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Valve Hands Over Its Own Movie-Making Tools To Gamers
cylonlover writes "Valve has gained a reputation over the years not just for consistently putting out great games, but also for the slick trailers and promo videos that go along with them. But now the developer is turning the tables and handing over its own video-making tools to fans free of charge. With the Source Filmmaker, gamers will be able to direct, animate, and record their own videos as if they were shooting on location inside a video game."
someone make a trailer for half life 3 then. i can't wait any longer.
Seriously I hate sounding like a fan boy but I can't think of many companies that would do this when they could likely sell this as DLC or something else for cash. I 3 Valve.
Are those people not gamers? If they're gamers, the title is still accurate.
It's just a slowly ramping up beta, that's all. Everybody will get it eventually.
Be it 35mm + live actors, digital, silent B&W, IMAX, or this game engine...you still need a good story teller to make a good movie or short.
Let's hope some good story tellers jump on this and make some good stuff.
'Tossing a dog or two down your throat'. Te he he!
I really could care less
Do you want another go at that?
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
Why is it that all CGI today uses an unrealistic inertia and gravity model? Why do all CGI movies and CGI characters in movies move unrealistically? Take Gollum in the Lord of the Rings - every time he jumps, the gravity model is unrealistic, and thus ruins the illusion. Why is that?
SourceFilmmaker seems to use exactly the same, unrealistic inertia and gravity models. Why?
1) American beer is indeed piss. This is not trolling, or flaming. It is a sad, indisputable fact. But every day, hardworking craft microbrews fight the good fight to drag the American beer industry, kicking a screaming, into tasty world-wide acceptable standards of beer. As an American, I am proud of these microbrews, and I devote this July 4th to their patriotic efforts in beer-making.
2) The French help to the Americans in the Revolution is somewhat akin to the American help to the Brits in early WWII. But no one claims Monty didn't kick Rommel's arse, because he did.
because it's a game about cartoon people, shooting cartoon bullets out of cartoon guns?
It's Valve. Mandatory DRM and an each-purchase-is-non-refundable-and-permanently-bound-to-just-you approach to software distribution. I really could care less if you open-sourced every thing you've ever made, the damage done in the name of greed by your company overshadows any good deed you could possibly do.
You have to wonder what will happen with Steam model in light of a recent EU decision.
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/07/03/1245200/used-software-can-be-sold-says-eu-court-of-justice
Who logs in to gdm? Not I, said the duck.
I'm guessing price and access to a lot of existing assets. Last I checked Autodesk canned the free learning edition of Maya.
JC
Pointing out that Valve perpetuates a legally questionable business model (actually illegal in California) that most Slashdot readers find obnoxious and obscene, not to mention draconian (DRM + no first-sale doctrine rights) is not "flamebait." Further, mentioning a negative fact about Valve in a discussion about Valve's "good deeds" is quite on topic, contrary to the poor moderation present here. Moderation without liability begets abuse in all cases. Moderators who incorrectly moderate posts like we've seen here should be banned from ever moderating again on /.. It's pretty clear why this site is in the gutter.
Internet begging for steam summer sale?
Eh let's give them the internal movie tool for free. That'll hold them over.
I dont know how small the number is but I've seen a few people besides myself running it. I'm assuming its a random selection like they did with DotA2 and CS:GO. It looks really interesting but not easy to figure out. I'm sure YouTube guides will turn up. Bonus points for making a How-To in the tool itself.
I am a free slashdotter. I will not be modded, blogged, DRM'd, patented, podcasted or RFID'd. My life is my own.
Am I seriously the only one who thought that?
Mass-produced American beer (or "NASCAR beer" as I like to call it) is made with a lot of artificial ingredients. Prior to prohibition, American beer was highly rated, especially cream ales, which were its specialty. All of that beer know-how was lost to ages, and is only now beginning to resurface. I, myself, absolutely hated beer until I discovered microbrews. When I learned that beer can have a bouquet no less complex and interesting as wine, I became a big fan.
You can play those games offline once you have registered them.
Oh god, it's a hater. You are worse than a douche.
A little perspective, please. Beer is an acquired taste, so I'm not sure how you can say it's fact that one is bad, let alone everything from one country. There's no such thing as a universal standard for beer since it all tastes like crap the first time. None of us were born liking beer, so if you don't like American beer, it's simply because you convinced yourself that other beers were better. Beer was traditionally much more watered down, to the point where you could drink it to stay hydrated. So even if you're drinking bud light, you're drinking really strong beer compared to most brews throughout history.
The crappiness of American beer has nothing to do with alcoholic strength, although they are generally at the lower end of the spectrum, it's about the taste and the ingredients.
In the UK you can buy strong "white cider" (7%+ proof) that tastes either of nothing, or piss. It's a cheap way for teenagers and the unemployed to get drunk. It is objectively, by any sane standards, not as tasty as proper cider made from actual apples.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
We'll rehydrate with some tax-free American iced tea.
And I thought you were so butch!
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
Jesus wept, I think parent was serious.
Mind you, he's right in the sense American "beer" isn't quite as bad as that from Australia.
Yup, it's like making love in a canoe.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
"Put that beer back in the can it were born in!" - you
Yet they still call it a "game purchase" not a "very limited game subscription license." We need legal clarification specifically that services that offer "subscription based acquisition and licensing" for services/products that do not themselves require a fee-based subscription actually constitutes a sale under copyright law. IIRC, we've had rulings recently that are starting to head in that direction, but we need a big one here that invalidates the legality of Steam's "no refunds, no trading, no sales, just you giving your money to us forever" system. Otherwise, we should all simply purchase games and add them to steam as a game manager rather than as a store. I can't actually believe this model is still legal. The EFF must not be targeting Valve at all.