~.~~xstreetsl~~.com/ ~~Xstreet SL] and [http://onrez.com/ OnRez~~]'''. Unless the goods aren't available there, I prefer shopping online to teleporting around inworld, since that can be time-consuming, and you may also be juggling a variety of other things. (And it's pretty cool to have stuff delivered to me remotely by clicking a "Buy" button on the web!)		* If you're shooting on-set and need some props, it may save you time to '''search the [https://marketplace.secondlife.com/ Second Life Marketplace]'''. Unless the goods aren't available there, I prefer shopping online to teleporting around inworld, since that can be time-consuming, and you may also be juggling a variety of other things. (And it's pretty cool to have stuff delivered to me remotely by clicking a "Buy" button on the web!)

	* '''Check permissions beforehand.''' If you're buying props to distribute to actors, make sure they're transferable. It sucks when you buy a dozen soda cans and they're all copiable, but NO-trans! "Permissions" also applies to land permissions. If you're filming on a friend's land, make sure you can rez stuff, and if you're not in the land's group, that autoreturn is OFF.		* '''Check permissions beforehand.''' If you're buying props to distribute to actors, make sure they're transferable. It sucks when you buy a dozen soda cans and they're all copiable, but NO-trans! "Permissions" also applies to land permissions. If you're filming on a friend's land, make sure you can rez stuff, and if you're not in the land's group, that autoreturn is OFF.

Cyclopean Sprocket: /* Animations & gestures */ Putting correct link in for motion capture on wikipedia

2011-05-20T16:28:38Z

Animations & gestures: Putting correct link in for motion capture on wikipedia

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	== Avatar movement ==		== Avatar movement ==
	=== Animations & gestures ===		=== Animations & gestures ===
	Avatar body language adds a lot to the realism (or surrealism) of a scene. You should be familiar with Animation Overriders and how to go beyond the default animations, because having unique emotes will give you an edge above generic presets. The defaults are also somewhat exaggerated and cartoony, so for a more naturalistic repertoire, you'll want to check out what's hot on the market, including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Mocap~~ motion-capture] (mocap) anims. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WKo4G8aQBc Learn more about gestures.]		Avatar body language adds a lot to the realism (or surrealism) of a scene. You should be familiar with Animation Overriders and how to go beyond the default animations, because having unique emotes will give you an edge above generic presets. The defaults are also somewhat exaggerated and cartoony, so for a more naturalistic repertoire, you'll want to check out what's hot on the market, including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_capture motion-capture] (mocap) anims. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WKo4G8aQBc Learn more about gestures.]

	''Handy tip:'' Map your gestures to hotkeys. For example, you could press F11 to trigger a dance anim — great when there's "action on the set" and you need to coordinate with other actors. It's even more useful when you have the user interface hidden (as described above) and are filming.		''Handy tip:'' Map your gestures to hotkeys. For example, you could press F11 to trigger a dance anim — great when there's "action on the set" and you need to coordinate with other actors. It's even more useful when you have the user interface hidden (as described above) and are filming.

Torley Linden at 14:39, 10 March 2011

2011-03-10T14:39:54Z

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	'''<font size="5">[[User:Torley_Linden\|Torley]]'s Guide to Making Movies!</font>'''<br /><br />		'''<font size="5">[[User:Torley_Linden\|Torley]]'s Guide to Making Movies!</font>'''<br /><br />
	~~<font face="Courier New">last~~ revised by Torley for Second Life 1.20 — feel free to improve this page and add your own helpful notes!~~''</font><br /><br />~~
			{{KBcaution\|Be sure to '''[[Linden_Lab_Official:Snapshot_and_machinima_policy\|see our snapshot and machinima policy]]''' and satisfy all of our licensing requirements!}}

			{{KBnote\|Last revised by Torley for Second Life 1.20 — feel free to improve this page and add your own helpful notes!}}

	''Friendly greetings!'' [[User:Torley_Linden\|Torley]], Resident Enlightenment Manager @ Linden Lab here. If you want to '''make movies in Second Life''', you've come to the right place.		''Friendly greetings!'' [[User:Torley_Linden\|Torley]], Resident Enlightenment Manager @ Linden Lab here. If you want to '''make movies in Second Life''', you've come to the right place.

