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{{sfm|4}} is a powerful tool that works with the Source engine to create a flexible, modifiable 3D recording that can be exported as a movie or as a still image.  The 3D recording you create in SFM can contain recorded gameplay, objects, cameras, lights, particles, animations, effects, and sounds—and the motion information for how each element changes over time.

With Source Filmmaker, you can essentially film "on location" in your favorite TF2 map whether it's one that Valve released or one that you modded yourself. You can use SFM's large library of maps, models, animations, objects, sounds, and effects, or you can import your own from the Steam Workshop. Because you're working with a virtual world, and your recording stores all the 3D motion data about every element, you can modify any aspect of the recording at any time, which makes it easy to make the kinds of last-minute changes that would be extremely expensive in a live-action studio.

The Source Filmmaker Workshop is bigger than ever with over 10000 items to download! So now, even if you aren't a professional when it comes to 3D modeling, you can still make animated shorts with the graph or motion editor. Valve has also released many "content packs" for Source Filmmaker that allow users to utilize assets from other Source games easier.

Source Filmmaker is the movie-making tool built and used by Valve to make movies inside the Source game engine. By using the hardware rendering of a modern PC gaming machine, SFM allows storytellers to work in a "what you see is what you get" environment so that they can iterate in the context of what it will feel like for the final audience.

There is a caveat, though: despite the deceptively simple-looking UI, Source Filmmaker is a very powerful and complex tool without a lot of safeguards. Think of it like a tractor: it doesn't have handrails or a lot of padding like you might find in a normal app or game. We recommend that you [http://www.sourcefilmmaker.com/post.php?id=8065&p=1 watch the video tutorials] first and then [[:Category:Source Filmmaker|read the documentation]] to familiarize yourself with the tool as much as possible before you dive in.

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==Official Valve Shorts==
{| class="standard-table sortable" | style="width:100%;"
|-
!width="375px"|Title
!width="50px"|Date
!width="175px"|Game
!Notes
|-
|height="40px"|[http://sourcefilmmaker.com/post.php?id=10679&p=1 Day Of Defeat: Prelude To Victory]
|2005-12-09
|Day of Defeat: Source
|SFM Team / [[Valve Corporation]], published 23 May 2013, retrieved 28 May 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHgZh4GV9G0 Meet The Heavy]
|2007-05-14
|Team Fortress 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], retrieved 5 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h42d0WHRSck Meet The Soldier]
|2007-08-22
|Team Fortress 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNgNBsCI4EA Meet the Engineer]
|2007-09-11
|Team Fortress 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=han3AfjH210 Meet the Demoman]
|2007-10-09
|Team Fortress 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geNMz0J9TEQ Meet The Scout]
|2008-04-19
|Team Fortress 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_prZ0JrbQrU Meet the Sandvich]
|2008-08-19
|Team Fortress 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], published 19 January 2009, retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NZDwZbyDus Meet the Sniper]
|2008-06-07
|Team Fortress 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF1HVlcXBmA Left 4 Dead Intro Clip]
|2008-11-02
|Left 4 Dead
|[[Valve Corporation]], published 2 November 2008, retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR4N5OhcY9s Meet the Spy]
|2009-05-18
|Team Fortress 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz6FCFoL3k4 Left 4 Dead 2 Teaser Trailer]
| 2009-06-01
|Left 4 Dead 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVtbLVPgGH4 Left 4 Dead 2 Batter Up]
|2009-10-28
|Left 4 Dead 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_8hJsgZSNA Left 4 Dead 2 Trailer - Zombie Survival Guide]
|2009-11-17
|Left 4 Dead 2
|Leaked Left 4 Dead 2 Trailer
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zkLh_QMFdQ Half-Life 2 on OS X - Free Yourself]
|2010-05-26
|Half-Life 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], retrieved 20 December 2012.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A88YiZdXugA Portal 2 - Full Co-op Trailer]
|2010-09-10
|Portal 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYsfhxnX-Zg Portal 2 Co-op Intro trailer]
|2011-02-18
|Portal 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], published 18 February 2011, retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APAcU3YBhYc Portal 2 TV Spot]
|2011-03-18
|Portal 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], published 18 March 2011, retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qcED35LL8I Aperture Investment Opportunity #1: "Panel"]
|2011-03-24
|Portal 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], published 24 March 2011, retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZMSAzZ76EU Aperture Investment Opportunity #2: "Bot Trust"]
|2011-03-28
|Portal 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], published 28 March 2011, retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i-nMWgBUp0 Aperture Investment Opportunity #3: "Turrets"]
|2011-04-05
|Portal 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], published 5 April 2011, retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX9Sc88qreg Aperture Investment Opportunity #4: "Boots"]
|2011-04-12
|Portal 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], published 12 April 2011, retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|Portal 2 ending cutscenes
|2011-04-19
|Portal 2
|Turret Opera, Wheatley epilogue, and Co-op ending.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iFDPEO6vYA Portal 2: Perfect 10]
|2011-04-29
|Portal 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], published 29 April 2011, retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lSzUMBJnc Meet the Medic]
|2011-06-23
|Team Fortress 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cSFPIwMEq4 Dota 2 Gamescom Trailer]
|2011-08-15
|Dota 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], published 15 August 2011, retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDZSMV3xWYI Portal 2 Peer Review DLC "Art Therapy" ending video]
|2011-10-04
|Portal 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], published 2 March 2012, retrieved 19 June 2014.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yok7eyyKM3Q Wheatley's Nomination Speech for the VGA Best Character Award]
|2011-12-20
|Portal 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], published 20 December 2011, retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymMrwlsbtrI Wheatley's Acceptance Speech for the VGA Best Character Award]
|2011-12-20
|Portal 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], published 20 December 2011, retrieved 6 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhOnX8qt3I Meet The Pyro]
|2012-06-27
|Team Fortress 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], published 27 June 2012, retrieved 24 November 2012.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4cfo0f88Ug Mann vs. Machine Trailer]
|2012-08-13
|Team Fortress 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], published 13 August 2012, retrieved 24 November 2012.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrF8NNvO6Zw Dota 2: Diretide]
|2012-10-30
|Dota 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], published 30 October 2012, retrieved 30 October 2012.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edYCtaNueQY Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Trailer]
|2012-08-17
|Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
|retrieved 18 November 2012, published 17 August 2012.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um4J4EcdBEY The Second Annual Saxxy Awards are HERE! (Almost)]
|2012-11-28
|Team Fortress 2
|[[Valve Corporation]], published 28 November 2012, retrieved 31 January 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKCS2No2xPs Dota 2 - The Greeviling]
|2012-12-19
|Dota 2
|published 19 December 2012, retrieved 19 December 2012.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbOBcHGwWDg Mann vs. Machine: The Sound of Medicine]
|2013-11-21
|Team Fortress 2
|published 21 November 2013. retrieved 28 December 2013.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLlLQ3LmZWU Expiration Date]
|2014-06-17
|Team Fortress 2
|
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHf7e67T54Y Jungle Inferno]
|2017-10-16
|Team Fortress 2
|
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obm7zUIgnAo CS:GO - Operation Broken Fang]
|2020-12-03
|Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
|
|}

