Source Filmmaker Reviews

You can animate, pose, and edit. all the things you can do with this. not good at animating? pose. Not good at either? edit. not good at any of these? make your own items. This program CAN be very hard to use. but, with enough time put into it, you'll get the hang of it.

This is one of, if not the easiest program to get into animation or posters. The first time I opened up SFM, I was pretty overwhelmed seeing the layout and all the little buttons that I don't even know the purpose of. But once I dove into a few tutorials and eventually made something decent, I got completely hooked. You can make pretty much anything you can think of in regards to animation. There are some downsides though. SFM can be pretty limited due to the Source engine. A couple of the biggest problems I have with it is that maps can only be so large. And lights are only limited to spotlights. They only light up what's infront of them in a cone of light. Despite the limitations, overall, it's a 10/10 for me.

I Loved It, sometimes I found Some Bugs But i just love this program. update - 5 years has passed i hate it now. update - it's 7 years now, i love it. update - it's almost 8 years, i'm using blender now, still recommend it tho believe it or not, maybe go check my review on Blender.

Oh, I can't begin to tell you how much I love Source Filmmaker. However, beginners will find this tool to be very complicated at first glance. When I started out with SFM I had no idea what I was doing. That's why I strongly urge new users to watch ALL of the Valve tutorials on YouTube at least a few times. This helped not only me, but several other people understand how to work with SFM. I currently only make posters with SFM not animations because I am still confused on how it opperates. One animator on YouTube, The Winglet, gave me a reason to continue my involvement with SFM. His animations are smooth, funny, and even a bit graphic at times. I believe that anyone who uses SFM can learn to understand it with both time and patience. Just think what I always think: 'Perfection requires perserverance.' I wish good fortune to anyone who decides to work with this software and that maybe one day they will become a great animator.

People could make full-feature films on this software and instead choose to make porn... ...10/10 Would get scarred again.

Very versatile, and relatively user-friendly. Tons of people out there too, making lots of stuff for it.

It's an alright program. I've been using it for almost 4 years, so I guess that's worth something. It's extremely complicated and hard to get used to, but that's to be expected from animation software. Just don't start making TF2 Scout fanart and posting it on deviantART when you learn it.

If you wanted to start 3D animating, but is too lazy to be using Blender or MAYA. Use this, but take my advice. Try Poster-Making before Animating.

It's a little confusing at first, but it's like riding a bike: once you get the hang of it, it quickly becomes fun. Posing and animating is inherently better than Gmod( I still like Gmod though). SFM gives you better precision in making things do what you want. With a little patience, you can make awesome animations and images. If you can imagine it, chances are you can do it in SFM. There's a con, though: Maps and models: not enough. The selection of maps and models are tiny compared to Gmod. On the subject on Gmod, with a little work you can import Gmod models into SFM and they work fairly well when you just focus on posing. Animating, though, is a different story. It requires more work to make it animate correctly compared to the models specifically designed for SFM.

Here are the steps for source film maker 1. Download it 2. Get hyped thinking I can make an actual good video 3. Watch a tutorial of some british guy going through sh*t to fast 4. Stop watching the video after one minute and think that your a pro 5. Try to spawn in a character 6. Freakout cuz you did something wrong 7. Ask a good pal to help you 8. he ignores you 9. delete the program 10. repeat all steps