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Category: CS > Other/Misc	Author(s): Loggan Did you create this? Request ownership
Loggan's Moviemaking Guide Hi, I've created this guide for you who want to create a Counter Strike movie. This guide is for those who want a professional looking movie. Contents 1. Software 2. Loggan's better graphics guide 3. Loggan's remove sprites 4. Video 5. AVI 6. Synchronizing 7. Vegas render 8. Final render 9. Good tips 10. FAQ 11.Credits Software If you are planning to do a Counter Strike movie you should have these programs: Convert pictures to an AVI clip: Videomach Sound recording: Sony Sound Forge Video editing: Sony Vegas Video effects: ParticleIllusion Adobe After Effects Rendering: VirtualDubMod Xvid Codec 3D: 3D Studio Max Cinema 4D Others: Adobe Photoshop Loggan's Max Graphic Quality Tutorial First of all you have to get Counter Strike as nice looking as possible. Loggan's Max Graphic Quality Tutorial Loggans remove sprites To give the movie a cinema feeling you have to remove the annoying hud and hud sound, you can do this by downloading this: Remove sprites Video It's time to create the video now, but first of all you have to adjust some settings. Make sure you have Sony Sound Forge - Control Panel(make sure it's in classic mode) -> Audio and devices -> Device Volume: Advanced... -> Alternativ -> Properties -> Record -> OK -> Make sure that ONLY "stereo mix" is selected -> Do not close the windows down, yet. - Open Soundforge -> Press the red record circle in the top left corner. - Start Counter Strike and type "viewdemo nameofthedemo> in the conole eg "viewdemo hello123" - Tab back to "Record properties" and select "Stereo mix" again (It deselects every time you start Counter Strike) - Play the video and stop where you want to start to record. - Type "startmovie nameofthedemo 90" You will notice that your computer starts to lagg and everything will go in slow-motion. Don't worry about that... This may take a while, but when you want to stop record; open the console and type "endmovie" - Rewind your clip to where you started. - Tab back to Soundforge and start recording the sound by preccing the red circle. - Tab back to Counter Strike and allow the sound to be recorded. - Tab back when you're done and press the square stop button top stop recording. - Save the audio with a random name and save it as a WAV file. AVI It's now time to convert all BMP images into an AVI file. Make sure that you've downloaded Videomach - Navigate yourself to C:/Program files/steam/steamapps/your account/counter strike and open the cstrike folder - Move all images to a separate folder. - Remove the first and last pictures where the console is appearing. - Open Videomach - Press the blue folder and import all image files. - In Videomach navigate yourself to File -> Save as Under "File" Output mode = Video Only Write VIDEO to this file = where you want to save the file Video format = AVI Under "Video" Framerate (fps) = 90, (Keep original number of frames) Codec = Uncompressed Press save and allow it to load. When you're done you'll notice that the video is still in slow-motion and laggy, don't worry about this, it's normal. WARNING: Videomach produces errornous clips if it passes the 2GB limit, therefore you have to divide the clip into 2 or 3 segments. Synchronizing Your sound and video is complete, now you have to syncronize them. This requires Sony Vegas 7 (older versions do work) - Start Sony Vegas - File -> Import -> Select your sound and video file. You'll now notice that both files will appear in the lower "toolbox" - Click and drag both files to the timeline. You can now drag the sound and video freely around the timeline. - You are now supposed to make the video match the sound and vice-versa. - Make both segments equally long by dragging the side of it. - Select both segments and press "G". The segments are now combined and move as one segment. You are now free to add effects, transitions and other stuff. You've probably have seen in other movies that you can change the colores and make it look "cool" This is an excellent Sony Vegas 7 Tutorial: Vegas render Before rendering in Vegas you have to fix some settings: - Navigate to File -> Properties Width = Same as the pictures. Height = Same as the pictures. Field order =None (Progressive scan) Pixel ratio = 1 Frame Rate = 90 Full resolution rendering quality = Best Motion blur type = Gaussian Deinterlace method = Blend fields OK - Navigate to File -> Render as Fileformat = AVI - Press the Custom buttom. Under "Project" Video rendering Quality = Best Under "Video" Frame size = Your resolution. Frame rate = 30 Field order = none (Progressive scan) Pixel aspect ratio = 1 Video format = uncompressed Interleace every seonds = not selected Render alpha channel = selected Under "Audio" Audio format = PCM uncompressed Sample rate (HZ) = 44 100 Bit deph = 16 Channels = Stereo - Press OK and then Save. Final render You are however not done yet, make sure that you have VirtualDubMod and the Xvid Codec. - Start VirtualDub - Navigate to File -> Open video -> open your file - Navigate to Video -> Compression -> Xvid -> Configure Settings: Profile @ Level: Advance Simple @ 5L -> more -> "Packed bitstream" (not selected) Encoding type: Two-pass - 1st pass Quality preset: User defined -> more -> motion search precision, Ultra High -> WHQ mode, Wide Search - Press OK -> OK -> File -> Save as AVI -> Save - Navigate back to Video -> Compression -> Xvid -> Configure Settings: Encoding type: Two-pass (2st pass) -> Change the taret bitrate to 4000-5000. (Higher the number = Better quality + bigger filesize) - Press OK -> OK -> File -> Save as AVI -> Save Tips and tricks Rename the file to something professional. Use big letters eg. "movie about heaton", can become "Movie_About_-_Heaton". This leads to more people dowloading you film. Do a nice readme and why not a EXE menu? Links These sites are perfect for the moviemakers: Chillside Moviemakers Style Productions Final Words I'd love some comments; what can be improved, what's bad, what's good and what can i add. I'm looking forward to your future movies. You can find all guides and submissions on my profile FAQ Q: How can I contact you? A: You can contact me either by PM or by MSN (bamboocha_08@hotmail.com), I would prefer it by PM. Q: I can't add my clip to Vegas, what should i do? A: Videomach produces errornous clips if it passes the 2GB limit, therefore you have to divide the clip into 2 or 3 segments. Q: Can't you upload a sample of the final render? A: No, the quality of the final render varies a lot from computer to computer, i do not want to give you false expectations. Q: The quality in the final render becomes "pixle-ish" and no clear, what should i do? A: Experiment with the bitrate until you're satisfied with your result. Q: When I'm rendering in "2-Pass" the clip becomes black, why? A: You are supposed to render the second-pass with the same clip you did the first-pass with. Q: What filesize should the film have? A: 20-25mb/min is the ideal filesize. Credits Loggan for writing the guide.
Added: 1 year ago	Tags: moviemaking, film, cs, counter, strike, loggan, guide, make

