The document provides instructions for various tasks related to creating machinima videos in Second Life, including setting user preferences, using camera controls, recording video, editing and compressing files, and sharing videos. It discusses adjusting settings like draw distance and mouse sensitivity, using shortcut keys for camera movements, recommended video recording programs, tips for capturing and editing footage, and video hosting sites for sharing finished videos.

1. Machinima Majenna/TSL Pia Klaar/SL

2. Overview Setting User Preferences Shortcut Keys Using Camera Controls Recording Video Editing and Compressing Files Sharing videos

3. #1: Setting Up User Preferences

4. Preference: Draw Distance Edit/Preferences/Graphics Tab Then Check the Custom tab to open the settings Decrease Draw Distance is easier on computer (range is 64 - 512) Set Draw Distance to : 128 or lower Increase if: shooting overhead scenes of landscapes you need to see distant objects

5. To Set Draw Distance

6. To Set Draw Distance Check the “ Custom” box to open the menu

7. To Set Draw Distance To increase draw Distance -slider to right

8. 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

9. Increase Mouse Sensitivity And Invert Mouse

10. 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 for Mouselook: M (otherwise, use View/Mouselook”. Use Escape key to get rid of Mouselook.

11. How to Close Chat Window

12. Advanced Menu PC CTRL-ALT-D Mac CMD-OPTION-Shift -D Or Option-Control-D

13. For a PC Hide/Show Advanced : CTRL – ALT- D For a Mac Hide/show Advanced: CMD – Option – D

14. User Interface To get rid of User Interface: Must have Advanced Menu displayed Hide/Show UI for PCs: CTRL-ALT-F1 Hide/Show UI for Macs: CMD-Option-1

15. Mouselook and no User Interface Mouselook Mode: Chat bar must be closed Edit/Preferences/Text Chat/Chat Options/ Close chat after hitting return Hit ESCAPE button or type M to return to default view Get rid of UI and Getting it back Again: CTRL-ALT-F1 –PCs CMD-OPT-F1 – MACs Now go into Mouselook---M Hit Escape or M to exit Mouselook, then get back UI CTRL-ALT-F1 or CMD-OPT-F1

16. #2: Shortcut Keys

17. Shortcut Keys Must have Chat Window Closed Edit/Preferences/Text Chat/ Chat Options/Close after hitting return M = mouselook Escape to get back... E = to jump up C = to come back down

18. Shortcut Keys 1. Focus Mode/ Alt-Zoom: Hold down ALT key & left mouse button & move your mouse forward and backward 2. PAN your camera: Hold down ALT-CRTL-SHIFT keys (together) & drag your mouse on your own avatar 3. Go into ORBIT MODE Hold down ALT-CTRL keys 4. Chatcam: While chatting in a group, hold down the tab key—moves camera to shoulder of avatar speaking.

19. More Shortcut Keys 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 If you are on a Mac: ALT = Opt CTRL = Cmd

20. #3 Camera Controls

21. Camera Controls

22. Camera Controls

23. Setting Up Shots using Camera Control View/ Camera Controls + alt-zoom - moving mouse forward or backwards ) Open up our camera controls and use them to get a close up view of our av's face. Using left blue wheel on the camera control, use the left or right arrow to spin yourself around. Use the + sign at the top of the zoom bar to put yourself in the middle of the window---- a close up view. Can you see yourselves?

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

25. #4: Recording Video

26. Video Recording Programs Free CamStudio-PC Taski-PC WeGame.com -PC Capture Me-Mac Commercial PC Camtasia –$299 Fraps - $37 Game Cam –$25 Game Recorder –$39 Mac IShowU –$20 Snapz Pro X - $70

27. Quick Overall Set Window Size File menu --- Set window size to reduce file size – 640 x 480

28. How to Set Window Size

29. Sizer can be used to resize the window if you cannot use File/Set Window Size http://www.brianapps.net/sizer.html

30. Quick Overall Get rid of User Interface (UI) For a PC Open Advanced menu: CTRL – ALT- D Hide/show interface: CTRL – ALT – F1

31. Quick Overall Get rid of User Interface (UI) For a Mac Open Advanced menu: Option -Control– D Hide/Show Interface: CMD – Option – 1

32. # 5: Editing and Compressing Video Files

33. Editing After you capture footage Need to edit into a finished movie Can use – Windows Movie Maker iMovie for Mac Other

34. Some Editing Software Camtasia – PC- Capturing and editing software good for tutorials Adobe Premiere-PC Sony Vegas-PC Sony Vegas – PC MovieMaker -PC Final Cut Pro or Express-Mac iMovie - Mac

35. Rendering and Encoding After editing the video, now need to compress the video size. Many video editing software programs will do this as a flash, .avi or .mov file I save as an .avi file, then open that .avi file in Quicktime Pro to export as a .mov file Now ready to share

36. Video Hosting Sites YouTube Blip.tv Jumpcut Vimeo Yahoo Videos YouAre.TV CacheFly.com

37. Some Tips 1. Screen capture software------FRAPS http:// www.fraps.com 2. Dolly shots ----free scripted camera --- Alt-Zoom Studios http://alt-zoom.com 3. Try to isolate your action ----no extra objects or scripts in view 4. Mouselook Mode – smoother camera movements

38. Tips 5. Capture footage --- 640 X 480 ---has a higher quality 6. Capture extra frames in front of and at end of scene 7. Do not move camera too fast 8. Hide User Interface –UI — CTRL+ALT+F1 or CMD-OPT-F1

39. How to Capture Video Using FRAPs

40. Pia Klaar

46. How to create a video with images http:// majenna.blogspot.com / I used this online video tool. Here is an example on my blog. Animoto.com

47. How long are animoto videos? Free Animoto Shorts 30 seconds long about 12-15 images Animoto full-length many images Cost $3.00

48. Animoto Video Steps: Sign up Create a free 30 second movie Get images Arrange the images Choose music Finished. Video is done! Upload video.

49. Where do I get Images for animoto? Retrieve images from Flickr. You can retrieve images from Flickr, Facebook, Smugmug, Picasa, and Photobucket. Or upload images from your computer

50. Where can I post animoto videos? You can post the videos to MySpace, Facebook, Friendster, YouTube,your blog or web page, or your computer.

51. Machinima Samples http://www.youtube.com/user/majenh http://piaklar.blip.tv/ http:// majenna.blogspot.com /