TF2 Media v16: in loving memory of Moby Francke, Bay Raitt, and Matthew Russell - Games

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/w3p14.jpg[/IMG] Adventure time cmon grab yer Gunslinger We go to many distant Capture Points. Finn the Engie and Jake the sentry The shooting never ends Adventure Time.

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[QUOTE=Gamemaster1379;38467947]I suspect the Saxxy voting this year is going to tend to the big-names and leave any unpublicized videos/editors out. Last year's, while much less efficient, pinned it up against one vs another contest, leaving all of this out. Welp, time to go cry in a corner.[/QUOTE] Actually, a thought occurs. For a small general boost to the Facepunch TF2 community, maybe we ought to fire up a topic with the OP containing all entries from Facepunch regulars. It ought to pad things a bit.

[video=youtube;35Jqd_-uve4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Jqd_-uve4[/video] Saxxy's over

[QUOTE=Gamemaster1379;38468828]Actually, a thought occurs. For a small general boost to the Facepunch TF2 community, maybe we ought to fire up a topic with the OP containing all entries from Facepunch regulars. It ought to pad things a bit.[/QUOTE] Sounds like you've got a good idea there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In other news, my entry, performed by my sister and animated/recorded in SFM by me: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR0rkQT4bgQ&hd=1&hl=en[/media] It's submitted in Original Universe. I was inspired to make a 2D animation using SFM because SFM doesn't have the proper tools to easily make 2D animations and I want to get Valve's attention in hopefully improving importing images and textures. VTFs are very hard to work with and are very limiting. You can only pick wide rectangles (1024x256) or perfect squares (512x512) so it was hard to record, hence the black bars. (The main point of the contest is for SFM devs to push SFM to be a better tool for video making) [U]Why it's submitted in Original Universe:[/U] *[U]Characters: [/U] * Tootsie an original character that is the pink lady you see coveting the box headed trophy. * Green man at the end: Original character that is just a general symbolization of the SFM team. * Saxxy Sax: Used to actually be a certain Australian man, but I had to get rid of his likeness (face and head) and replaced him with the Box-Headed Saxxy Sax to stay within the rules of Original Universe submission. (think about how many identical golden muscled trophies exist, the only difference being the facial features...Oscars, Saxxys, etc.) *[U]Music:[/U] * Original song with completley new lyrics, sang by my sister, remixxed and adapted from AL Duval's "Mary Mack". [U]My process: [/U] * Wrote the Lyrics-->Recorded and remixed Song * Drew the animation stills-->scanned them-->relined them using GIMP (my sister did this) * Making between animations using Gimp-->Calculated animation timings to align frame rate with music * Turned tons of PNGs to animated VTFs using VTF edit (this uses a crazy amount of RAM...like 2GB!) * Finally, using SFM replaced a texture with the animated VTFs and recorded in time to the song and exported. [U] Things I've learned:[/U] * VTFs are a bitch * animating, even simple stuff, is time consuming. * Directing someone to sing a certain way is difficult...used up more time then I thought. * I am a total noob at sound mixing, it's way more difficult then I thought * Invest in a better mic.... * VTFs are a bitch [U]Some images of my work:[/U] * [URL="http://i.imgur.com/nCsuP.jpg"]animation stills [/URL] * [URL="http://i.imgur.com/zaHv9.jpg"]lyrics I wrote with directions to help my sister with the singing[/URL] * [URL="http://i.imgur.com/gXABa.jpg"]calculating the timing for the frames of the animation[/URL] * [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRH8Z84phxc"]testing an animated VTF in SFM as a proof of concept before starting on Saxxy Sax[/URL] If you like the video, head on over to: [URL="http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=108307388"]http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=108307388[/URL] and give it a vote, or if you aren't to sure of liking the video, at least give it a thought so Valve can make importing images, messing with VTFs, and animating in 2D easier in Source FilmMaker. - Alsoodani

They're not going to retool the engine to allow VTFs that aren't powers of 2 so people can use SFM for 2d animation, that's silly Why do you even want 2d animation in SFM? btw, powers of 2 are standard for textures because it ensures that it will be able to divide it in half when creating mipmaps, it's not a limitation it's intentional

[QUOTE=Venezuelan;38470557]They're not going to retool the engine to allow VTFs that aren't powers of 2 so people can use SFM for 2d animation, that's silly Why do you even want 2d animation in SFM? btw, powers of 2 are standard for textures because it ensures that it will be able to divide it in half when creating mipmaps, it's not a limitation it's intentional[/QUOTE] it would certainly make for some interesting videos

