Just like to share my first short game movie...

[Andy B]

Hey all,

I'm new to the video making crack, so i downloaded Fraps but its only as a trial so theres a limit of 30 seconds recording i'm going to buy it when ive got the 18 quid... i used Windows Movie Maker to make it,

anyways heres my first short video using Sniper Elite...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB_E8tu4k9U

I made a short medieval one but i havnt uploaded it onto youtube yet.

any comments & critisism welcome...

//Andy B

[LoZz]

not bad for a first time mate bit laggy, use in game recording and not fraps.

btw, check mine out, well this is just the intro



http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_yKAvD-3GH0

[Andy B]

Cheers for the reply mate, I didnt think anyone was going to reply,

its not that laggy when I play it on windows media player,

I think its laggy cause its on youtube and i used the "older film effect" on WMM and i cant get the right frame rate p/s, and its only trial version of fraps,

"in game recording... what do you mean Cinematic editor? or a different program? - if so can you give me a link or the name

brilliant youtube video mate, which call of duty is that, 2? looks nice and smooth & good graphics, might have to invest.

have you seen the gameplay videos for COD4, it looks class
I'd say its a must have when its out.


//Andy B

[LoZz]

most FPS games made in the last 5 years have in built game recorders.

all the quakes games, call of duty games, ET, RTCW, MoH the list goes on.


if the game allows you to record demo's then you most likly have an inbuilt recorder in it. the games inbuilt recorder is just like a built in fraps, but with a few diffrences.


it does not record it in to AVI - it records it to screenshots (tgs files). you have to use a program like virtual dub to turn all these screenshots into one complete AVI movie file (its easy dont panic). the advantages of doing it like this that you get higher quality and it will be a smoother, clear picture without a 30second limit. the only disadvantage is it takes longer to do, it will record it really slow - the game will run at about a 3 frames a second when recording and then you have the pain of turning those screenshots into avi files. most games limit you to about 9999 screens before they refuse to record anymore - its about 5-8 mins worth of footage depending on the game, you have to convert it to avi and then delete the screenshots before the game allows you to record anymore.

check you manual as to if your game supports this, most major fps titles do. and record mode only works in demo mode, its usually the button next to the screenshot key (f12) alot of games have some nice inbuilt features as well, when watching it in demo mode you can slow or speed up the footage, change camera angles and all sorts.


edit**** i would be willing to post(make) a tutorial of how to use a games inbuilt recorder, virtual dub, and sony vegas if enough people are intrested

[Andy B]

dude that didnt really click with me,

i'd love it if you could write a tutorial, ideally for me playing M2TW
i still dont know how to run cinematic editor, playin with Darthmod. is there something about using another .bat file to run it??? - puzzled

thanks.

//Andy B