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	eloffsson . Bananite \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 2 months ago
Haven't try it yet but looking good :)
- Bananite
	KingPin . Kickaed \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 3 months ago
I ussualy don't understand these long tutorials, but this i did... This were insane dude, awesome.. It couldn't got any better...

	. Thumb Me Up if its good \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Pros: :D Cons: :D Improvements: :D Notes: keep it up! Assessment: [+] Approved - 9 Detail 9 Usefulness 9 Readability 9

	decisioN . Do YuO REMemBaR? \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Why does the FPS in th "startmovie" command have to be 90? I have outstanding quality in 30 FPS

	decisioN . Do YuO REMemBaR? \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 6 months ago
Pros: It owns... Assessment: [+] Approved - 9 Detail 9 Usefulness 9 Readability 9

	decisioN . Do YuO REMemBaR? \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 6 months ago
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	decisioN . Do YuO REMemBaR? \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 6 months ago
Well Thanks for the Tut! I just prefer to use VirtualDub to just put the BMP images together and then compress it with DivX at 4000 Taret Bitrate.For sound, i don't use it :P i replace sound with royalty-free music :D But also, For Vuideo effects, you can just use Windows MovieMaker and import the video into clips.

	. Mercenary Bananite \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 1 year ago
Fantastic now I can make ma own clips yeah :D

	Cobalt . www.fragpegs.com \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 1 year ago
Pretty nice. But the video effects programs have trials also, please link to those!
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	Judo . 09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0 \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 1 year ago
The links are called "Xvid codec", but they go to a DivX page. Why? Was that intentional? I'd recommend using QPEL while encoding the compressed video, if it isn't done by default.
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