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| HOW TO: MAKE A MOVIE IN SECOND LIFE
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| Key words: captures movies mpegs mpgs avis divxs wmvs machinima mpeg4s mpg4s
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| Before you begin you will need the following:
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| * 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.
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| * Video editing software
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| 1. Change your screen resolution to as small as possible.
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| * Right-click on your Windows desktop.
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| * Choose Properties, then Settings.
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| * Choose 800 by 600 pixels.
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| * Click Apply, then OK.
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| 2. Log into Second Life
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| 3. Turn on the Debug menu.
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| * Press Ctrl-Alt-D. Debug should appear to the right of Help in the main menu.
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| 4. Set your movie resolution.
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| * From the menu, select Debug/Set 320x240 Windowed.
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| * IMPORTANT: your Second Life window will be reduced significantly.
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| * During filming, you must leave the SL window at this size on your screen.
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| 5. Hide the User Interface.
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| - Click Ctrl-Alt-1 to hide the UI so that it won't appear in your movie.
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| 6. Start your movie.
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| * Click Ctrl-Shift-A to start the movie (this command also stops filming).
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| 7. Pick a place to save your movie.
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| * IMPORTANT: select or create a folder NOT on your desktop, for example, any folder on your C drive will work.
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| * Once you have your folder selected, click Open.
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| * Click Save.
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| 8. Choose video compression.
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| * Select Full Frames/Uncompressed.
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| * IMPORTANT: this will generate a large uncompressed video file - about 1 GB per minute, which you will need to compress during or after editing.
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| * Select Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec.
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| * Click OK. Filming beings.
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| 9. Capture your raw footage.
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| * To stop filming, Click Ctrl-Shift-A.
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| 10. Edit your movie using your choice of video editing application.
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| contributor:
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| -Char Linden
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