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Valve Hands Over Its Own Movie-Making Tools To Gamers

Posted by Soulskill on from the movies-about-hats dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Valve oh how I love you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    They're not opensourcing, they're just making it free to use.

  2. Re:Valve oh how I love you by TarMil · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If it's only if they include any Valve assets, then the restriction has nothing to do with the tool, it's just that the assets are copyrighted.