[QUOTE=Ermac20;38470571]it would certainly make for some interesting videos[/QUOTE] there are much better tools

[QUOTE=alsoodani;38470451]Sounds like you've got a good idea there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In other news, my entry, performed by my sister and animated/recorded in SFM by me: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR0rkQT4bgQ&hd=1&hl=en[/media] It's submitted in Original Universe. I was inspired to make a 2D animation using SFM because SFM doesn't have the proper tools to easily make 2D animations and I want to get Valve's attention in hopefully improving importing images and textures. VTFs are very hard to work with and are very limiting. You can only pick wide rectangles (1024x256) or perfect squares (512x512) so it was hard to record, hence the black bars. (The main point of the contest is for SFM devs to push SFM to be a better tool for video making) [U]Why it's submitted in Original Universe:[/U] *[U]Characters: [/U] * Tootsie an original character that is the pink lady you see coveting the box headed trophy. * Green man at the end: Original character that is just a general symbolization of the SFM team. * Saxxy Sax: Used to actually be a certain Australian man, but I had to get rid of his likeness (face and head) and replaced him with the Box-Headed Saxxy Sax to stay within the rules of Original Universe submission. (think about how many identical golden muscled trophies exist, the only difference being the facial features...Oscars, Saxxys, etc.) *[U]Music:[/U] * Original song with completley new lyrics, sang by my sister, remixxed and adapted from AL Duval's "Mary Mack". [U]My process: [/U] * Wrote the Lyrics-->Recorded and remixed Song * Drew the animation stills-->scanned them-->relined them using GIMP (my sister did this) * Making between animations using Gimp-->Calculated animation timings to align frame rate with music * Turned tons of PNGs to animated VTFs using VTF edit (this uses a crazy amount of RAM...like 2GB!) * Finally, using SFM replaced a texture with the animated VTFs and recorded in time to the song and exported. [U] Things I've learned:[/U] * VTFs are a bitch * animating, even simple stuff, is time consuming. * Directing someone to sing a certain way is difficult...used up more time then I thought. * I am a total noob at sound mixing, it's way more difficult then I thought * Invest in a better mic.... * VTFs are a bitch [U]Some images of my work:[/U] * [URL="http://i.imgur.com/nCsuP.jpg"]animation stills [/URL] * [URL="http://i.imgur.com/zaHv9.jpg"]lyrics I wrote with directions to help my sister with the singing[/URL] * [URL="http://i.imgur.com/gXABa.jpg"]calculating the timing for the frames of the animation[/URL] * [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRH8Z84phxc"]testing an animated VTF in SFM as a proof of concept before starting on Saxxy Sax[/URL] If you like the video, head on over to: [URL="http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=108307388"]http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=108307388[/URL] and give it a vote, or if you aren't to sure of liking the video, at least give it a thought so Valve can make importing images, messing with VTFs, and animating in 2D easier in Source FilmMaker. - Alsoodani[/QUOTE] If you make a banner for it, I'll make a topic and keept it updated.

[QUOTE=Venezuelan;38470557]They're not going to retool the engine to allow VTFs that aren't powers of 2 so people can use SFM for 2d animation, that's silly Why do you even want 2d animation in SFM? btw, powers of 2 are standard for textures because it ensures that it will be able to divide it in half when creating mipmaps, it's not a limitation it's intentional[/QUOTE] I do understand the reason for VTFs. I don't want them to retool VTFs (a mistake in my previous writing), but I rather want them to make it easier to do 2D animation. I didn't say VTFs were limited in terms of use for textures (in fact, it's very useful like you pointed out), it's the only option for images and it's limited in terms of manipulating 2D images for 2D animation. As for why I even want 2d animation in SFm, yes, there are better tools for 2D animation out there, but SFM is supposed to be the ultimate filmmaker and what better way to further improve it then having it able to produce 2D animation? That is a major part of why I created the video, to gain exposure to have Valve further expand upon Source FilmMaker. [QUOTE=Gamemaster1379;38470601]If you make a banner for it, I'll make a topic and keept it updated.[/QUOTE] Don't think I can make one at this time, but if you don't find anyone for a bit, I'll see what I can do :)

[QUOTE=Jorori;38465196]Dem wide hips, HHHHHHNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG [img]http://sae.tweek.us/static/images/emoticons/emot-love.gif[/img][/QUOTE] Pull over dat ass too fat.

