Torley's Guide to Making Movies in Second Life!

2008-10-08

Ready for your enjoyment, click here to enjoy Torley's Guide to Making Movies in Second Life!

Everything on that page (currently) I can vouch for because I've done it. Nothing is on-the-fence. It's all true experiences, directly distilled from my adventures making over 225 video tutorials and dozens of short film machinima-things. Learn about:

  • How to optimize performance
  • Which recording tools you can use
  • Hiding the interface (MUST-KNOW!)
  • Changing sky + water settings for badass beauty
  • Avatar movement
  • Where to host your video

… and more!

And this is just the "1st edition", future ones will be expanded to cover "props" and topics of interest as they come up. Since it's a wiki, I encourage making this guide better. Feel free to tweak it to accelerated awesomeness, k?

Now LET ME WAX my enthusiasm for SpaceNavigator + Flycam! These devices can regularly be found for about US$50 — watch for sales on deals sites — and make an ULTRA difference when filming smooth pans and other cinematic shots. Like the above trailer for Here island, which I recorded in a few seconds before edits. See what a difference that makes compared to the "normal camera"?

Let me know if this helps you — otherwise, I wouldn't know! ;)

{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

Oolon Sputnik 2008-10-08 at 12:46 PM UTC

Love the music Sir! Capitol! A chap after my own heart :-) And here, here regarding 'SpaceNavigator', it changed my machinima experience totally.

Jamie 2008-10-09 at 4:44 AM UTC

Torley please rate my vid! It's in a contest!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oak5djruqF8

Torley 2008-10-10 at 1:56 PM UTC

@Oolon: Awesome! Yeah, Hans Zimmer (composer) did some of my fave music soundtracks. I was actually listening to this on album AT THE SAME TIME and started filming… an inspired moment, all the pieces worked together.

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