Source Filmmaker

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Really Fun! when your bored this is fun. At First. When You Start. It's hard. But When Your Like Me And You Get To A Standard. It's Great! 10/10 Tool.

Can't access the program anymore. It stopped working after using it twice. It's still a good animator, but I'm definitely not going to be using it anytime soon, haha. Seriously though, someone help 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.