Source Filmmaker Documentation

Documentation and guides on how to work with Source Filmmaker. To get started with it, see the Getting Started section.

Getting Started Installation Starting the SFM Sample beginner's workflow Basic operations Source 2 Filmmaker Source 2 Filmmaker Theory Changes In S2FM Source 2 Filmmaker FAQ The UI UI overview Adjusting the layout The Animation Set Editor The viewport The timeline The Clip Editor The Graph Editor The Motion Editor The floating modification layer Working With Cameras Cameras overview Adding a scene camera Navigating with the camera The viewport as manipulator Populating Your Scene Populating your scene overview Movie mode and game mode Recording gameplay Recording multiplayer gameplay Recording gameplay with bots Working with objects Adding objects Selecting objects Removing objects Copying elements between shots Video Editing Video editing overview Working with shots Creating shots Manipulating shots Manipulating the timeline Working with sound Track groups Adding sound clips Recording new dialog Working with effects and overlays Selecting time

Manipulating Objects Manipulating objects overview Puppeteering Facial animation Lip-sync animation and Extract Phonemes The Presets panel and the Controls panel List of procedural presets Advanced presets The translation manipulator The rotation manipulator The screen manipulator Working with locks Importing game animation Working with IK rigging Keyframing Motion Editing Final Picture Final Picture overview Progressive refinement Working with lighting Exporting Rendering at Higher Resolutions (1080p, 1440p, 4K+) Rendering in VR / 360° Rendering in stereoscopic 3D Optimizing Render Time Troubleshooting Common issues and questions Bug reports Advanced Topics List of useful SFM console commands List of useful SFM tutorials Working with the Element Viewer Conforming Importing a second session in the Element Viewer Copying shots from a different session Replacing shots Replacing animation sets Copying visual effects clips and sound clips from a different session Expression Operator Workshop Exporting Assets Converting Existing Assets Maya DMX Export Manager Publishing Assets Subscribing To Workshop Items Adding Credits Command-line startup options Keyboard shortcuts Scripting with Python Making custom rigs Python script commands for data manipulation Animating with Python Facial Motion Capture Animation Making custom color-correction files Setting up Screencast Shot commands and convars Character Creation Introduction To HWM HWM Reference Authoring HWM Materials override

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