/r/SFM
The Source Filmmaker (SFM) is the movie-making tool built and used by Valve to make movies inside the Source game engine. Because the SFM uses the same assets as the game, anything that exists in the game can be used in the movie, and vice versa. By utilizing the hardware rendering power of a modern gaming PC, the SFM allows storytellers to work in a what-you-see-is-what-you-get environment so they can iterate in the context of what it will feel like for the final audience.
Welcome to official Source Filmmaker subreddit!
Rules
- Harassment of other users will not be tolerated.
- Do not advocate piracy of any intellectual property.
- Do not violate the SSA.
- Respect the intellectual property of others. Do not take credit for artwork that was not made by you.
- Keep reposting to a minimum. If a submission isn't made by you, please check whether it has been posted on the sub already.
- Blatant pornography will not be tolerated. If your content revolves around SFW themes but includes NSFW assets, e.g. pin-up posters, in the scene, please mark it NSFW.
Official Source Filmmaker Links
Useful Third-Party Tools
All of the following software are free to use
- Crowbar - Source engine model compiler/decompiler
- GCFScape - Source engine VPK package browser/extractor
- VTFEdit - Source engine material authoring and texture conversion
- BSPSource - Source engine map decompiler
- Blender, and by extension, Blender Source Tools - 3D modelling/animation software for custom asset creation in Source Filmmaker workflows
- Notepad++ - Text editor, used for model and material authoring in Source Filmmaker workflows
Related Subreddits
- /r/TF2 - Team Fortress 2 content
- /r/DotA2 - Dota 2 content
- /r/GMod - Garry's Mod content
- /r/Steam - Steam subreddit
- /r/Blender - Subreddit of the 3D modelling/animation software, Blender
/r/SFM
63,361 Subscribers
Portal Smiling Friends Shitpost
05:00 UTC
Workshop Map Import
I wanted to use the capture the flag Applejack map in a film, so I downloaded it from the Steam TF2 workshop. I tried pasting the file in the maps folder of sfm but the map wouldn't load once I opened the app. Please help me out with this.
04:07 UTC
wip animation
woah im doing animation again.. but better!!
03:22 UTC
my first sfm took me about a day to make
02:54 UTC
Heavy’s Top Ten Candy Bars
Demo has some words…
01:34 UTC
Silly little animation i made from following tutorials
00:20 UTC
night lord poster
23:30 UTC
Generations cutscene
21:58 UTC
[SFM] - Nightmare of the void
19:22 UTC
I'm looking for TF2 animation scripts (stories) to animate, as i cannot come up with anything.
I'm looking for a script (again, a story, not a python script) that someone has written for Tf2/sfm, but hasn't animated for one reason or another.
It can be a half-written story, finished, whatever. I wanna animate something interesting, and ofc, bring someone's idea to life. As i cannot come up with something that won't take a year to make.
Obviously, i am not gonna make something of the scale of emesis blue, i'm not that stupid.
Preferably something with dialogue, but if it's anything cool, then i might do something with it.
Just in case. No, no single sentence ideas, unless you think it's an insanely good idea.
19:12 UTC
Sheesh... Why are you taking a picture?
19:09 UTC
Is there a way to manually change sfm to make it better?
There must be a way to make sfm better with community stuff or something, i looked at sfm and i think it could be better somehow. I never used a software like this but there might be a way. The community updates does that i guess
19:01 UTC
Why cant a map load?
I downloaded a robot factory map from sfmlab, and when i try to open in sfm it just doesn't open, it doesn't crash or anything but it doesn't open, it just say no map loaded, like i didn't open the map list?
https://sfmlab.com/project/376a7b74-49fe-44e5-b8d9-b5270de36bbc/
18:38 UTC
Need help with animation
Let's imagine that a person found a gun, is it possible to attach the brush and the root transform of the gun during the animation, and then detach it again? Or do you need to animate it somehow?
17:17 UTC
Jump Pack Assault
16:59 UTC
UBERKILL ( for real this time )
This map is your canvas. PAINT IT RED.
16:56 UTC
70 Years of Godzilla - by Izumi Ch.
16:48 UTC
particle testing in the mines
16:46 UTC
some SFM car stuff I did
15:48 UTC
How do I finger pose while using rig?
14:49 UTC
Close call
13:43 UTC
Awaiting Freedom.
No, Bucky didn't hang himself. There's a hook in his back but he's still alivem
10:05 UTC
"No gun? No problem" full animation
04:33 UTC
02:13 UTC
Small photoshop test
00:20 UTC
Animation work load
23:43 UTC
What happened to the shoe here?
Saw this animation, just wondering why does it look like this characters shoe is ‘clipped’ by the carpet?
23:08 UTC
Should I use rig or no rig,which is better?
22:37 UTC
The Pink Spy [SFM]
22:00 UTC
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