==Valve-sponsored Shorts==
{| class="standard-table sortable" | style="width:100%;"
|-
!width="375px"|Title
!width="50px"|Date
!width="175px"|Game
!Notes
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKLYJIU7vuA Robotic Boogaloo]
|2013-05-17
|Team Fortress 2
|[http://www.teamfortress.com/roboticboogaloo The Robotic Boogaloo] update to Team Fortress 2 was the first ever 100% community-created update for the game. The video is [http://www.teamfortress.com/roboticboogaloo/credits credited] to the writer ''The Heartsman'' and the animator ''MrPopulus89''. The video was then featured by Valve on TeamFortress.com for the update's main page.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aLjwVVNq4s End Of The Line]
|2014-12-08
|Team Fortress 2
|While [http://www.teamfortress.com/endoftheline/ End Of the Line] was made by [http://jmcvee.tumblr.com Violet McVinnie and her team]. Valve took interest in the project after a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmVsOl9qAhs short trailer] uploaded on 28. August 2013 and allowed ''McVinnie'' to make a community update centered around the video. [http://www.teamfortress.com/endoftheline/credits/ The video itself] was directed by ''McVinnie'' and features animation by ''Luke "Walker" Murray''.
|-
|height="40px"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yQlDnIAR14 Invasion]
|2015-10-06
|Team Fortress 2
|The [http://www.teamfortress.com/invasion Invasion Update] for Team Fortress 2 was released on 6. October 2015, as the third 100% [http://www.teamfortress.com/invasion/credits.html community-created] update for the game. It features a Source Filmmaker video animated by ''Brent "CobaltGemini" Kennedy'' and ''Harry Callaghan'' (who also did post-production work and sound design), produced by ''Jayson "The Ronin" De Castro'', and features original voice work by ''Cameron Nichols'' and ''Sandra Espinoza''.
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