jrb’s working on it as we speak. I think Tricking iT2 burned him out a bit so he’s taking it a little slower this time.
Someone emailed me asking what the basics were for making a movie. This is what i sent them off the top of my head. This is very basics, i can’t explain how to use Vegas, that’s what tutorials are for 
Also included settings for XviD incase you want to use that to compress your final avi with. I get 20mb per min with sound and sweet quality.
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Capturing screenshots from a demo: In your autoexec or in console, set a bind for capturing the screenshots. This is bind x “cl_avidemo 30”, change x to any key you want, but it has to be an F-key (f1-12) or a key on the numberpad. Set another to stop capturing screenshots, this is bind x “cl_avidemo 0”. Play your demo, and when you get to the part you want in your movie, press the key for cl_avidemo 30. The demo will go all jerky and slow down. This is the game capturing at 30 frames per second. When you reach the part where you want to stop the clip, press the cl_avidemo 0 key. The screenshots will be place din your screenshots folder. Make sure you have alot of HDD space as each screenshot is quite large.
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Converting the screenshots to avi: Go to http://neuron2.net/www.math.berkeley.edu/benrg/huffyuv.html and download the huffyuv lossless codec, follow the instructions on the website and install it. Go to http://virtualdub.sourceforge.net/ and download Virtual Dub. Load it up and click on file> open video file. Browse to where your screenshots are kept, click on the 1st one and hit open. You’ll see a preview of your clip now frame by frame. On the top tabs click on Video> Compression… Select Huffyyv from the list then click ok. Next click on file> Save as avi…, select where you want to save it to and name it what you want then click save. It will now render the clip. The clip will now be large because it isn’t compressed yet.
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Editing the rendered clips: Go to http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/download/step2.asp?DID=501 and download the trial version of Vegas video. Load it up and drag and drop your clips into the app. Any music you want to use, drag and drop it in there too. Add special effects, text and any other stuff you want. Play around with it to get used to it. There are alot of websites with tutorials on how to use it.
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Doing your final render: Go to http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Koepi_XviD.htm and download the XviD codec. If you have any other versions of XviD, you MUST uninstall them 1st. You can do this from add/remove prograns. Now in vegas click file> render as…, click on custom then at the bottom click on the audio tab. In the audio format drop down box select MPEG-layer 3 and in Attributes select 32kbs, 32,000hz strea. Now at the bottom click on the Video tab. Click on the video format dropdown box and select XviD at the bottom. The click on configure. Now use the settings below
Use 2 pass encoding type.
Settings…
Profile @ Level set to unrestricted then click more.
Set Quatization type to H.263
Tick the boxes Quarter Pixle and B-VOPS, leave the rest unchecked.
Max consecutive BVOP’s to 2
Quantizer ratio: 1.50
Quantizer offset: 1.00
And check both boxes for Packed bitstream and Closed GOV
Click OK.
Set Encoding type to Twopass - 1st pass.
Click on Advanced Options
In Motion set Motion Search Precision to 6 - Ultra High
VHQ mode to 1 - Mode Decision
Check both boxes for Use chroma motion and Turbo
Now in Quantization, set these values in order from top to bottom
1
2
2
12
2
16
And check the bottom box.
Click OK, then OK again then do your 1st render.
When that’s done, open up the XviD configuration again and set Encoding type to Twopass - 2nd Pass.
If the button below says Target Size, click it so it says Target Bitrate, and set that to 3000.
Do your final render (replace the one you did when saving) and voila, shweet quality and a great compression.
That’s all the basics. If you have any questions, go to http://www.shaolinproductions.org and post on the forums. Or on IRC join #shaolinproductions on Quakenet.