Torley Linden: /* IMPORTANT! Commercial usage */

2011-03-10T14:33:23Z

IMPORTANT! Commercial usage

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	Once you know how, practice will incrementally increase your skills, as it did for me — then you'll come up with your own best trips 'n' tricks to share with others (I hope you do!).		Once you know how, practice will incrementally increase your skills, as it did for me — then you'll come up with your own best trips 'n' tricks to share with others (I hope you do!).

	~~== IMPORTANT! Commercial usage ==~~
	~~If your film is for commercial gain, you need to [mailto:licensing@lindenlab.com email Linden Lab Licensing] so we're cool with it. We need to know:~~

	~~# What your film's about?~~
	~~# Do you own rights to content featured in the film? If not, do you have permission from the creators?~~
	~~# Link to your video so we can watch it?~~
	~~# Your real-life contact info?~~

	== Hardware ==		== Hardware ==

Torley Linden: /* Managing Screen Real Estate */

2010-01-07T14:50:22Z

Managing Screen Real Estate

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	=== Managing Screen Real Estate ===		=== Managing Screen Real Estate ===
	~~[[File:1920x1200-Desktop-Window-Sizer+Aqua-menu-bar~~.~~jpg\|800px\|thumb\|right\|An example of a six-window desktop background picture (click through to access 1920 x 1200 px original) ]]~~
			{{Todo\|This section contributed by Dalinian Bing. Please revise style.}}

	Here’s a tip for folks running multiple actor alts, to make best use of your monitor screen’s full area: '''when you’ve discovered a screen layout you like, capture it and set it as your desktop background picture'''.		Here’s a tip for folks running multiple actor alts, to make best use of your monitor screen’s full area: '''when you’ve discovered a screen layout you like, capture it and set it as your desktop background picture'''.

			[[File:1920x1200-Desktop-Window-Sizer+Aqua-menu-bar.jpg\|640px\|An example of a six-window desktop background picture (click through to access 1920 x 1200 px original) ]]

	As with many tips, it's best illustrated by a working example, and although the illustration is on Mac OS X, it's also usable on a Windows or Linux computer.		As with many tips, it's best illustrated by a working example, and although the illustration is on Mac OS X, it's also usable on a Windows or Linux computer.

Torley Linden at 21:24, 17 November 2009

2009-11-17T21:24:14Z

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	{{Help\|Multimedia=*}}		{{Help\|Multimedia=*}}
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	'''<font size="5">[[User:Torley_Linden\|Torley]]'s Guide to Making Movies!</font>'''<br /><br />		'''<font size="5">[[User:Torley_Linden\|Torley]]'s Guide to Making Movies!</font>'''<br /><br />

Torley Linden: moved Movie help to Making movies

2009-11-02T21:44:28Z

moved Movie help to Making movies

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Dalinian Bing: /* Improve your performance */ added Managing Screen Real Estate section

2009-10-01T13:31:21Z

Improve your performance: added Managing Screen Real Estate section

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	* On lower-end systems, you either won't have or can disable Atmospheric Shaders. I don't generally recommend this, because Atmospheric Shaders (also known as "WindLight", [[Movie_help#Wield_the_power_of_WindLight.21\|keep reading]]) adds a lot of, well, '''atmosphere and environmental richness''' to a scene. Turning it off looks dull.		* On lower-end systems, you either won't have or can disable Atmospheric Shaders. I don't generally recommend this, because Atmospheric Shaders (also known as "WindLight", [[Movie_help#Wield_the_power_of_WindLight.21\|keep reading]]) adds a lot of, well, '''atmosphere and environmental richness''' to a scene. Turning it off looks dull.

			=== Managing Screen Real Estate ===
			[[File:1920x1200-Desktop-Window-Sizer+Aqua-menu-bar.jpg\|800px\|thumb\|right\|An example of a six-window desktop background picture (click through to access 1920 x 1200 px original) ]]
			Here’s a tip for folks running multiple actor alts, to make best use of your monitor screen’s full area: '''when you’ve discovered a screen layout you like, capture it and set it as your desktop background picture'''.

