Open beta has begun for Valve’s Source Filmmaker, a new “storytelling tool” that allows anyone to create their own animated short films.
The tools available in the beta are the same tools Valve used to create the shorts, and downloads of the Source Filmmaker will include all assets from Team Fortress 2 along with assets from two of the Meet the Team videos. According to Valve, Source Filmmaker “condenses the production pipeline of an animation studio down onto a single gaming PC.”
The Source Filmmaker tools were announced alongside the release of Meet the Pyro, Valve’s final short in its long-running Meet the Team series. At the time, Valve designer Bay Raitt commented that "The goal of the SFM was to develop a story telling tool that allowed us to create computer animated movies more efficiently, and with greater creative freedom. Over the past five years, we've produced more than 50 animated shorts with the SFM. The Source Filmmaker will allow our community to create their own movies in Team Fortress 2 and in their own Source SDK-created mods."
The beta follows yesterday’s announcement of Steam Greenlight, which will allow the community to pick the next indie games to be released on Steam.
The Source Filmmaker can be downloaded on Valve’s official site. For a look at the highest rated videos produced so far, check out Valve’s Source Filmmaker community page.
Andrew Goldfarb is IGN’s associate news editor. Keep up with pictures of the latest food he’s been eating by following him on Twitter or IGN.
Source : ign[dot]com
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