Machinima Majenna/TSL Pia Klaar/SL http://www.slideshare.net/pia/machinima-how-to-in-second-life Slideshare: Machinima: How to In SL

What we will do today Set Preferences Basic Shortcut Keys Basic Camera Controls Lighting Gestures/Mouth Movements FRAPS Settings

Set Preferences

Basic Shortcut Keys

Basic Camera Controls

Lighting

Gestures/Mouth Movements

FRAPS Settings

To Set Preferences in SL Draw Distance Mouse Sensitivity Chat Text Advanced Menu User Interface (UI) Disable Camera Constraints

Draw Distance

Mouse Sensitivity

Chat Text

Advanced Menu

User Interface (UI)

Disable Camera Constraints

To Set Draw Distance: Go to --- Edit Select ---- Preferences Select --- Graphics Tab Check --- Custom box

To Set Draw Distance Then To increase draw Distance -slider to right

Preferences: Mouse Sensitivity Edit | Preferences |Input & Camera You can increase the mouse sensitivity. Also can invert the mouse so that when you move upwards it moves you up

Edit | Preferences |Input & Camera

You can increase the mouse sensitivity.

Also can invert the mouse so that when you move upwards it moves you up

Increase Mouse Sensitivity And Invert Mouse

Preferences: Chat Text Edit/Preferences / Text Chat Under Chat Options : select checkbox “Close chat after hitting return”. When filming this will allow you to use the shortcut keys.

For a PC Hide/Show Advanced Menu: CTRL – ALT- D For a Mac Hide/show Advanced Menu: CMD – Option – D Now you can get rid of the User Interface

With UI With No UI CTRL-ALT-F1 –PCs CMD-OPT-F1 – MACs

Advanced/ Disable Camera Constraints This allows the camera to go farther

Camera Controls Shortcut Keys

Camera Controls Chat Window Closed ---Edit/Preferences/Text Chat/ Chat Options/Close after hitting return M = Mouselook Escape = from Mouselook E = Jump up C = Come back down

Chat Window Closed ---Edit/Preferences/Text Chat/ Chat Options/Close after hitting return

M = Mouselook

Escape = from Mouselook

E = Jump up

C = Come back down

Camera Controls ALT + clicking on something focuses it to center of screen ALT + dragging the mouse zooms the camera ATL-CTRL + dragging orbits camera CTRL- 0 – Zoom in CTRL- 8 ---- Zoom Out CTRL- 9 --- Reset Zoom

ALT + clicking on something focuses it to center of screen

ALT + dragging the mouse zooms the camera

ATL-CTRL + dragging orbits camera

CTRL- 0 – Zoom in

CTRL- 8 ---- Zoom Out

CTRL- 9 --- Reset Zoom

Lip Sync and Gestures

Advanced Character Enable Lip Sync (Beta) Enable Lip Sync

Inventory In Library Drag Speech Gestures Folder onto avatar. 9 Different Speech Gestures * Low * Meduim * High

Lighting and Window Size

World Environment Settings Sunrise Midday Sunset Midnight Revert to Region Default Changing Time of Day

Sizer can be used to resize the window Set to 640 X 480 http://www.brianapps.net/sizer.html

How to Capture Video Using FRAPs

Open Fraps Fraps Window always on top Select

Select Movies Location where video is saved Full-size Record Sound Detect best sound input No cursor 30 fps

Minimize Fraps Use F9 Hotkey

Counter is yellow when NOT filming. User Interface is ON

Hotkey -- F9--- Filming ---Counter is now RED CTRL-ALT-F1 ----- No User interface Resize Window --- 640 X 480

Remember When Filming No User Interface CTRL-ALT-F1 –PC CMD-OPT-F1 – Mac Resize Window -640 X 480 Click Hotkey ---F9 –to begin filming or end filming

No User Interface

CTRL-ALT-F1 –PC

CMD-OPT-F1 – Mac

Resize Window -640 X 480

Click Hotkey ---F9 –to begin filming or end filming

Thanks for watching YouTube Video Example Craft Fair in Second Life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZEJGtygoDs Pia Klaar –SL Majenna-Teen Second Life