			As with many tips, it's best illustrated by a working example, and although the illustration is on Mac OS X, it's also usable on a Windows or Linux computer.

			I’m using four actor alts, each running in his/her own instance of Second Life (as described in '''[[Help:Running_multiple_instances_of_the_Second_Life_client \| Running Multiple Viewers]]'''), recording at 1280 x 720 px HD 16:9 widescreen resolution on a 1920 x 1200 px screen, and using voice synthesis – so my desktop background picture shows six windows and looks like this:

			* '''main recording SL window''' is upper right
			* '''three other actors''' are in equal sized small SL windows on the left
			* '''Text to Speech System Preferences control panel''' is lower right (for switching between synthesised voices)
			* '''dialogue script''' is below the main recording SL window, partially overlapping the Text to Speech control panel

			To begin a new recording session requiring all four actors (and to help minimise the performance drag noted in Running Multiple Viewers), I...
			* re-log into the computer (to ensure an uncluttered RAM)
			* for each of the six windows in turn, I...
			** open the window
			** resize and position it over the appropriate area in the desktop background picture
			** minimise it (because minimised windows degrade performance minimally)
			Then I only maximise the windows I need at any one time to get a task done (since having all six windows open reduces performance to snail-in-treacle levels ;-)

			To make the desktop background picture, I...
			# got all six windows aligned and invoked my video capture app
			# captured the whole screen image to the clipboard (OS X: ctrl+shift+cmd+3 ; Windows: PrintScreen key)
			# used a graphics app to replace the menu bar with a solid colour, aqua (so the translucent OS X Menu Bar shows up nicely)
			# saved the image as a JPEG file
			# used the Desktop control panel to set it as the desktop background picture, in 'Fit to Screen' mode

	== Software ==		== Software ==

Silvio Interflug: /* Related resources */

2009-07-06T16:19:10Z

Related resources

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	* '''[[Machinima\|Machinima page on this wiki]]''' - Should be organized better (''please! Someone help!''), but has useful links to more tips 'n' tools.		* '''[[Machinima\|Machinima page on this wiki]]''' - Should be organized better (''please! Someone help!''), but has useful links to more tips 'n' tools.

			* '''[http://slinside.com/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=462&func=view&catid=11&id=141429 Filme drehen in SL]''' - deutschsprachige Anleitungen, Tipps zu Tools und Techniken zum Filme drehen in SL

	[[Category:Tutorials]] [[Category:Creation]] [[Category:Machinima]]		[[Category:Tutorials]] [[Category:Creation]] [[Category:Machinima]]

Torley Linden at 16:06, 12 May 2009

2009-05-12T16:06:29Z

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	* '''[[Machinima\|Machinima page on this wiki]]''' - Should be organized better (''please! Someone help!''), but has useful links to more tips 'n' tools.		* '''[[Machinima\|Machinima page on this wiki]]''' - Should be organized better (''please! Someone help!''), but has useful links to more tips 'n' tools.

	[[Category:Tutorials]] [[Category:Creation]]		[[Category:Tutorials]] [[Category:Creation]] [[Category:Machinima]]

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	'''<font size="5">[[User:Torley_Linden\|Torley]]'s Guide to Making Movies!</font>'''<br /><br />		'''<font size="5">[[User:Torley_Linden\|Torley]]'s Guide to Making Movies!</font>'''<br /><br />
	~~<font face="Courier New">last~~ revised by Torley for Second Life 1.20 — feel free to improve this page and add your own helpful notes!~~''</font><br /><br />~~
			{{KBcaution\|Be sure to '''[[Linden_Lab_Official:Snapshot_and_machinima_policy\|see our snapshot and machinima policy]]''' and satisfy all of our licensing requirements!}}

			{{KBnote\|Last revised by Torley for Second Life 1.20 — feel free to improve this page and add your own helpful notes!}}

	''Friendly greetings!'' [[User:Torley_Linden\|Torley]], Resident Enlightenment Manager @ Linden Lab here. If you want to '''make movies in Second Life''', you've come to the right place.		''Friendly greetings!'' [[User:Torley_Linden\|Torley]], Resident Enlightenment Manager @ Linden Lab here. If you want to '''make movies in Second Life''', you've come to the right place.