[QUOTE=alsoodani;38470768]I do understand the reason for VTFs. I don't want them to retool VTFs (a mistake in my previous writing), but I rather want them to make it easier to do 2D animation. I didn't say VTFs were limited in terms of use for textures (in fact, it's very useful like you pointed out), it's the only option for images and it's limited in terms of manipulating 2D images for 2D animation. As for why I even want 2d animation in SFm, yes, there are better tools for 2D animation out there, but SFM is supposed to be the ultimate filmmaker and what better way to further improve it then having it able to produce 2D animation? That is a major part of why I created the video, to gain exposure to have Valve further expand upon Source FilmMaker. Don't think I can make one at this time, but if you don't find anyone for a bit, I'll see what I can do :)[/QUOTE] Sounds good.

[QUOTE=HazzaHardie;38466788][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX6vF_amAIc[/media][/QUOTE] [quote=Saxton Hale]Good news! Submissions are now being taken for the Second Annual Saxxy Awards! The event where we celebrate the world's best short films exclusively about ME, SAXTON HALE![/quote] There's no chance this doesn't win.

[IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19211711/Posters/run_mocap_test.png[/IMG] Decided to mess around with mocap. I kinda like it.

[QUOTE=Gamemaster1379;38414596]How do you expect him to hit the spy with a projectile melee weapon? Take off his arm and throw it? :v:[/QUOTE] He could've thrown his build tool.

[QUOTE=VietRooster2;38467353]i have no words no fucking words [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J1LfcvqhcQ&list=FLd0w771j7peUE3fmWpHwxjw&feature=mh_lolz[/media][/QUOTE] Animation wise it was excellent.... but... the whole concept felt a bit... Awkward.

[QUOTE=Mico27;38474230] but... the whole concept felt a bit... Awkward.[/QUOTE] Huge understatement

[QUOTE=NeoDement;38467276]I didn't make this [img]http://i.imgur.com/yBVTE.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] A bit late, but awesome sauce, who made that poster?

[url]http://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/139i7j/off_we_go_into_the_wild_blu_yonder/[/url] [url]http://cobaltgemini.deviantart.com/[/url]

[QUOTE=VietRooster2;38467353]i have no words no fucking words [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J1LfcvqhcQ&list=FLd0w771j7peUE3fmWpHwxjw&feature=mh_lolz[/media][/QUOTE] That's a lovely voice actress [img]http://sae.tweek.us/static/images/emoticons/emot-love.gif[/img] Still it's a shame that actual FemClass models are not used but it's understandable, since the only good FemClass models avaliable are FemScout, FemMedic and FemSpy (The others are either WIPs, non-existent, non-fitting or just bad)

[QUOTE=Drury;38472862]There's no chance this doesn't win.[/QUOTE] Seeing that makes me feel horrible because the voice actor in that sent me multiple voice lines for multiple characters for an SFM video I was supposed to enter this year. And I couldn't even make it because garbage computer.

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[video=youtube;OSchc5EdCBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSchc5EdCBE&feature=g-all-u[/video] He's got my vote

[QUOTE=Masterlegodude;38478158][video=youtube;OSchc5EdCBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSchc5EdCBE&feature=g-all-u[/video] He's got my vote[/QUOTE]God damn you, TF2 community, and your shockingly good voice clip mixing.

[QUOTE=artDecor;38478480]God damn you, TF2 community, and your shockingly good voice clip mixing.[/QUOTE] And that's why I always prefer it over voice acting

Here's next engineers invention: [t]http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2012/306/c/d/engineer__s_new_invention_by_flutteranderson-d5jqepp.jpg[/t] drawed a few weeks ago. Yes, it's pretty good for a first page king, a stupid joke.

[video=youtube;af5SdcmCpkc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af5SdcmCpkc[/video]

[QUOTE=Masterlegodude;38478158][video=youtube;OSchc5EdCBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSchc5EdCBE&feature=g-all-u[/video] He's got my vote[/QUOTE] Fucking Crash 1 music. I nostalgia'd so fucking hard.

[video=youtube;qNRiO3ppqS8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNRiO3ppqS8&feature=player_embedded[/video] I don't think I've seen this posted here, but I definitely think this is saxxy-worthy. (Especially dat ending.) edit: (woops, it was posted here before. start sendin' in dem lates.)

[QUOTE=Capn Bear;38479205][video=youtube;qNRiO3ppqS8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNRiO3ppqS8&feature=player_embedded[/video] I don't think I've seen this posted here, but I definitely think this is saxxy-worthy. (Especially dat ending.)[/QUOTE] Zachariah strikes again.